The man continued.
"I'm lieutenant mark barbman, I'm affiliated with the American ship alpha, we've been deployed as the earliest recon unit but due to how fast the enemy could push us we could not secure a base in the original deployment area. And retreat here in this safe zone. Surprisingly for unknown reason the monsters doesn't seems to go near this place we made a little camp here and currently awaiting for the rescue or atleast supply, we're running low on supply here at this rate we won't last a couple of months either starve ourself to death." he explained.
William explained the situation, how the 3 ships left. And how they were task here not as a rescue but on recovery mission. There are at most 4 thousand survivors in this camp taking shift in decreasing mimics number. But they are also running low on ammunition.
"t-that can't be" in his despair he fell on his knees.
"don't worry lieutenant we will find a way" William spoke in reassurance.
"p-please do, we will do anything just tell us what to do" he stood up, a spark of hope lingers to him. The other soldiers also feels the same. They were just ordinary troopers.
The ruins is in fact the place where many debris and things are half buried in the ground, around the intact building lies broken walls, it was speculated that this was once a settlement of unknown civilization from before everything was left to ruins.
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^I presume some survivors are gathering somewhere, greet them for me and report there situation when you get back^
^pardon?^
^you see we keep losing our grounds against the native creatures, some surviving soldier made there retreat towards the area near the ruins.^
^ but i thought you've gain a foothold in this planet?^
^Fortunately we did. The biothermal-scan are unclear but we've detected a small group of people gathered and was detected to be encircled by the native creatures around the area near the ruins, sigh we've already made attempt in resupply ing it but there is a mysterious anti-ship turret still functional within the ruins^
^is it that really bad?^
^we've already lost 2 pioneer flightcraft in the process and some resources was wasted in the process. Communication is also obsolete around it and our communition attempts so far didn't yield any results.^
^does that mean you'll drop us off a bit farther from the center General shin?^
^hoho young man, don't worry about it after our 23rd flighcraft got shot down, it is estimated that the anti-ship attack coverage range is at most a hundred meters in diameter^
^then, is there something we can do for the stranded units?^
^I know your capabilities will, so after you arrived in there please find a way to shut down the anti ship mechanism might as well find a way to restore communication^
^I'll do what I can do^
^that's the spirit!^
William recalled his conversation with general shin Gao a couple of hours ago.
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"don't worry general, i won't let you down" he thought as he continued to listen and walk by the lieutenant situational report.
".... And we lost a total of 14 thousand troops combined." mark in his finishing report.
William spoke to his his team announcing a day break and make some repairs and preparation before moving inside the ruins basement area.
He then turn to mark and asked" have you found the entrance? We've been encircling this building but their seems to be no sign of entrance in it much less a trap door"
"we have found a trap door which we speculated to be connected to that place, this sturdy and mysterious building could absorb damage, no matter how much we bomb to penetrate it. Also we could not even get up 12 ft above ground, due to the strange gravitational pressure"
Mark replied.
" have you tried going up the 12ft?" William curiously asked.
"we tried, we send several floater combat drones to bomb that huge gun above, it look like an anti air artillery but it shoots destructive missiles. It's no use. The heavy pressure just broke down the drones as it climb higher, we couldn't risk sending personnel unit" lieutenant mark couldn't help but laugh in resignation. Specially those units that are previously tasked to eliminate the active anti ship turret.
As they walk around the camp, William notices a crash site. He ask " is that-"
"those are the remains of the flight craft, if not for the intact goods inside we might not have lasted this long" mark quickly replied.
"no, i mean why is it like that, there seems to be no trace of it exploding and half of its body vanished?" William look at the flight craft, from it's cockpit to it's wings, vanished with no trace but the body. It's cargo part was remained intact with only a few damages due to the fall.
"this is also one of the reason why we didn't send any needless sacrifices, many witness the missile fir-" suddenly someone interrupted, he saluted and greet them
"lieutenant, we've finished the task you gave us, we detected energy signature from that building's turret. We speculated it's ammunition wasn't made of metal but it's some sort of destructive energy condensed into a cluster of chaotic element. We also discovered that the anti communication veil that prevent us from contacting the outside is too advanced for us to understand" he spoke, with the report on mind.
"alright, tell the team to keep monitoring the turret for any signs"
"i got it, will now take my leave" the soldier hurriedly went on his way.
As they talk in their way, they have finally arrived at a large large trapdoor guarded by the soldiers.