Reborn Spirit.

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-Omega-52, Planet Jiangxi, *Classified Subterranean Facility*-

A single figure stood alone within the confines of the Command Center, he was garbed in the Uniform of a Coalition Captain, yet the sleeves of the Uniform were cut short, only reaching his elbows for ease of movement as well as revealing his left arm being mechanical, silver-coloured 'fingers' clasping his natural hand in a calm gesture as he merely stood there, his head was covered by a peaked cap with the Hammer and Cog on the front.

He patiently waited for several minutes before a distorted masculine voice sounded over hidden Communications Speakers.

"T.A.L.O.S. Start Up Sequence Initiated...Stand By." It simply stated while the Captain nodded all so slightly, his unshaven face merely gazing at a console before him as it slowly came to life.

"Start Up Squence Completed, establishing Battlefield Control with T.A.L.O.S. Controlled Coalition Gunboat...Link Established. Location: Omega-52, Sevastopol Station. Current Status: Refueling.

Identifying Current Interface User using Visual Sensors within T.A.L.O.S. Compound....Identity Confirmed, Base Commander Captain Ben Warner. Welcome Commander." It stated as Ben simply nodded.

"Thank you T.A.L.O.S." he responded coolly, the Captain calmly analyzing the readings from the console. T.A.L.O.S. was the successor to B.A.A.L as it as significantly more advanced due to discoveries in various technologies put out by further research of the De Gaulle as well as improvements on the AI Itself. No longer did an AI Core need to be put onto seperate ships, all Coalition vessels now had a direct link to T.A.L.O.S. on JiangXi which acted as a Battlefield Advisor as well as a connection to the Coalition Database to streamline searches.

It had it's own personality like B.A.A.L. however, but it was still subservient to the Coalition and for what it stands for. A Hologram of the AI appeared to be hovering in the center of the room, gazing around with what seemed to be unfeeling 'eyes' as the holographic representation focused on Ben.

"Internal Scanners of the T.A.L.O.S. Facility confirms that the Work Crews have departed and the Commissariat has stationed a substantial Security Team to the base, the Work Crews are being intercepted by the Security Teams for Memory-Dismantlement of the Project and related information." It stated calmly, although Ben could see the ghost of a smirk on it's face as it gazed at him.

Ben gave a small nod, almost as if he did not care and continued to look over the readouts, leaving T.A.L.O.S. to handle queries from various Coalition Users, Ben was in essence the 'Administrator' of the AI, but that did not mean he was nolonger a Combat Pilot as he could take direct control over T.A.L.O.S. controlled ships and as such 'join' the battle.

The Complex they were in was different from most Coalition Bases, it's architecture was not based on Coalition Designs, but was that taken from the database of a Phantom Computer Terminal who had taken it from yet another race unknown to them. Still it suited him and the base well enough and it helped make the base feel bigger than it really was. It had Four Levels, the first level being containing the Elevator to an abandoned factory on the surface in one of JiangXi's contaminated zones, a security office and entertainment services for the security detachment.

The Second Level contained the Living Quarters for the base personnel and not much else, the Third Level was the Level the AI Command Center was on as well as a large Computer Archive which was classified to all but Commissariat and those approved by the Premier, the Archive was kept on a seperate Network from the T.A.L.O.S. Network to ensure security and could only be accessed on site.

The Fourth Level contained the AI Core Intelligence as well as a maze of Public Network Archives that were connected to the T.A.l.O.S. network for Coalition Personnel to browse through freely, unlike the Classified Archives it could be easily accessed outside of the facility through any Computer Terminal.

It was sparsely populated due to it being deep in the Contaminated Zone and as such being quite isolated from the Coalition's Civilian Population, the worst they had to deal with was infrequent Mutant incursions into the area and somehow managing to activate the Elevator, never getting past the first level. Ben smiled softly at that thought as he took manual control over the T.A.L.O.S. Gunboat and started to perform diagnostics upon it's systems.