Rheinland's Starquake I

[Wesker]

A-Sektor-4893 Planet Holstein, Frankfurt
3/31/826 AS, 20:06

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Inviting a well renowned Maltese warrior to a semi-populated Buro installation on a corporate-owned planet to discuss rumors that could very well get me killed, if not smash the Buro's reputation - of course I was a great addition to the Kommissarat. But it was all worth while in the end, if I could pull it off and if Eliza didn't try to kill me, strangle me, capture me, disclose secrets... ok there's a lot of things that could go wrong, but it would come to a positive effect. But really, it would be, Rheinland was a magnetar about to suffer the largest starquake ever, especially after the ALG sanctions by the government; and now with Gallia purchasing our means of commerce - something was bound to open pandora's box.




I stood there, out by the landing deck alone, in a casual dress shirt with a vest over and jeans; my hair tied back, staring out at the sea. It was my favorite getup these days, I couldn't dress over-casual (if that's even possible), but there was still room for some style. I looked and felt ready for a date, which was weird, but also in a way was sort of the idea to everyone else that saw me with Eliza (so they wouldn't get suspicious or anything). I mean, I'm military and all, I'm divorced, and it's 826, so everything's good right? Right...

I could feel my heartbeat shake my body as I reached for my PDA every 20 seconds or so, smashing my spastic thumb on the "open" icon to see if there was a call coming on the line. I took it out again, scrolling through various past calls, messages, photos, videos, restricted information, even my damn contract to try and take my mind off of what could possibly happen in the next few minutes. "The hell's this." I thought to myself as I opened a recent message box, it was from my brother. I hadn't seen him in years, last I herd he was living on Stuttgart at some level of stability, he was the outcast of the family; my parents thought he'd become a Hessian resident by the time he hit twenty, but ever since he started dating he seemed to be stable.

"What?" It was a note, a LONG one at that, I scrolled through out of paranoia, scanning just before...

*INCOMING CALL UNKOWN NUMBER* Popped up as the message faded away.

Scheisse. I swiped the accept icon without even thinking twice. Ja? Hello?

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