Echelon - The Devil in the Dark

[Casta]

Enigma

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Malta always is a busy place. Hangars even more. Dock workers unloading the incoming transports of fuel, equipment, every imaginable sort of consumer goods. Loading them with Cardamine.
The Orange Dream as called by the pilots, as called by most individuals in Maltese territory.
The Orange Plague called down the Tau zones.
Hundreds of thousands are transshipped every day, handled by hired intermedians, freelancing contractors, shady business partners.

This is different.
Over past weeks, decks Four through Seventeen had been closed for outer entry, guards wearing the Razgriz emblem had been placed to seal a major part of the hangers, ruthlessly enforcing the shutdown as ordered.
No one is to enter.
Containers are moved in, equipment to fill multiple dozen shipments, military grade gear - tanks, artillery, sentry guns - loaded on gun carriages, low platforms, prepared to be dropped low orbit by gunships.
Rumors spread, about the Military preparing liftoff against the Lanciers - that there are diplomats invited - that this is the beginning of the end.
Between all the noise, the rush and activity, the hectic running, there are command shouts heard.
Estefania, viciously enforcing Gabriella's will, is ordering the staff.

...already told you to be done with that run at ten-thirty today. Get your back up, the last one will leave us in fifteen. You better be in time. Options include your worthless self and an airlock...

Over days now shipments left Malta orbit under heavy Military escort. Headed towards Omicron-Eighty. Past Genoa.
No records - neither on Malta, nor on any station the transports passed.
Convoys never existed, coming from nowhere, never been anywhere - ghosts.

Omicron-Eighty-One
Cartagena

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All Fleet is halted at this position, transports moor with the shipyard, waiting for further orders.
The shipyard, used as temporary storage facility, had been set under military law jurisdication, escort ships patrol the area, Maltese Fleet is set on alert status, given the chance of potentional intruders. Order was around recently suspicious regular.
Beginning with Huescar Nebula, system is under complete military lockdown.
Everything not of Ghost colours or otherwise involved into the project is shot on sight.
There will be no survivors.
There are no survivors. Gabriellas orders had been unambiguous.

Galicia Research Complex.
Log entry Four-Seven-One Epsilon-Epsilon Zero-Six.

Station is closed off. System is under watch.
Last run on gear incoming today. Equipment for scientific inquests on station. List is processed.
Technicians will compound devices once instructions are in.
Status: All set. Echelon's started.

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