Running Red

[Wesker]

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*Beep* The sound echoed through Heinrich's head repeatedly, as it cleared up she flinched awake. Quickly snapping up and turning off the alarm.

*General, you have 27 unread messages, and 1 missed call, source: ALPHA TEAM LEAD*

Fuck I need to change that. She thought to herself as she grabbed the PDA, peaking through the lists of messages, looking for one in particular. A new private garrison would be useless unless there was a set training course, more importantly they needed instructors, environmental conditions., funding - an entire set.

Fortunately, this wouldn't be too difficult for the young General, ranking officer funds were set aside and stockpiled from generation to generation for private operations. Nothing on the same scale, but definitely something similar. The training course for SOA's ALPHA team could be reconfigured slightly to host larger numbers, while not compromising too much on areas that made it stick out from the rest of the subdivision. Instructors were set in play, and Tangier would have enough training ground for those selected. The piloting course underwent a serious revamp however, the architect of that? One could guess pretty easily. All that was left were candidates, physical fitness, appearance, nationality, family, there was a long list of blank lines to be filled. The first batch, like that of any special operations division, would probably get some leniency though.

The rest was junk, some text about a new warship being deployed to Muspelheim - "Kassel". Along with it were threats from the new Core "Emperor" Erik Nodviet, vowing to personally destroy Hessian strongholds in Valhalla; Bretonian NAP pleas; Reutlingen mining station dominating the mineral market in Niflheim; a "Silver Reaver" wanting to meet and re-lease equipment (how the hell did that hit a DM?), and also - some dismissed warnings on Valhalla's Red Giant stability. Nothing really worth looking at.


*General, Oberkommando representatives: Brigadegeneral Draay, Direktor Dresner, and Major Stein will arrive in 1 hour.*

10 minutes later...

The shower was refreshing, as was the new Uniform. The rest of the bedroom was a mess for the time being but that didn't matter. All that was left to do was one thing...

Call... ALPHA TEAM LEAD. Shaking her head in slight embarrassment as the call sent out.

*Calling ALPHA TEAM LEAD*

Albert.

General, the first 20 are getting orders, two of them are in off shape. One's arrived on Vogtland, he's the runaway. His record doesn't hold much, but he's received some conduct warnings. Most of the others have nothing, it's just this one. He's also quite young.

How old?

18.

I'll oversee him a bit more closely, he might follow on easier. Where is he now?

Cell B infirmary, deck... 19.

Make sure the rest arrive on Tangier, I'm going to go look at this one. What's his name?

Lukas Keller.

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