Post by Drake on Dec 17, 2005 3:20:55 GMT -5
Drake heaves a deep sigh as he runs his paw up his artifical arm.
"I belive I told you and Damien a little about my past, mostly that I was in the UAC for awhile as a doc. What ya didn't know was I was a field doctor for one of the worst Toad battles. All started a good 20 years or so. Fresh faced, just outta Genus, sent with a routine of grunts to stop the invasion of a planet by the toads. I was told I would be only there to help with injuries and any repairs needing to be done on the fly to the biometrics. Regular stuff, but nothing about that day was regular."
Drake closes his eyes, and opens them back up with a blank look to them.
"A company of 30, each of us good men with family and desire to protect them. We stood little chance, the toads just swarmed over us. Those that died were the lucky ones, the rest of us were captured. Beaten, bruised, tortured... a whole month... The sounds of my friends, people I considered family... and when they were finished, they'd toss them back in with us and then grab another person."
He pauses before continuing, collecting his thoughts.
"One of the toads thought it would be funny to test out thier new targeting systems on me. Shot some holes in me, one permently damaged my arm. Thier commander cut it off himself and put it on display. That guy was a real sadistic worm."
"All while they were doing this, the few of us left with the strength and will left to fight planned our escape. Under blood oath, we swore that should one of us get through we should get the UAC here. We'd all split up into groups of two and run off in differnt directions. That way, at least one of us would get free. We waited till late at night, over powered some of the guards and grabbed thier weaponry. Almost immeditaly the alarms went off."
Drake takes a deep breath before he continues.
"I never did find out what happened to the other six. They might be alive and in a camp or dead and left for the animals to pick at, not sure. What I do know is what happened to Officer Jenson...."
Drake voices wavers a little as he finishes.
"We reached the shuttle. Frellin toads were greedy, didn't want to blow up something as important as a UAC registared space craft, certainly not if it could be used to sneak soldiers into Genus. Jensen reached the shuttle first. I should have seen it, the signs were all there. The shuttle was barely guarded, the access codes hadn't been changed...."
Drake closes his eyes as his mind flashes to this part.
"I saw Jenson open the shuttle door, then fall backwards as he got filled full of maser from the toads. There was nothing I could do except keep my head down and try not to be killed myself."
Drake lets out a deep sigh and finishes.
"Needless to say, I managed to get out of there. When I got back though, things were far from well. The UAC hushed up the mission to the public. Word got to such a brutal defeat by the toads would lead to outrage. So, there was a cover up. Of all the 29 other men with me, all were listed as having died from technical error. I was given an honorable discharge to keep me from getting in contact with the family members of the deceased and letting them know the truth. They fixed up my arm, then set me off on my frelling merry way. Nightmares and all..."
He looks at Ayla. "Your the first person to know the whole story. I know you Alderberans are good at keeping secrets, so I rather you actully not tell this to anyone else. Do I have your word on that?"
TBCB Ayla
"I belive I told you and Damien a little about my past, mostly that I was in the UAC for awhile as a doc. What ya didn't know was I was a field doctor for one of the worst Toad battles. All started a good 20 years or so. Fresh faced, just outta Genus, sent with a routine of grunts to stop the invasion of a planet by the toads. I was told I would be only there to help with injuries and any repairs needing to be done on the fly to the biometrics. Regular stuff, but nothing about that day was regular."
Drake closes his eyes, and opens them back up with a blank look to them.
"A company of 30, each of us good men with family and desire to protect them. We stood little chance, the toads just swarmed over us. Those that died were the lucky ones, the rest of us were captured. Beaten, bruised, tortured... a whole month... The sounds of my friends, people I considered family... and when they were finished, they'd toss them back in with us and then grab another person."
He pauses before continuing, collecting his thoughts.
"One of the toads thought it would be funny to test out thier new targeting systems on me. Shot some holes in me, one permently damaged my arm. Thier commander cut it off himself and put it on display. That guy was a real sadistic worm."
"All while they were doing this, the few of us left with the strength and will left to fight planned our escape. Under blood oath, we swore that should one of us get through we should get the UAC here. We'd all split up into groups of two and run off in differnt directions. That way, at least one of us would get free. We waited till late at night, over powered some of the guards and grabbed thier weaponry. Almost immeditaly the alarms went off."
Drake takes a deep breath before he continues.
"I never did find out what happened to the other six. They might be alive and in a camp or dead and left for the animals to pick at, not sure. What I do know is what happened to Officer Jenson...."
Drake voices wavers a little as he finishes.
"We reached the shuttle. Frellin toads were greedy, didn't want to blow up something as important as a UAC registared space craft, certainly not if it could be used to sneak soldiers into Genus. Jensen reached the shuttle first. I should have seen it, the signs were all there. The shuttle was barely guarded, the access codes hadn't been changed...."
Drake closes his eyes as his mind flashes to this part.
"I saw Jenson open the shuttle door, then fall backwards as he got filled full of maser from the toads. There was nothing I could do except keep my head down and try not to be killed myself."
Drake lets out a deep sigh and finishes.
"Needless to say, I managed to get out of there. When I got back though, things were far from well. The UAC hushed up the mission to the public. Word got to such a brutal defeat by the toads would lead to outrage. So, there was a cover up. Of all the 29 other men with me, all were listed as having died from technical error. I was given an honorable discharge to keep me from getting in contact with the family members of the deceased and letting them know the truth. They fixed up my arm, then set me off on my frelling merry way. Nightmares and all..."
He looks at Ayla. "Your the first person to know the whole story. I know you Alderberans are good at keeping secrets, so I rather you actully not tell this to anyone else. Do I have your word on that?"
TBCB Ayla