Starcraft: The Ghost Program ((Closed. Mission Initiated))

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Okay I did all three. More because my first mission didn't really have Lukas in it so I felt an overview of each mission would give a better understanding of him than just one mission.



The walls of the reality room shimmered and Yojimbi blacked out.

Simulation Activated

He awoke unaware that his reality was a lie and looked around. He was at a Ghost Faculty Station in Tarsonis. The holopad on his arm flickered to life and his operation manifest appeared.

?A fugitive wanted by the Confederacy is said to be lurking the underworld of Tarsonis. Using whatever abilities available to you, find and apprehend this fugitive. Caution is in order; he is armed, and he is deadly. Leave no way to trace your movements, whether it be through murder of contacts or memory wipes, you must sure that you remain unknown.?

Lukas laughed, hardly fair. He had grown up in the underworld of Tarsonis and fugitives were a dime a dozen, he knew the first place a man seeking weapons would go. He walked out of the Station and hailed the nearest public transit unit. Lukas got into the cab.

?You?re destination sir??
?Mine place I want to be going to is named of Y?Glear Earth House Delights?

The Driver muttered something about damn foreigners not being able to speak the damn language kicked the car into gear. The streets got darker and darker, the metropolis above them making it?s own canopy. The car jerked to a stop at Y?Glear?s House of Earthly Delights. Yojimbi handed him a wad of crumpled credits and got out of the public transit unit. Instead of thanking Yojimbi for his patronage, the driver proceeded to mutter something about damn foreigners and their damn hornyness.

The House of Earthly Delights was delightful indeed, if you were into the kind of person to want wanton physical pleasure. Females of all kinds, all incredibly attractive, pranced across the floor wearing nothing but their night clothing. Maybe less if a patron had taken it upon themselves to give the female enough credits to unlabor themselves of such garments. Yojimbi walked through the throng of lust, not even bothering to step over the less fortunate addicts who got a bad dose of barbiturates. The backdoor had a single bouncer standing guard. Yojimbi reached out his senses to find any minds that were being tainted by Facemash. There were three. Yojimbi probed the mind of the cluster of Facemash addicts, making their already testosterone ridden minds even more aggressive.

A brawl immediately ensued. The bouncer moved away from the door, making sure that none of the people still intent on spending cash at this establishment were harmed. He snuck into the backroom of the brothel. He came into a giant warehouse. There were enough weapons to arm a small resistance back here; men moved back forth moving received merchandise from the receiving bay to their appropriate piles. He was too exhausted from his mind alterations to evoke a cloak so he relied on his stealth instead. He crept along the wall of the warehouse, making sure that no one detected him. He allowed himself a rare smile; it was just like old times. Yojimbi eventually found the shipping manifest and uploaded it to his holopad. He then fried the computer, making sure his holopad ID could not be salvaged from the transfer data docket. The computer went out with a crackle and he went back into the front room. The fight was still going on, the brawlers holding their own against the squad of bouncers within a ring of curious spectators. Yojimbi made a mental note not to get involved into close quarters combat with anyone on facemash. Lukas pick pocketed a mind stimulant and a potent aerosol hallucinogenic from the entranced audience and left the Brothel.

Yojimbi found a bench a good walk away from Y?Glear?s and read the shipping manifest. A plasma rifle was sold to one Flag Gorgis only fifteen minutes before Yojimbi had gotten there. Lukas tittered; the idiot hadn?t even bothered to use a pseudonym. However, no plasma rounds were sold, which he had expected. Plasma rounds were incredibly hard to get ones hands on and there was only one place to get them. Yojimbi hailed another public transit unit and made his way to Loki?s Fortune: a casino front for the one rounds dealer who could get her hands on plasma rounds.

Yojimbi waited for the cab to make its way out of eyesight. He then vaulted up to the top of the one story building and waited for Gorgis to exit the Casino. Seven minutes later Flavis exited the Casino and looked left and right, but not up. Yojimbi then pulled out the aerosol hallucinogenic, punctured it, and dropped it onto the side walked bellow. Gorgis looked in the direction of the clattering sounds but did not notice the invisible drug seeping out of the can.

At least, not with his eyes. His brain started processing the chemicals form the overdose of the chemicals within seconds. Yojimbi then injected himself with the mental stimulate and roused his psionic power. Gorgis started shaking and looking around, trying to grasp the shadows that constantly stayed in his peripheral vision. He ran into an alley, bewildered by his new found paranoia. Lukas followed Gorgis on the rooftops. In the alley, Yojimbi saw that Gorgis was loosing it; all he needed was a little push. Lukas nudged Gorgis already terrified mind into overload, Flak could no longer take it. He took the plasma rifle and put it to his own head. Then Gorgis pulled the triggered. The job was done, Lukas?s consciousness began to fade. It was later reported that a drug addict had killed himself due to a hallucinogenic induced day-terror.

Simulation Activated

The next time Yojimbi awoke he found himself in a drop ship overlooking a small lunar citadel. The tower soared into the sky below him, gleaming off the reflective dirt of the moon. His holopad stirred again and his operation manifest appeared again.

The Confederacy has a special mission for you. Infiltrate a rogue Terran Command Center and retrieve plans for a "Psionic Disrupter." Detection means death.

Well of course this job was assigned to him, Lukas mused, if there was one thing Yojimbi could do, it was steal. He had never been caught. Well except once, that was when he was ten. Although he knew that was 20 years ago it felt so recent for some reason. He shook himself out of his ponderings to overview a blueprint of the base.

It was bad, it would pretty much drain his psionic ability just to get through the radar screen surrounding the tower. He was essentially without psionic abilities for the entire mission, and he seriously doubted he would be able to find mind stimulants on the drop ship, however there was a bottle of alcohol, probably left by one of the more eccentric Ghosts. He emptied the drink onto the floor and pocketed the empty bottle. He didn?t bother taking weapons, if he had to use them he would have already lost. He told the drop ship pilot to pick him up in two days. The pilot look confused but said nothing.

He began to concentrate on the air around. The air shimmered and hardened into an invisible wall, all angles and slants. He jumped out of the hatch and his membrane wings gave him a slow descent. The radar bounced off his psionic wall, detecting nothing. Yojimbi landed on the roof and shuddered, the effort it took to sustain such a large barrier for even that short duration had mentally drained him. Lukas looked around, searching for the portcullis leading into the tower. He found it after a few seconds, opened it, and slid down the ladder without a single noise.

Lukas glanced at the blueprints he had uploaded to the Holopad on his arm. The room where the psionic disrupter was being held was only two floors below him. He saw stairs leading to the floor below, with a man standing guard at the foot of them. The guard was armed to the teeth with guns and melta-knives. Yojimbi slid down the banister of stairs and in one fluid motion brought his hand to the back of the guard?s neck, the guard immediately slipped for consciousness. Lukas dragged him into the corner of the room and slipped the empty alcohol bottle into the guard?s unmoving hand; his superior would deal with him. Through the glass floor he could see the room where the psionic disrupter was being held. Lukas went back over to the guard and appropriated one of the melta-knives and one of the guard?s shoelaces. Lukas went back over to the floor and cut a hole into it using the melta-knives. He then proceeded to dangle the shoelace through the hole and set off one of the infared alarm beams.

An alarm warbled to life and brought every guards attention to the room. Lukas then crept back up to the roof of tower. He left the trapdoor open however so he could still hear what was happening below.

?WILSON! WHAT ARE YOU DOING DRUNK ON THE JOB??
?Sir, there must be some mista-?

The guard?s voice was cut off but the fire of a gun. Another guard?s voice echoed to the rooftop.

?Sir, no one was found on the floor below the room, it must have been a mistake.?
?THEN FIX IT!?

Yojimbi continued this charade for the next day and a half, constantly setting off the alarm. The arrival of guards to the holding room of the disruptor became longer and longer, after the 32nd set off of the Alarm, Yojimbi heard what he had waiting for.

?Fuck this, next time that alarm goes off I?ll taking my break, these stairs are taking it out of me?

An echo of general agreement of all the Guards reached Yojimbi?s ears. He waited for all the disgruntled and tired guards to go back to their posts on the numerous floors below the holding room. Then Yojimbi went down the stairs and put the disruptor in his pocket. The alarm warbled for its 33rd time and Yojimbi made his way back to the top with a leisurely pace, the guards would take their sweet time this time. The drop ship was waiting a few clicks above the roof tower. Yojimbi signaled the drop ship and it released a rope. Yojimbi grabbed onto the rope and it pulled him back onto the drop ship. He bothered not to even attempt to shield himself from the radar screen, it was too late for them to do anything. Lukas gave the disruptor to the drop ship pilot. Lukas began to fade out of consciousness.

Simulation Activated

Yojimbi recognized his surroundings as an observation room, a man sat tied to the chair on the opposite side of the one way mirror. Lukas shared the room with Commander Tian, who was staring at him the way one stares at a particularly distasteful piece of art.

Tian then turned his attention to the man in the other room.

?Kill him, with any weapon you wish?

A door opened to an armory, Yojimbi went inside and picked up a very miniscule Laspistol. The charge went in one end, and was shot out the other by a hyper accelerator.

?Very basic? Tian noted; he seemed to approve. Lukas then went into the room with the captive in it. Behind his back, Yojimbi surged with psionic ability. He melted the front of the Laspistol so that the front end of the barrel had no exit. Yojimbi then put a charge into the back of the pistol. He untied the captive and tossed the weapon to him.

?Leave? Yojimbi said.

Without a seconds hesitation the captive brought up the pistol and fired it at Yojimbi. The charged bounced off the collapsed end of the front barrel, went straight back out of the entry point of the charge. The charge lodged between the captive?s eyes and he slumped over, dead. Yojimbi, although exhausted from the effort it took to melt the weapon, looked into the mirror and smirked. Although he could not see Tian, he knew the commander was probably incredibly aggravated.

?Anything else, Commander?? Yojimbi smiled.


Memo to Commander Tian
Report on freeform combat testing
Subject: Lukas Yojimbi
Age: 10

Psionic Weaponry
Preferred Method: Applied Nueromancy
Strength: Low, he need for his targets to already be mentally unstable for him to have a chance of his Nueromancy having any affect. His psionic reserves are minimal at best, however it seems to be no great handicap to him, he easily finds ways around his limitations.

Material Weaponry
Preferred Method: Martial Stealth Arts
Strength: He has knack for finding pressure points on any body, probably due to his knack in Applied Nueromancy.

SPECIAL NOTE: He has a considerable knack for stealth.
SPECIAL NOTE: He has yet to take a life, as we already discussed this is a huge problem for us. Although he seems to have no qualms about being responsible for ones death he won?t do the deed himself. He even found a way around the ?Old Fashioned? test.
 

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[HEADING=1]Psionic Disruption- Part I[/HEADING]​

"How's the kid doing?" an unfamiliar voice asked.

"He's asleep. He did remarkably well on the Perception and Telepathy exam, much better than the average Psi 3 cadet. I am expecting some great things from him" Dr. Steel's voice came through.

"Do we know how or why he shows such an affinity to it?"

"No, he's an only child. Parents are not telepathic and they show no signs of Psionic affinity at all. He's just...special. Just like all the others from the Y-53 shipment"

"Is he ready for field duty yet?"

"Are you kidding?. He has to go through several psychological testing before he is ready for field work. I have a feeling that's one side that will require extensive work"

"How so?"

"He's very apathetic about his training, morality is lost on him. He just blindly follows what we tell him to do, no questions about why or for who...he just does as he is told

"I don't see the problem with that. He sounds almost pre-designed for life with the Ghost Program

"He's seven. No one has such a bleak view on the world without presenting some serious psychological trauma. If we put in on the field now, there is no telling the amount of chaos he could unleash. He needs to be conditioned...carefully!"

"Well, there is a perfect opportunity to find out. Commander Tian has ordered a physical and weapons training of all cadets. Marcus should be made ready"

"So soon?. He isn't ready for..

"That's not your call doctor!. Wake him up!

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Marcus shut his eyes and shifted uncomfortably in his bed. He didn't know if the others could detect his mind probes but he wanted to know as much about his captors as possible without giving himself away. Marcus had been probing the minds of those around him since the "scientists" unlocked this latent ability within him from the last experiment. So far, his intrusions had gone undetected. He sighed to himself silently as he heard the latest news, it appeared that a new experiment awaited him. He had yet to find out why all this experiments are been conducted on him and what the Ghost Program truly meant. Who were these others from the Y-53 batch and were they all children like him?.

There was a sudden stirring from inside his mind, he could feel the approach of Dr.Steel. Almost immediately, there was the sound of a hatch turning and the metal door to his room opened. Marcus did his best impression to look like he was asleep all along.

"Marcus!" Dr. Steel called out in a low tone approaching the boy.

"Marcus, wake up!. There is a new mission for you!" he said calmly sitting on the edge of the bed.

Marcus raised his head and put on his best sleepy voice.

"Wha-?. What's happening?"

"I have got new mission orders for you. There are two marines by the door who will escort you, once you are ready, to a Dropship on level eight. I will be awaiting for you on the Launch Deck. Be there in five minutes" Steel said with a faint smile as he walked out of the room again.

Marcus looked at the clock. The time read 2:45am. Why always in the morning? he muttered under his breath

Within four minutes Marcus had dressed back into his grey cadet uniform and made his way, under escort to level eight. Dr. Steel greeted him as the elevator doors opened, behind him was a large metal Dropship that was undergoing a thorough inspection by the crew. The roof above had opened-out partway revealing the starry black sky above. Marcus paused to stare at the wide expanse of space. A thin beam of moonlight caressed his face and almost instantly a sudden surge of peace and contempt rushed trough his body. He starred mesmerized by the night sky, the moon and the countless stars.

"Are we going out for a tour?" Marcus asked without facing Dr.Steel

"No Marcus!. This isn't a tour" came the sharp reply.

"You need to focus on the mission at hand. I am giving you some options to take. Think about them carefully and let me know your choices" his cold tone instantly shattered the respite in Marcus's mind.

Dr. Steel began to explain the mission options and the task at hand to Marcus. The boy grew despondent again, disappointed that this was not a tour of the outside but another mission as he had expected. However, he quickly shrugged his shoulders and replied:

"I'll take mission B, sir!."

"Very well, Marcus!" Dr. Steel quickly jotted something down on his PDA and whistled over his shoulder. Instantly a Terran pilot came jogging over.

"Cadet, PA-1101/D here has opted to take mission B. Fly him out to sector 004 for simulation training" he said addressing the pilot. The pilot in turn nodded silently and walked off into the Dropship.

"Marcus, I need you to understand that sector 004 is our mock staging area. For all intents and purposes this is a simulation, nothing you see there is real but you will treat every illusion as a real life event. Remember, detection means death. Your enter, get the job done and leave. No trace of your presence must be found after the post-incident exam. " Steel said turning to Marcus once again.

"Oh!, and one other thing, the simulation is programmed to recognise you as a threat. You may be a kid in the physical world but they will see you as a hostile and they will fire upon you if you are detected. Understand, that you won't be harmed in anyway but the simulation will affect you via sensory distortion. I hope we are clear on that!. Also, your choice of weapons are inside the Dropship. Good luck Cadet!" he added with a salute.

Marcus nodded and proceeded to the Dropship followed by four armed marines. The Terran pilot nodded to the group and began the take-off procedures.

"Flight time is 45 minuets. I expect clear skies and smooth flying" He said to a marine. Turning to Marcus he asked, "Have you flown before, kiddo?".

Marcus shook his head.

"Well then you're in for a treat!. The Terran Dropship is no Wraith but you'll be hard pressed to find something as maneuverable as one while also carrying two armored tanks." His smile broadened as he turned to his controls. "Oh and for the record, if you feel like you have to relieve your bowels, use the airsick bags under your seat and have your safety belt on at all times."

He began to flick switches on the console and the Dropship engines roared to life. Marcus meanwhile walked to the rear of the craft and began sorting through the weapons in the weapons cabinet. He spied, two Torrent Shotguns, a Sniper rifle, several Assault Rifles, one Gauss Rifle, a couple of E11 Lockdown Devices, two combat pistols with silencer attachments and a combat knife. Recalling that this was a stealth mission he opted for the knife and a pistol with a silencer.

Equipped, Marcus returned to his seat, closely followed by the four marines who signaled to the Dropship pilot that all was secure. Instantly, the engine roar grew louder and the craft rose vertically through the opening in the roof. A second later the auxiliary engines kicked in and Marcus was away, flying towards sector 004.

He spent the next 45 minutes looking down on the sprawling landscape of Tarsonis as mile after mile tumbled by. The faint shimmering lights of the cities below him captured his attention but he didn't have long to enjoy it. In what felt like mere seconds, the pilot had engaged the ships hover mode and communicated with the passengers.

"We are holding above the LZ. Standby for decent!"

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[HEADING=1]Psionic Disruption- Part II[/HEADING]​

Marcus found himself walking for a good two miles from the LZ to a strategic location overlooking the rouge Command Center. Though his field goggle he could make out the basic perimeter defense of the building; there were eight guards, four groups of two armored marines, each patrolling a 360 degree area around the base from opposite directions. Marcus noted that for a simulation, the weapons, the marines and the building looked eerily lifelike.

He paused to take a deep breath and to analyze his situation strategically. The time was 3:55am, he knew that daylight would break in a few hours eliminating the cover of darkness he had enjoyed for now. He had to think and act fast. He resumed his observation of the patrols for the next few minutes, making mental notes of time periods and distances covered. The Command Center, he noted, had two entrances, a primary entrance at the front and a service entrance for SCV's on the Eastern side. He also noted that the Eastern patrol had a delay of 10.7 seconds on account of the marines having to go around a geographical obstacle along their patrol route. Marcus further calculated that this gave the Eastern patrol a blind spot of about 7.5 seconds. Time enough to make a sprint towards the side entrance. The only problem was that he spied a secure numeric pad that protected the side entrance from unauthorized access. He would go nowhere without the codes.

Marcus's first objective was going to be the acquisition of the access code for the service door. Undoubtedly, it would be information that would be freely available to the patrolling guards, if not in the very least to the senior officer of the group.

He was not very hard to spot. His armor had special decorations that made him stand out in a crowd and he walked with an air of authority. He also was in direct line-of-sight to Marcus. The boy instinctively focused him mind on the officer and began probing his brain. The marine's thoughts, his fears, his aspirations and eventually his memories opened out to Marcus's intrusion.

Birthdays, names, addresses, locker numbers, communication numbers, passwords and access codes jumped into Marcus's mind. Eventually, he found what he was looking for, 433261#8.

Having gotten the first part of his objective Marcus decided to get closer to the Command Center to time his approach. He gripped his silenced pistol and stealthily made his way down to a small outcropping of rocks that stood halfway between him and the eastern entrance. The rocks wouldn't have shielded a grown adult, but a boy of seven it could conceal with ease. He pressed himself against the rocks as he heard the metallic thud of marine boots approach. One of them was making their clockwise patrols, he had seven and a half seconds before the other marine showed up on his counter-clockwise patrol. Marcus held his breath as the unmistakable smell of cigar smoke filled his nostrils and a short melodic tune filled his ears as the marine walked by just inches from his location. Cigar ash fell on Marcus's face, the sound of boots slowly faded away.

He wasted no time. In one swift move, Marcus vaulted over the rocks and sprinted towards the side entrance. He punched in the code and hit 'Enter', a green light flashed and the sound of a bolt withdrawing was heard. Marcus pulled the handle of the door and darted inside shutting it behind him as quietly as possible. He was in a dark corridor. All was quiet on the inside, the sound of a patrolling marine was heard outside. He had successfully infiltrated the Command Center.

The next half an hour Marcus spent sticking to the shadows and corridors as he looked at sight maps to direct him across the complex maze that was the Command Center. He used his Psionic ability to mentally map the building and the corridors while remaining hidden in the shadows. The thoughts of the marines and officers around him came blaring into his head, he used every strength he had to filter out the chaos and to weed out the location of the plans for the "Psionic Disrupter".

One particular thought jumped at him.

"Dr. Hoffman's third report to the Senior Scientific Adviser.

/Begin Audio Log 1:

"Sir!...Mr. Vorn!. This is my third report regarding the malfunction Gravitical Stabilizer in our Physics Lab. I understand that you have priorities elsewhere but it is imperative, if our research is to continue, that you must replace our broken equipment. I insist, nay demand that you make our research the priority of this station instead of wasting valuable resources with dangerous projects. For the sake of humanity, leave the Psionic Disrupter project where it belongs, in the Server Room and help us realize the dream of the Valkyrie project. Reagrds, Dr. Hoffman.

/ENDLOG

Nonono..that won't do!. That will get me fired for sure. I should try.....a more subtle approach!:

"Dr. Hoffman's third report to the senior scientific adviser.

/Begin Audio Log 2:


"Mr. Vorn, sir!. I hope this finds you well..."


Marcus opened his eyes. The Server Room!. Marcus had no difficulty in finding the room in question. Unfortunately, the doorway was guarded by two marines and a security camera. Access was going to be tricky.

Damnit! he muttered peeking at the guards from his concealed spot. He began to think of alternate scenarios of how to enter the room when his eyes fell on the ventilation duct above.

The passageway was small, narrow and loud. The ventilation fans far off echoed through the narrow ducts and filled the air with dust and smoke. Visibility was horrible and Marcus wished he had brought a flashlight along. Despite this he ventured onwards and after about 15 minutes of crawling Marcus reckoned he was in the passageway that fed into the Server Room. To his left was a maintenance panel, similar to the one he had used to get into the ventilation duct in the first place. The only difference was that this panel was several fee off the ground. Fortunately, Marcus had the forethought of bringing some rope along. With some work, Marcus had removed the panel and gently dropped down to the floor.

The room was bathed in soft white light and in the center was a giant mainframe computer. A sign on the ground read: 'Server Room'. Marcus looked about the room before proceeding.
A few feet to his left was a security camera that was fixed in a stationary position trained on the Mainframe's center console. He had little choice but to disable the camera before proceeding, the risk was that disabling the camera would alert the guards. He had to work fast.

Marcus moved towards the metal door to his rear and searched for an override button. He knew that the marines outside would respond immediately if the alarm was sounded so he needed to buy some time. He grabbed the door's access panel and began to systematically remove the wiring. After removing three wires he noticed that the light indicating the power to the door faded. With that done, Marcus made his way to the camera while staying out of its range. He pulled out his pistol and squeezed a round. The gun hissed silently as it spat a round towards the camera. The camera responded with a shower of sparks as it crumpled upon impact. Marcus wasted no time as he bolted to the console and began furiously typing commands in. Withing seconds he found a file containing the plans for a Psionic Disrupter. He had just initiated a file transfer into his storage device when suddenly the alarms began to blare out a warning.

Malfunction in Server Room! Deploy Containment Force

Voices drifted into Marcus's ears. The two marines outside were clearly having difficulty in opening the room door. He glanced at the data transfer 91%.

"The door's jammed, I can't get it open!" a voice came from beyond the door.

"Get the C4 charges then!. Hurry!" came another voice.

Marcus turned to the console. The data transfer was done. He grabbed the device and bolted up the rope and back into the ventilation duct with minutes to spare. He had just made his way back out to the corridor when the marines breached the room. He was about to proceed back to the service entrance when the walls around him suddenly collapsed and he was staring at the open air of Tarsonis. The Dropship pilot, the four marines and a Ghost were standing around him.

"Congratulations kid!" The Ghost spoke. "The simulation is over."

"You might have made a ruckus but they had no idea what hit them. That sounds like a job well done to me. Hand over the data disk and get back on the ship. Dr. Steel will be very pleased with your results."
 

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Letter to Commander Tian
Sent by Dr. H.P. Lovemern

Dear, Commander Tian
I find that my patient, Karhill is not ready to engage in testing because of a personality disorder that can and possibily will cause him to snap in the line of duty and make him an ineffective Ghost. I require him to come to me instead, this probelm will require much attention, but I feel it can be overcome.

Signed,
Dr. Lovemern


Commander Tian eyed the paper formally sent to him and yelled, "What is this shit?" before putting it into the trash can at his desk. Commander Tian knew that sometimes its better to break a soldier before he was completely sane in order to craft him into a superior warrior. He knew that pushing him to his limit would break him almost completely, breaking was a priority for this one, he had to know his place before the others.

He lifted his finger and pressed into the microphone at his desk, "For Karhill's test, give him the Zulu Crowd Protocol, this will be perfect for his stability,"
"But sir!" replied a frumpy voice over the speak to the right of the microphone,"they havn't learned to dampen their presence much less shield i-"

"SHUT UP AND RUN THE DAMN PROTOCOL," Tian shouted!

Karhill waited in the empty training room, until an animated voice murmur in an instructional voice, "You are embarking on the Zulu Protocol, your objective is to find the suspect Jaron Merion he is in possession of a Psi detecting device that ranges from 1 mile to several feet when scaled by the user. He is considered armed and dangerous, he is located in the slums of Tarsonis and will go through any lengths to aprehend or kill you. Being a Ghost operative you must remain unseen by this terrorist and eliminate him in a manner befitting your profession and stature. You are allowed 1 weapon, and 2 peices of equipment excluding cloaking fields and the like. You have 45 seconds to decide your weaponry before you being this mission....45...44...43"

Karhill thought to himself about the practicality of weaponry to use in the slums of tarsonis and how it would effect him...his first thoughts were a firearm, of course the basis of all weaponry.

"30" buzzed the machine.

A silenced reapting pistol would be the most effective, semi-small, concealable and easy to use due to his prior training beforehand. He knew his other choice but ghost gloves, while semi-bulky and likely to give him away were enchancers for hand strength in hand to hand combat, which he doubted would occur but he never knew.

"11" buzz the machine again.

He thought the practiaclity of a tazor would be useful in the non-lethal takedown of a civilian if nessesary.

"I will take a repeator pistol, ghost gloves, and a tazor," said Karhill with much thought. The said equipment appeared upon his body, pistol stored neatly on a holster on his leg, tazor in his pocket and gloves neatly on hands.

The Machine began to load the program, the world around him became more and more colorful until "Pop" it suddenly came from just buildings to an entirely populated slum with many improvished people on the streets panhandling where they can.

Karhill groped his pocket because he felt a disturbence and in his pocket was a picture with a somewhat younger looking man, with greasy blond hair, and a hateful look him his eye. On the back gave an adress, "34 cosmo street, park bench...and good luck, you'll need it," He followed the flow of street, flooded with thoughts to trivial to even remember moments later his brain sore from his dampener being flooded and breaking his concentration on the mission.

As the streets wheeled by he kept a close eye for 34 cosmo street, and when he saw the street the lonely man on the bench was clenching a suitcase. This has to be him, who would have a suitcase in a place like this people barely even have jobs here. As he moved closer to his target, Jaron Merion jolted up and trotted off holding his hip with a strain...HE WAS SPOTTED! Jaron began to move through the crowd knudging between a few people, the streets were getting less and less dense as he followed his target past ruined buildings and rusty brothels.

With less people his telepethy was becoming more acute, possibly to scan to follow him. His mind scanned the area, and a particular thought stuck out the most, "Think of brick walls, the thicker the better, the thicker the better, to keep him out, to keep him it out!"

This thought was certainly his and he followed his across the less dense ruins, which were probably not even functioning buildings to begin with. He streets were all deserted, Jaron jetted into a alley between two building big enough to bring large cargo trucks through.

He passed quickly into the alley to get closehanged by a fist through the air to land on his back and had his stomach quickly stomped on. His pain retching through his entire body.

"Lil' sassin ain't so strong," growled a deep voice, Karhill vision was still black from the knock to the head.

"Thats because hes a lil' wimp that one is," yelled a higher voice.

"Shut up," whined Jaron, "hes a ghost or else my suitcase wouldn't send the vibration to my phone when he was within 200 meters!"

"I'll finish this one," laughed the deep voice as his hand clenched around Karhills throat and causing him to go further blind. The hand lifted him up and choked him in mid-air, lifting him up about 2 feet off the ground.

His vision black, his hand flopped around his body, too short to reach his pistol but not to short to grab his stunner which he shot directly into the vile input of sound. The jolt also coursed through him and the juggernaut let go and he landed smack on the ground, butt first.

"Dumb F***er has a tazor," screamed the deep voice as he got up off the floor. The sound of 2 loaded guns being loaded brought Karhill back into action as he got up as well and shoved the tazor into the stomach of the goliath once more using him as a shield for fire.

"Move Opino!" the two men yelled as they fired rounds into his back, the shots coursed through the large thug blowing chunks off what the man that were significant holes for civilian weapons. The last thought that went through Opinos head was that he regretted nothing in his life.

Karhill tried to shrink himself into as small a ball as possible to avoid the rounds going through Opinos slowly falling corpse.

"Ahhhhhhhh" screamed Karhill as a bullet passed through his left hand taking a dime sized whole in his shoulder. He dodged Opinos fallen body and hid behind a large dumpster clenching his wounds begining to cry....to....black..out..

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Karhill awoke finding himself warm a comforting feeling, however the cold tarsonis street still lingered, so he figured he wasn't out of the simulation. A pool of blood falling from his head covering his face.

"Get him up and outta here soldier, and if he so much as opens a peep you will be Tians *****," barked some man with authority.

Karhill struggled and was carried on the back of a strong man of marine-esque build and thrown out of the room into a room, the lights snapped on to reveal a scoreboard, the blood came out of his eyes and a medic came to treat the wound on his head, but if this was a stimulation why would he have a real wound?

A scoreboard popped on a blank wall of the medic room listing as so.

ZULU PROTOCOL...ISM: 9_241_97

Steath and presense....F
Combat capability.....C-
Use of assigned weapons...A
Practicality....B-

Failing to complete advised task the assigned way
TOTAL GRADE......F

Karhill was shocked at this score. How was he supposed to be stealth when a machine to detect his Psi movements....flustered and bruised Karhill asked to be sent back to his room and a supieror officer guided him back with a gun to the back of his head. Too unusual any treatment he has gained before, but he cared little out of the rage of his score.

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Dr. Lovemern watched the mission video, being sent prioity A- viewing for his patient Karhill. Lovemern studied the tape and gazed at the recording.

The first half seemed to usual for a trainee, the moment however he shrugged behind the dumpster, he noticed a change in prosture to more slunked and risky. Karhill grabbed his silenced pistol and jumped on top of the dumpster running along it while firing shots at the two armed gunman killing the second thug with two bullets to the chest and one to the throat.

The terrorist with the sacks gun however was jammed, which was a distinct trait of telekinetic powers used with the telepathic power to read minds to learn the weapon inside and out from the user of the weapon. He has seen it before many times in his training as a ghost trainer.

Karhill threw his pistol aside and landed a punch directly in the sternum of Jaron the extra power and strength of the tough glove looked like broke a few rib bones. Jarons gun flew to the side of him and Karhill ducked down and punched him directly in the kneecap incaptiating Jaron.

Karhill had a differnt look on his face, one of brutallity and sadism. Karhill jumped ontop of Jaron's body punching him repeatedly in the face, over and over again for about 2 minutes until his face was moosh between the trainees new found strength and the concrete pavement.

A few security officers came to escort Karhill who was still happy punching the dead face of Jaron into the ground.

"KARHILL YOU WILL GET UP AND YOU WILL SALUTE TO ME FOR A JOB NOT WELL DONE," yelled the officer with a marine backing him up in a metal suit of armor.

"Karhills not home," whimpered Karhills sadistic face and it turned into a yell, "BUT TERRY IS!" Karhill under the self given name Terry charged towards the officer from the bloody corpse of Jarons over the high-pitched voice thug, into -SMACK! A clothshanger given by the metal armored marine, the blood came rushing out of Karhills head onto his body.

"My God," thought Lovemern, "WE BROKE HIM!"
 

Amnestic

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So, we extending the deadline for more people to get entries in I guess? Fine with that, but wouldn't mind a sneak peek at what the next entry will be based on so I can start brainstorming ideas.
 

Flying-Emu

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I've been moving the last couple of days, so I sorta kinda forgot about this until just now. I'll do my judging by 8:00 PST and have a new mission up. Apologies for the inconvenience.
 

lostclause

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Sorry for the late entry, been a busy week. Thanks for the extension (even if it was unintentional)

Rick lay back in the seat, already feeling dizzy from the disparity between his sense and what the psyhic sought to impose. The training instructor was only a few feet away, using his powers to simulate a mission in Rick's mind. Rick didn't resist, his defences were weak to begin with and so could not withstand this assault. He closed his eyes.

Despite not opening them again, Rick saw a room, a very different one from that which he had just left. Instead of the white and grey of the testing areas, this was illuminated by a yellow bulb. It cast shadows on the sparsely decorated room, reflecting off the equipment that lay on the table in the centre. Rick approached it. There were a lot of weapons, more than he could hope to carry as a child. There was also a note, a printed page with a picture of his target, where to find him and reasons for him being apprehended. Rick didn't care for the last, even if this had been reality he wouldn't have cared. The simple joy of a task was all he needed to sustain him.

He began to suit up for the mission. He took what was necessary, a sniper rifle, tranquiliser darts, a knife and a communicator.

The target was known to frequent a bar in town, among the slums of the city. Rick waited until dark before leaving the house that he had appeared in, making his way through the allies until he came to a slum house opposite the bar he knew the target would be arriving at in 2-3 hours. However the target always arrived and left under armed guards, a clear shot was going to be difficult from the front due to the crowd. Hence he had chosen the back door to watch over. Rick began to scale the building, a task that was not too challenging despite his young body.

He reached the perfect height for a shot over the back door and perched on a ledge. He listened for a long moment and he could hear the breathing of the occupant, slow and regular, that of a deep sleep. The window wasn't locked (who would this high up?) and Rick slipped inside. Moments later he moved back onto the ledge, sheathing his knife. There could be no witnesses and this one had been likely to interrupt when shots were being fired, a chance that he could not afford to take. He settled in to wait. He considered attempting to cloak himself but decided against it. The fatigue it would cause would not be worth the meagre benefits.

The target arrived, the two cars were clearly visible. The glass was likely to be bullet proof so there was no sense in taking the shot, even if it were not a moving target. The pair went out of sight, placing the building between Rick and his enemies. Rick continued to wait, an hour, two, three went by. The target often stayed late into the night and Rick needed him to drink, dull the mind and reflexes. Eventually it was time. Activating the communicator he had brought, Rick called the local authority.
"There is a cargo of drugs being negotiated over in the Blue Moon bar," he told the police, "It got out of hand and they began fighting, they're using weapons!" Rick did his best to sound like an innocent bystander, and despite his weak acting he succeeded in having them dispatch armed response units.

A minute passed, two, three before the sirens could be heard in the distance. Another passed before the police began entering the bar, prompting a wave of shady citizens to flee out the rear entrance. Rick waited and watched the target and his guards flee down a nearby alley. When they were far enough from the bar Rick began firing at the guards, dropping one with each shot until only the target remained. But he kept fleeing down the alley, too far now for the darts. Rick cursed and jumped. He fell down, onto the roof of the bar, rolling to prevent injury.

He regained his balance and jumped again, this time into the alley and gave chase after the target. He leapt over the wounded and dying men, skidding around the corner onto the main road. He desperately fumbled a dart clip into his rifle as the target got closer as the man's overindulgent lifestyle took its toll. The man's hand reached across his coat, going for a concealed weapon. Rick dived forward, rolling to make himself a difficult target as the man tried to aim. His attempt cost him valuable time and Rick closed the distance between them. At such close quarters, the long rifle would be impossible to use. Rick rammed the butt of the rifle into the man's chest, causing him to double over, dropping his weapon. Again, the stock of the rifle collided with the figure, this time to the side of the face, spraying blood everywhere. The man collapsed and Rick stepped back before shooting him with a dart. At such close range the needle embedded itself deeply in the victim's flesh. After a few moments the man's struggling ceased as the drug took effect.

Rick dragged him into an alleyway. He discarded his rifle, it would be impossible for him to carry both it and the man, who was proving difficult enough on his own. Rick began to drag him the long way back to the house he had started out from.

It was still night but dawn was coming; light was questing over the horizon. It caught upon the broken glass and sparkled. It caught upon the blood and shimmered. The light caught on the body and The light was mirrored by the smashed computer, putting out pitiful sparks from the broken electronics. Rick crunched the glass underfoot and slipped through the broken window. The dead man had been the one to receive Rick's call. There could be no witnesses.
 

Flying-Emu

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Reward Winner: Scotth266. PM me with your choice.

Honourable Mentions: Skarin, Amnestic

No Entry: Too many to list. You know who you are.

[HEADING=2]Mission Three:[/HEADING]
[HEADING=3]The Beaches of Poco Boca[/HEADING]​

Commander's Log
Date: Unspecified


The children continue to astound me. Their skill, their finesse, their coolness grows with each passing day. Far beyond that of most their age... Far more than myself when I was a Ghost.

What? What am I saying?

The children are a blessing to the Program! A gift! The most powerful we've seen since our founding! And I, I grow afraid of them? They're not but children... nothing but tools for our ends. They will work well. They will.

End Log

Mission: Assassinate the Protoss High Templar Tichondrius in the enemy-occupied territory of Poco Boca.

Characters: Varies (Joint piece or singular)

Reward: Special; Will be PMed to victor.

Description: It's time, kiddies. Your first squad mission. You will be placed into a simulation wherein you, under the command of Ghost SX-543, C-520, or C-7032, infiltrate a Protoss-held Terran city, Poco Boca. The city is along the coast, and the High Templar's residence is on the edge of a sheer cliff. Your mission objectives are as follows;

-Assassinate the High Templar

-Make your way to the Drop Point for evac.

-Minimize civilian casualties.

Deadline: August 25th
 

jesuslegofreak

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is it to late to join the academy??? i specifically made an acount for this,i know its really late for this batches training but maybe a flunker from the class before them or something,at the very least i would like to join the next class that you do