A New World

[ObnoxiousFrog]

Inspired by Aztec's tale of me getting my ass handed to me, I have decided to continue his tale from my current perspective.

Chapter 1: New Beginnings Part 1: Now Let's See What's Happening in Your Neck of the Woods!

And this is the beginning
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The Forseral sun was unusually bright on this day. ObnoxiousFrog, still relegated to doing grunt work, was patrolling the ramparts of Pwyll Amp Station, the sound of his feet on the ceramic concrete moving in tandem with the cresendo of the Nanite Silo. He stopped for a moment at one of the makeshift sandbag fortifictations and took a quick glimpse at the sun. The rays quickly burned his retina, amplified by his still-uncomfortable Terran standard-issue eyewear. Shaking off the disorientation, he heard Sentrosi's voice from the upper-level door.
"Frog! Shift's over. Get inside, I think we're gonna be getting some bad weather."
"Great, bad weather," Frog thought to himself "That's usually a gross understatement on Forseral..."
He rolled his eyes as best he could within his goggles and hurried back inside.
The holoscreen was on in the lounge outside the Spawn bay. The CDL group relegated there; Sentrosi, KaozReign, Peacemaker, and LunarWarrior were all watching intently to the military programming it was projecting. By chance, the weather was on.
"High sun on Forseral today," The bubbly weather girl said. "High possibility of severe rainstorms in the PM hours. It is reccomended that all honorable officers of the Terran Republic stationed there not leave the base buildings, as Forseralian rainstorms are some of the most vicious charted on all of Auraxis. Here are the current geopower readings straight from the Terran Republic Orbital Station."
Frog had been through some bad weather here, usually rain or the occasional dirt storm. But nothing like the surges that were dancing across the screen.
"Shit," Reign mumbled to himself. "OK guys, listen up. We gotta get this place locked down and ready for this storm. Sentrosi, you go get everything outside into the storage rooms, and refasten any loose seals on turrets, sensors, or the NTU Silo."
"Sure thing," Sent said as he quickly got to work mentally sketching his plan of action.
"Peace, you get all the external electronics hooked up. That means NTU silos, shield generators, and the vehicle and equipment terminal nanite flows."
"Roger," Peace mumbled nonchalantly.
"Lunar, you go up to the foyer and get the doors secured. Reinforce them with whatever faux-titanium sheets you can find in the storeroom."
"Yep," said Lunar, walking down the stairs and into the storage bay.
"And Frog..." Reign began.
"Yea?"
Reign smiled slyly. "Get me a beer."
Frog gave him a cynical smirk as he reached into the refigerator.


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of Forever, and Ever... - Portishead, Glory Box

End part 1


(Authors note: Things do get better than weather problems too, mmkay?)