<strong><span class="bbc_u"><em> 3rd Squad, entering Abel's Folly </em></span></strong><br/><br/>As the APC drew closer and closer to the colony, the structure's basic shape began to appear, this shape slowly became more and more detailed until the APC's heads up display and scanners could offer anyone who looked at them a near perfect view of the civilian colony. But rather than offering answers to the situation this clearer view only seemed to bring up more questions. The colony appeared, for lack of a better word, to be totally deserted. There were no signs of battle damage on the walls or the gate, nor were there any signs of a hasty evacuation.<br/><br/>Upon pulling inside the colony's outer walls the colony itself revealed simply the same scene. Several civilian tractors were parked in their correct places inside the open-walled garage, the main doors into the actual colony building were shut and appeared to have not been opened in quite a long time. All around 3rd squad's APC there was an eerie air of stillness as if they were disturbing a ghost town rather than what records showed to be a prosperous and productive young colony.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u"><em>1st Squad, In the Jungle</em></span></strong><br/><br/>The chatter of Rome's smartgun cut through the natural noises of the forest in all directions, alerting nearly anyone who wanted to listen to the fact that at least someone had survived the crash of the dropship. The thick vegetation of the forest surrounded 1st squad in nearly every direction, in fact the only real area that wasn't a sea of green branches and leaves was the path through the forest that the dropship had dug during its final moments in the air and it's crash landing across the ground.<br/><br/>Sgt O'Shay was now the man in command, and it was obvious, from the fact that his communications bead was active, that he was receiving new orders from FATHER.<br/><br/><br/><br/>