Anabasis

Theme: Enemies

Collection: Vex

Card: Ghost Fragment: Vex 7

[00.00.01] LEONIDAS authorized. HVT-117 and HVT-118 initiate descent.

[00.00.91] HVT-117 arrives point BABYLON. Deploys team GILGAMESH. 

[00.00.97] HVT-118 arrives point ILLIUM. Deploys team ACHILLES. 

[00.03.54] GILGAMESH establishes perimeter. ACHILLES deploys towards aperture. No sign of activity. 

[00.03.87] ACHILLES ACTUAL (Cdr A.C., NAVSEC00326) orders advance towards aperture. 

[00.04.99] Elevated Einstein-Rosen radiation detected. Communication between NAVSEC and both GILGAMESH and ACHILLES critically impaired. 

[00.05.02] Aperture opens. Atemporal deployment of multiple humanoid bodies within 50m of aperture. A ACTUAL orders weapons free.

[00.06.09] ACHILLES reports heavy casualties. G ACTUAL orders team to engage. HVT-117 and 118 provide close-air support. 118 rendered combat ineffective by enemy action. 

[00.09.35] Enemy combatants begin withdrawal towards aperture. A ACTUAL orders pursuit. 

[00.09.78] Three members of ACHILLES (A ACTUAL, A-6 and A-10) cross aperture threshold. Contact lost. 

[00.09.80] Aperture closes. 

[00.10.01] GILGAMESH maintains aperture under observation. Communication with NAVSEC re established. 

[00.15.56] Aperture opens. A ACTUAL exits from threshold, appears to lose consciousness. G-2 (field medic) administers aid. 

[00.15.59] Aperture undergoes unknown transformation, disappears from all visual and electronic detection devices. A ACTUAL sedated. G-2 reports A ACTUAL displays significant chronological disparity from pre LEONIDAS appearance. 

[00.18.13] Surviving team members reembark on HVT-117. 

[00.19.63] LEONIDAS complete. End mission log.