All incidents and casualties related to Expedition - by Jimmy Manderson

[34th Brigade]

Case number: #1-833-C3
Date: 04/03/834
Category: Flash
Persons/units involved: Lieutenant Robert Rios & Commander Tim Smith

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Details: On March 4 at 10:50, Commander Tim Smith met with Lieutenant Robert Rios in the CV-Hades mess hall, where, according to eyewitnesses, they discussed the upcoming survey of the "Abyss-10" system, where the 34th Brigade had been stationed for two weeks, having arrived on February 21, 834 A.S.

Clarification: "Abyss-10" was a system with a vast number of structures, making the survey time-consuming. The study of the system began on February 21, 834 A.S. and was completed only on April 2, 834 A.S. It is still believed that this system was the most complex.

At 11:37, Tim Smith left the mess hall and headed to his cabin for rest. As the commander of the 411th Wing (disbanded at the time of the incident report), he had his own cabin, and the disbandment of the wing had no effect on his accommodations. At 11:40, Robert Rios also left the mess hall and headed to the 341st Wing's quarters, arriving there at 11:47. Ten minutes later, at 11:57, several people emerged from his quarters, namely:

• Lieutenant Robert Rios;
  
• Lieutenant Paul Abrams;
  
• Ensign Anna Simonova;
  
• Ensign Jared Robertson.
  

After this, the members of the above-mentioned group went to different duty stations, as part of the implementation of tasks according to the daily routine. Because of this, it was not possible to immediately label the group as infected. At 13:10, several members of the 351st Wing were heading to their quarters, which were located near quarters of the 341st Wing's members, but along a route that led near Tim Smith's cabin. At the same time, the above-mentioned members of the 341st Wing also headed to their quarters. Tim Smith was still in his cabin, sleeping, ready to go on night duty.

After noticing the suspicious movements of ten individuals, the cruiser's duty officer, Elder Auxiliary Mike Hammersen, notified Patrol Groups 4 and 5 of a suspected outbreak among the 34th Brigade personnel. Aspirant Jimm Nimes immediately arrived in the duty room, personally monitoring the movements of the suspicious individuals. When all the individuals' movements coincided and they were heading toward Tim Smith's cabin, Mike Hammersen raised the alarm on the ship, ordering Groups 4 and 5 to begin liquidation operations. Tim Smith was also awakened and notified of the infected approaching his cabin.

The alarm was raised at 13:23. Patrol Groups 4 and 5 began moving toward Tim Smith at 13:25. These groups were advised that the corridors would be sealed and that they would remain within them until reinforcements arrived. Nearby patrols were alerted to the outbreak and immediately moved toward the source of the infection.

Clarification: Mike Hammersen's timely response and initiative to raise the alarm are noteworthy, as the 34th Brigade had never encountered outbreaks before. This is the first documented case of such a widespread nature.

At 13:30, the infected team (hereafter referred to as Group 04-01) broke into Tim Smith's cabin using a compact explosive device, which destroyed the door locks. According to CCTV footage, approximately seven individuals entered the cabin without any resistance. It is believed that Tim Smith was stunned by the explosion and was unable to resist them at all. After this, some of the infected left Tim Smith's cabin, taking up positions near the enters of other rooms.

At 13:31, Patrol Groups 4 and 5 arrived on the scene and almost immediately engaged members of the 341st and 351st Wings. Further communications are being recorded.

Aspirant Jimm Nimes: 1-1
Elder Auxiliary Mike Hammersen: 1-2
Group 5 leader (Aspirant Constantin Gagnier): 5-1
Group 4 leader (Aspirant Swanhild Sander): 4-1
Elder Auxiliary Odilia Schuster: 5-2
Elder Auxiliary Guinevere Soucy: 4-2
Auxiliary Boris Osipov: 5-3
Auxiliary Nikolai Petrov: 5-4
Auxiliary Jo Tsutomu: 4-3

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5-1: Group-5 to Two, we're on positions, see voices coming from the corridor. Ready for combat. Over.
1-2: Roger Five, Four what's your status?
4-1: Almost there, Two. Ja, we're here. Ready, we're ready, I repeat, we're ready!
1-1: Constantin, Swanhild, you both have green light to eliminate all of them. Do not look they're one of us.
5-1: Got it, sir, we'll do it. Four, are you ready?
4-1: Ready, Five, we're on opposite side of the corridor. We can see some of them taking defensive positions. Wait-

Sounds of shooting

4-3: 4-3 to Four and Five, they're started shooting.
5-1: Aha, perfect. Throw out the flashbangs, we'll start suppressive fire almost immediately after they go off.

Four flashbang grenades are heard. The groups begin assaulting the corridor, eliminating three men with crossfire.

5-1: Five to Two and Four, we've killed three of them. Keep moving.
1-1: On your right!

A shootout ensues. According to security footage, approximately four more people are firing from the entrances to their cabins.

5-4: Taking fire!
5-3: Keep looking at Tim's cabin, Kolya. Jo, Odillia, help me suppress them!
5-2: Ja, ja, shooting, trowing flashbang, keep moving!
4-3: Suppressing them, Boris, get closer so we can start an assault.
4-1: Everyone stop! Got an better idea.

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Note: Many details were cut out of the negotiations, mostly due to the chaos of the shootout.

© Jimmy Manderson

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All participants in the assault stop.

4-1: Four to One, can we just use explosives?
1-1: Could you clarify?
4-1: We have grenade launchers.
1-1: Tear them to pieces. Throw grenades into Tim Smith's cabin.
4-1: Aha, got it.

Members of groups 4 and 5 loaded barrel grenade launchers and fired at the defenders' positions. Since the doors to all other rooms were closed, and the space between the door and the corridor was insufficient to provide shelter from the grenade blasts, all the defenders were eliminated. Approaching Tim Smith's cabin, the assault teams threw seven grenades into the room.

5-1: Five to Two, One and Four, we've eliminated all of them. At least the ones who were in corridor. I'm not sure someone could survive seven grenades, so we can assault Smith's cabin. Over.
1-1: Five and Four, you've got green light for an assault, trow there some flashbangs to be sure. Everyone you see there, even Tim Smith, should be eliminated. Over.
5-1: Roger, going in.

After throwing three more flashbang grenades into the room, the teams stormed the area. As expected, the standard grenades killed the infected before standard weapons could. 4-1 then ordered his team to fire a final shot to the head of each infected.

After the situation was brought under control, the alert on Hades was lifted, and the corridor was cordoned off while an investigation was conducted. An inspection team led by Jimm Nimes conducted a full investigation of the scene and discovered that the infected from the 341st Wing, with the exception of Jared Robertson, had been in Tim Smith's wing and apparently committed suicide at the exact moment Group 4 and 5 launched their grenade launchers.

Tim Smith was also found in the cabin, murdered with a bladed weapon. His body had been dismembered, and blood was smeared all over the room. An examination was unable to determine the meaning of some of the symbols, but they were essentially all repeating and used the Daam-K'Vosh alphabet. During the translation, the meaning of the written words was established:

MIND
MIND
MIND
MIND
MIND

The assault was completed at 1:45 PM. Remarkable was the speed with which the infected managed to carry out such a serious act of sabotage on the ship and kill the commander of the 411th Wing. Interviews with those in contact with the infected revealed no signs of infection.

A search of the quarters also revealed no records indicating prior infection among the eliminated individuals. At this point, the scenario was as follows:

• Tim Smith contacts Robert Rios.
  
• Robert Rios infects three more individuals from the 341st Wing.
  
• Infected individuals disperse throughout the cruiser, infecting six more individuals from the 351st Wing.
  
• Group 04-01 heads to Tim Smith's cabin to kill and sacrifice him.
  
• As the assault on the cabin begins, some of the infected move to defend the approaches to Tim's body, while Robert Rios, Anna Simonova, and Paul Abrams dismember his body and write inscriptions.
  
• As soon as Groups 4 and 5 eliminate the defenders, the aforementioned individuals commit suicide.
  

The investigation was completed on March 6, 834 A.S., after which new adjustments were made to the distribution of personnel on board all major ships of the 34th Brigade.

"This was the first outbreak of such a large scale. Returning to this document again and again, I suspect it wasn't Robert who was infected, but Tim. Something he said could have triggered the infection. We don't know what else was said that others might have overlooked.

Then we discovered that Robert and Tim were on the same exploratory mission in "Abyss-10", and in one of the shots, they passed by some fragment of the Daam-K'Vosh structure. If it was even a fragment. It doesn't matter, it was such a small thing that could have triggered this entire chain reaction. But who exactly received the madness, we don't know. Either one of them, or both at once.

The last option leads me to a disappointing conclusion. Tim had no intention of resisting, and Robert simply took nine more people with him to be slaughtered. If this is true, then these structures have a clear understanding of how to systematically destroy our personnel with our own hands, while attempting to mislead us and fall into their traps again and again."

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