MIA: Major Wilhelm Schulz

[Rubber_Duck]

Chapter 5 - The mission

Wilhelm Schulz was back on his way to Schatten Research facility, leaving his new home systems beyond. All the way back passed in the same quick time as it was the way to Omega 11, shortly before. Or long before? Time became a bit meaningless recently. He learned to connect to the collective on his way back. Thoughts formed more clear, the Wilde were talking to him.

** reporting .... duty .... undercover .... silent **
** secretly .... mission ... infiltrate **

Once he docked at Schatten research, he tried to getting his mind to use again, and to accept the disconnection to the collective, while he made his way to Oberst Heinz Freiherr von Stauffen's office.

He would have to explain, why his guncam didn't work. Why his flight recorder did only record till he reached the Omega 11 gate. And why his mission took that long, without bringing valuable information to the Marinenachrichtendienst. "I just hope zhey don't get me. I am too important in zhis. Zhe mission over all." he thought, while he entered Oberst von Satuffen's office, and told the secretary to report that he arrived.
She told him to sit down and wait for approximately 10 minutes, and Wilhelm fought against the strong desire to reconnect with the collective. "Don't show them what you are, don't endanger the mission. Be strong, as your human body has once learned" he thought to himself.

He was called into von Stauffen's office, and opened the door. Oberst Freiherr von Stauffen was sitting at his desk, curiously, but with military hardness looking at Wilhelm. Wilhelm stood still, and raised the hand for a short salute, which von Stauffen replied with the same military precision he stood up from his chair.
"Major Wilhelm Schulz reporting for duty, Herr Oberst."
"Take a seat, and tell me. Where zhe hell have you been, Major?"



Wilhelm told him what happened to him, by just leaving a short part of the story unmentioned: He isn't the same person anymore. He also mentioned, that it seems that an ion storm has damaged his flight recorder and guncam, when entering Omega 11 system, and told von Stauffen that he didn't find any reliable or worthy information about the missing patrol craft.
When he was connected to the collective, he had seen what happened to the patrol craft, it didn't differ much to what happened to his father. But von Stauffen doesn't really have to know.

Oberst von Stauffen was seemingly glad with Wilhelms report, and after a short salute, Wilhelm left von Stauffens office, heading to his own one. "I made it, zhis is.. unbelievable." he thought to himself.
He entered his own office, and locked the door behind himself. He took place in his chair, taking a look out of the window right into the minefield. The darkness he sees made him confident. He leaned back, and closed his eyes. "Zhis is zhe place, where so many of us lost zheir existence. Now I am here. And here, where it ended for so many, it now will begin." He thought. He relaxed, and connected back to the collective. Thoughts were running into his mind, quiet at first, but becoming louder and stronger every second.

** success .... infiltration ... joy **

It has begun.

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