Of Shadows and Machines.

[Tabris]

As the Chassis of a Storm-Class Gunboat Landed on Jiangxi near the Warner Estate on a small field 1 km away from the mansion, it was greeted on the ground by a team of six men in blue uniforms and heavily armed with Assault Rifles and Shotguns, they waited until the ship was powered down before they strode forwards and opened up the landing ramp, one of the men walking up it with his shotgun at the ready while the rest of the squad waited patiently outside, looking over the now inert weapon of war.

Onboard one would hardly recognize it as the interior of a storm, everything that could be removed without compromising the hardware of the ship was removed, long cables were connected to a large grey coffin-shaped container, a small string of words were imprinted on the side could be seen as the man stepped closer and shone light upon it.

Biologically Augmented Artificial Lifeform

Taking a look around the man raised his wrist upwards towards himself, a small portable Video-Audio Communications device was attached to a bracer that he wore over his uniform, activating it the image of a man appeared on the screen, the man did not say a word but waited patiently for the report he was sure to come.

As the Soldier spoke his voice did not waver, for to do so would mean death for showing cowardice in the face of a superior.

"Sir, we have secured the Core, BAAL is now under Volkhan control, however I doubt it'll be much problem, judging by our readings it seems it'll respond to whomsoever is in control of Omega 52 as the true leaders of the Coalition, what are our orders Sir?" he asked, the man on the other end nodded very slightly, his voice soft and suprisngly soothing.

"The Volkhan needs to be absolutely sure of the AI's loyalty, have your men remove the core and take it to the underground lab for reprogramming as required." he stated before shutting off the transmission, with a sigh the soldier called up the rest of the squad who started to dis-connect the cables leading into the Coffin-Container, lifting it up by handholds built into the container they slowly moved it off the ship and towards the Mansion's back door, not wanting to be outside for too long...Jiangxi was a disturbing place, the feeling of being watched was prevelant here, especially near the Warner Estate...