<span style="font-style: italic">Earth's Orbit</span><br/><span style="font-style: italic">USS Washington Space ship</span><br/><br/>The whole crew was on alert; an unknown Destroyer Class Space ship had been spotted not long ago, entering the Solar system. It was pretty clear their intentions weren't peaceful. The General was in the Command room, asking the tech guys if they had caught the ship on their radars. The engineers were repairing the engine, the shields, and the particle cannon that was destroyed in the last battle. The soldiers already went to the minigun turrets placed on the ship to defend themselves incase they got in contact with the enemy.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"S.O.S.! They already destroyed two of our ships! We need assistance, immidiately! HELP! OH SH-"</span>Those were the last words pronounced by the Recon Force Commander, as their forces were getting completely destroyed. Major General Richards looked worriedly at the radio on the table, right infront of him.<br/><br/>"Sir, we're picking up a space ship on the radar, weapons activated." Without answering, Richards picked up his radio and spoke to the engineer division's leader.<br/>"Colonel McLeroy, what's your status?"<br/>"The engine is operative, the shields are at 100%, but weren't able to repair the cannon. Was it such a good idea to put alien technology in this damn thing?! Sorry sir, I'm just pissed right now..."<br/>"Copy that..." The General sighed; a battle was going on in his mind. He got up and walked to the front window.<br/>"...Go and engage the enemy."<br/>"What?" All people around looked at him, as if they were seeing a crazy man.<br/>"We're all dead if we do not do anything. Let's go, boys 'n girls..."<br/><br/>Everyone obeyed the General's orders, worried for their lives.<br/><br/>EX-First Class Private Mark Connor was the only one not doing anything as he was in his jail cell for deserting the army. The first battle he fought was bloody, to be honest. He hated blood. The sight of it just made him sick. The horror and cruelty of war made him quit, as he saw innocent women and children get slaughtered. He wasn't born for this kind of life, at all.<br/>He was just sitting on the floor of his cell when the alarm went off....And an explosion was heard. The bridge had been shot by some sort of alien Technology and it was completely destroyed. Mark got up and started hitting the walls (forcefields, actually) of the cell. He started screaming as he got electrified. He fell back on the ground. "God DAMN IT." He stood up and started shouting to get attention, but no one replied.<br/><br/>Another explosion occured and the lights went off. He immidiately ran out of the cell, picked up his equipment and started running for the lifepod room. He knew the whole ship's map since he had lived on there for two years before the first battle.<br/><br/>As he got to the Life Capsules' room, he encountered other soldiers that were trying to escape, just like him. Mark managed to dash in one of the capsules before any other. He pushed the emegency eject button, the capsule soon left the ship and started flying towards the Earth as the whole ship got engulfed in light...Completely blew up and killed everyone who was still on board. The explosion propulsed the capsule to it's destination and severely damaged the engines. The pod went through the Earth's atmosphere and crashed on the planet at an unknown location.