"Hostiles has breached B5 Defenses!" 

A bodiless robotic voice echoed whilst crimson lights emanate throughout the command center (CC) 

"98th Combined Wave inbound! 500m Northwest! 15 tier-4 Quads, cargo identified carrying 4 tier-3 Quasars Each! Arrival 1 minute, 28 seconds-" 

Explosions interrupting shaking the CC as the surviving 97th Air wave hurled themselves towards nearby power infrastructures sending shrapnel of volcanic rocks 

"Multiple Node Disconnections, overall base power at -50k/s! Initiating 2.5Mil Power Backup! 150 Seconds before full depletion!" 

Picking myself I then commanded, "Disconnect power to eco sector, have all the megas rebuild all nodes and power, focus all energy to defenses! B4 front reactors, overload them once the 98th is above them, Strategy - Scorched Earth!" Taking a quick step back letting the full situation dawn on me "The EMP, update me on it-" 

"Only 16 out of the 48 megas have only been recovered, quasars partially affected but operable without shields. All polies, monos, pulsars inoperable. mendors, Shields, Enhancers temporarily stunned 3 minute recovery. 'Scorched Earth' Strategy not found on Analog Database, located on Alpha Database but under strong effects of EMP, recovery time 10 hours" 

"Damn it! Continue the Plan, transport all surge for the Foreshadows at the front!" 

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Alpha, you damn idiot, wake up. 

"Multiple Missile Strikes detected - targeted areas Eco A6, A4, A3, A1 - 

"Missiles Origin! 99th Wave Artillery, 5 Tier- " 

"100th Crux Capital Wave Detected, 25km, 20mins! 4 Octs Carrying A Unit with an Energy Signature surpassing Tier-5 was detected!"

"Impossible! A Tier-6?!" 

- Defense B3 C5 A6 D7 - " 

" - 99th In conjunction with the 100th with over 150 Units Total, specifics unknown! 1 Super Unit inb-" 

- Power A7 B4 C2 and Origin-"

"Be Concise Dipshit, Missile Arrival-"

"Impact in 11 Seconds-" Gasp

" - Activate the Shields!"

9

"Shields Inactive due-"

8

"Code Override and Rebuild!"

7

"38% Shields has activated - "

- Interceptors Online - "

5

"Focus Interception targeting Origin and brace for impact!"

3

2

May God have mercy on my soul

1 - IMPACT! --

It was just a Resource Recon Mission until we were ambushed by an Army. We held on, everything was going so well until those missiles were fired, in this blinding blizzard cold of the volcanic caldera overflowing with magma raining both burning ashes and ice an environment mocking the existence of biological life and physics itself, I persist. I didn't used be strong like this as I am now, as it all began that fateful day of Rapture.