Chellis
17-09-2004, 00:14
The divers set their hooks on parts of the ship, trodden with heavy hearts. More than one looked to the side to see a floating dead body, a body that had to have been alive just a few hours ago or so.
The Amethyst CBG had been taken off the main transport route to help defend the site. Unusual for chellians, they cried over the accident. Twelve hundred men, dead. If it had been a casualty of war, not much thought would have been poured into it. As a casualty of peacetime, it was devastating.
When the ship was raised, there was an inventory check. Everything was there, that was supposed to be there, although most of the cargo ruined. Everything but one piece was missing. A TMJ-332 warhead, a fifty kiloton nuclear warhead that fit to cruise missiles.
Initial reports suggested it was an internal job...
---The previous day---
"Hey guys, anyone seen kalinowski? He hasn't shown up for the regular game yet..." Said a lieutenant, as the men began to play poker, minus one newer private.
*To be continued*
The Amethyst CBG had been taken off the main transport route to help defend the site. Unusual for chellians, they cried over the accident. Twelve hundred men, dead. If it had been a casualty of war, not much thought would have been poured into it. As a casualty of peacetime, it was devastating.
When the ship was raised, there was an inventory check. Everything was there, that was supposed to be there, although most of the cargo ruined. Everything but one piece was missing. A TMJ-332 warhead, a fifty kiloton nuclear warhead that fit to cruise missiles.
Initial reports suggested it was an internal job...
---The previous day---
"Hey guys, anyone seen kalinowski? He hasn't shown up for the regular game yet..." Said a lieutenant, as the men began to play poker, minus one newer private.
*To be continued*