Shadows of JiangXi

[Vince Piccio]

'€œWe'€™re approaching the planet, Iscariot.'€ There was an excited tone to the man'€™s voice, nay, an excited aura hung around him, oozing from every word. It was not every day Mobius Paradox got assigned a mission to engage in his beloved science in such a fashion.

Iscariot just nodded, silent. This was going to be interesting. The Coalition had given one ship access to Omega 52 in order to run scans on the hellhole of JiangXi. Iscariot had chosen his gunboat, Judas'€™ Sin and had loaded all of Mobius Paradox'€™s equipment on board. They would enter orbit around the planet and run scans to see what would need to be done in order to hold up their part of the bargain. A few minutes later'€¦

'€œThere'€™s some sort of storm, it'€™s huge. We'€™ll have to wait to get accurate scans.'€

He sounded annoyed now, but Iscariot didn'€™t mind. '€œI'€™m going down.'€

'€œWhat? Why?'€ He seemed a bit puzzled.

'€œThis is our fault, and I feel at least one Phantom should see firsthand what it'€™s like to make a planet burn.'€

It was an odd sentiment, especially from the aged Terminator, but not one which Mobius Paradox was allowed to question. One look silenced him, for a change. Iscariot went down a short hallway and opened up the armory. Power armor stood of its own accord, or at least that'€™s how it appeared. Iscariot pulled on the full battle dress worn by normal Phantom marines. It was a terrifying sight to behold, especially when bullets were repulsed or melted on impact.

Iscariot pulled himself into an escape pod after making sure he was adequately armed and supplied. Mobius Paradox stopped him before making the descent.

'€œWould you mind taking this scanner with you? Might help get a more localized feel for the environment.'€

The devilish head just nodded, and then he was gone.

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