27
Insertion
Symphony, USOC Ship Graveyard, Solar System
The air flew outside in an instant as the hatch was opened. Derek in his
EVA Suit slowly stepped out. Several white lights shone from his suit
which bore the once intimidating red and white insignia. Admiral
Cheng floated outside along with Derek into the company of NorthCo
soldiers. For a second there, Derek thought they were going to form a
Phalanx shield around him. Admiral Cheng grabbed Derek’s wrist and
pointed at his glove, speaking “the thruster buttons are on your index
finger” through the helmet radio. Derek looked down at his glove.
Several techy looking buttons and function seemed to be built into the
glove. A red button with ‘THRUSTER’ labelled underneath it was
positioned on the right side of his index finger. He looked up and the
soldiers started boosting away. The Admiral nodded and followed
them. Derek pressed the button with his thumb and off he went.
Upwards.
“
You got to face flat, towards the Icarus” said the Admiral. “The thrusters
thrust downwards.” Derek nodded as his helmet filled with the moisture of
his breath. He pressed the bu on once again and caught up to the Admiral
in no me.
Thrus ng forward, he lted his head upwards to see the old
wreck of a ship looming ahead of him. It looked completely different. A
once shining angel in the skies reduced to the smoulder of debris he saw.
The image he once had of the Icarus was probably overly exaggerated, and
now he got to see the fabled ship at its lowest.
As Derek and his escort closed the gap to the ship, he realised that it was
not as big as he once thought it was. The 25
th
century ship was barely the
size of the Symphony. It may not have the polish it did decades ago but at
the me it seemed bigger than Earth. The Icarus was about as long as the
Symphony but fell short in terms of height.
“
We’re almost there, Derek. That door is wai ng for you.
No more worry
about triggering failsafes, traps or bombs. The last thing your father would
hurt is you.” The Admiral’s squad caught up with the rest of the men. Half a
thousand soldiers floated around the Icarus in squads. There was more
gunfire. Told not to target the Icarus, NorthCo soldiers had to finish USOC
soldiers guarding the ship at close range with their rifles.
Five hundred
NorthCo soldiers overwhelmed the security detail effortlessly and a path
was soon cleared. Admiral Cheng and his
men inserted into the ship
through a large hole in the hull. The Icarus was s ll gigan c. And when
Derek finally peered inside, he saw nothing but blacks and greys replacing
what used to be white and silver. Dust and debris floated aimlessly around.
“
Try not to cut yourself. These suits aren’t cheap” said the Admiral, looking
around. “The room should be at the centre of the bridge.”
“
Admiral” asked Derek “What do you know of the traitor? Back with Orbi-
Sec, Carter told me of a man who pped off USOC about my father’s
loca on before the… incident.”
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