Fading Echoes

Prologue: Last Steps

                                                              Last Contact Log, Javelin Squadron

Earth, Cosmodrome, South of the Veles Labyrinth

                                                "You sure this is the location?" Jasper Balthis looked over his shoulder briefly, eyeing the 5 other dropships before turning back to the decrepit facility below them. "Coordinates match, just don't get lost," came the reply from Atlas-3, a Solar Titan. "Of course, just making sure since all the Fallen skirmishes and such," the Awoken Titan sighed, checking his rifle before stowing it to briefly reach for the sword on his back. VanNet had been unusually quiet since the last excursion, the patrol briefings coming along as a thin stream of pings on their dropship's computer when the mission log came in: an extraction mission, medium priority. Now they were on approach to the facility that was reported to have been researching the device component they were here to collect, each of the dropships queueing up for sequential transmatting. "Landing in 5, grab your kits and go!" Atlas yelled, steadying his craft as the team immediately flowed into single file, dropping gently onto the terrain below:

  Atlas-3, Solar Titan;

  Viper Nox, Stasis Hunter;

  Nitro-2, Solar Warlock;

  Jasper Balthis, Strand Titan; 

  Electra-5, Arc Warlock;

  Mavis Altaire, Void Hunter;

As Electra's feet touched down on the landing site, Atlas sending all of the dropships back into orbit before they all turned to the blacksite before them. "Awful quiet without the dropships, hopefully that's the extent of the welcoming committee," Jasper mused, looking around with his rifle resting on his shoulder. "That would be ideal, for sure." Atlas responded, the rest of the squad nodding in agreement as they started making their way inside, weapons at the ready.