Falling Apart

[Victoria Knight]

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827-05-16: Marshall Station - Separatist Headquarters, Bering

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She was ripped out of an uneasy sleep by sirens. Rapidly getting up and out of bed she slowly recognized the frequency of the alarm as one for an on station alert. Had the installation been breached? An accident? She was still buttoning up her uniform jacket when the alarm for the door rang. She made sure her handgun was where it ought to be and opened the door to her apartment.
One of her lieutenants was at the door with a team of naval infantry. After saluting he updated her on the situation, LSF had infiltrated the station by means of one of the contracted supply craft. It wasn't quite clear if it had been the civilians at Bristol Station or the Junkers nor if they'd even known. What was clear is that the LSF team quickly breached through, with knowledge of a direct way, toward the reactor. Wearing the same uniform and equipment they weren't stopped until they reached the restricted area of Marshall Station.

Yesterday's combat operation had served as an excellent distraction allowing supply craft to exit and arrive but it appears like the LSF hadn't been part of the forward forces. Something they should have considered. Suppressing the urge to swear in front of her men she finally followed them. She'd not be able to justify staying within Bering any longer. While they made their way to one of the hangars, they kept receiving combat updates. Troops were managing to keep the LSF out of the main reactor rooms and slowly pushed them out. Her feeling of relief though wouldn't last long when the whole installation was shaken by an explosion.

Finding herself on the ground and slowly getting up she stared at the barely holding gate of the hangar bay before them. Someone dragged her away into the next bay bringing her up and into the cockpit of a Guardian class fighter. Shaken she slowly went through the process that she'd been trained on, starting and preparing the vessel for emergency launch. Someone explained to her that the ship the LSF strike team was on had been detonated when their mission wasn't successful.

She launched out into space aboard the small craft, leaving the dismantled and mangled Marshall behind her.

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