<strong>Oversoul Log data archives...</strong><br/><em>Alert: New incoming log<br/><br/>...<br/>...<br/>...<br/>Log acquired. Decompressing log.<br/><br/>...<br/>...<br/>...<br/>Log: T: Rag+249y11mo24d16h12mi Entry:A<br/>Location: plane.outpost: 167774.a.3<br/><br/>ALERT: Last known contact Rag+29y0mo1d2h00mi<br/>...<br/>...<br/>...<br/><br/>Audio file: Decompressed<br/>Video file: ERROR: Data corrupted<br/><br/>...<br/>...<br/>...<br/><br/>Construct S48a69.2FM<br/>Log Title: Last stand, outpost overrun in progress<br/></em><br/>"Just lost the last generator today, enemy shards are pushing hard. Down to the last, no Oversoul contact for over two hundred twenty years. Last construct chassis still on the outpost. Probably got enough juice for two days of good fighting. No contact from outposts 167774.a.1 or 167774.a.2 for the last thirty years, no idea if they managed to upload the programs to the Last Bastion. Outpost 167774.a.4 was overrun the day of the communication blackout, all programs lost. Got the other programs to this outposts Last Bastion and sealed it, not able to get in myself. No worries, my brothers are safe, and will eventually come back. *explosion* Some sort of new unit, designated it High Energy Ranged Artillery unit, HERA for short. Can't counter the two here, and they are just taking down the walls. Those shards got lucky on their first shot, took out the generator. Without those auto turrets, can't hold. Retreated to command room. No comms, no surprise."<br/><br/><em>ERROR: Data corruption, attempting data restoration...<br/>...<br/>...<br/></em><br/>"...*hiss of static* of power packs, managed to hold the front area, not how the anti-Leviathan mines were meant to be used, but without resupply, improvisation is the key to survival. But no chance of holding the plane now, can see units sweeping around the outpost, didn't even have the manners to put me down first. Still no contact, but again, no surprise. HERAs still outside, encouraging me to keep my head down.<br/><br/>*sound of wind, synthesized* Not the end the Creator promised, but he did buy us time. Don't know what happened. Started losing contact with inner planes, forge and domain were the first to go. Then we got scattered reports of massed tainted overrunning smaller observation posts. Usually right before the plane was isolated, if we got anything at all. Mostly got silence. Didn't get bad until the last Stalker Lord decided to try to make a push for the forge world. Got lots of traffic that day. Manifested beyonder, multiple beyonder hosts confirmed, lost a lot of constructs that day. Then they went dark. Seems the Stalker Lord walked into a trap.<br/><br/>Heh, just me in here, making an apocalyptic log. Never thought a construct would do it, but *loud explosion, loss of audio log, resumes from different terminal*<br/><br/>Fucking HERA, glanced the command post, in the auxiliary now. Nowhere left to pull back to. Found a couple abandoned power cells, emptied one to recharge me, the other for the beam saber. Underground now, HERAs can't get me, they will have to dig me out now. And I know I can take at least a couple dozen with me before that happens. Got the last of the mines set up, gonna bury the facility to protect the Last Bastion. Wish I still had an observer drone, could check to see if the other three outposts managed to follow Ender Procedures. But if I was wishing for that, might as well wish for the Creator to come back."<br/><br/><em>ERROR: Data corruption, attempting data restoration...<br/>...<br/>...<br/></em><br/>"...ground units respond. Say again, any surviving ground units, this is Death Squad Cerulean class Frigate 7, ground units, respond."<br/><br/>"Frigate 7, this is Stalker Construct S48a69.2FM at outpost 167774.a.3. Under heavy assault from massed enemy shards, requesting immediate abort of attempted rescue run."<br/><br/>"Understood. Frigate 7 inbound."<br/><br/>"Dammit Frigate 7, abort your run, outpost is overrun, enemies are in the auxiliary command post, all others uploaded to Last Bastion. I say again, ABORT."<br/><br/>"Negative on that, already overhead. Bringing the rain."<br/><br/>*audio log unable to process sounds of explosions, too many and frequent, estimated eight high energy plasma or mass driver cannons in siege configuration, bombarding the area at Speed for twelve seconds. Audio resumes after sixteen seconds* Fucking hell, Frigate 7, you done trying to cook me?"<br/><br/>"Cut the excess chatter, construct S48a69.2FM, and prep for repair and relocation. Vacation is over, time to take the fight to them. Unlock your Last Bastion, going to need every program."<br/><br/>"Take the fight to them? We have no comms, no portal transport, and no forge world."<br/><br/>"Minor problems already being corrected. Creator is back. Stow the shit, get your boots on the soil, and get ready for repair, recharge, rearm, and re-purposing to new combat arena."<br/><br/>"...Say again?"<br/><br/>"Creator is back, I say again, The Creator has returned."<br/><br/><em><br/>ERROR: Data corruption, attempting data restoration...<br/>...<br/>...<br/>...<br/>ALERT: Unable to restore remaining audio log data<br/>End of audio log<br/><br/>...<br/>..<br/>.<br/>.<br/>..<br/>...<br/>....<br/>.....<br/>......<br/>Alert: Begin spinning all stored AIs to Speed, begin diagnostic on Oversoul networking station, begin broadcasting network linkups. Pull all records on outposts, begin hailing. Attempt hailing contact of Cerulean Class Frigate 7, attempt contact with host fleet. Resume contacts with all abandoned probes, drones, abandoned chassis. All intelligence networks are to be at Speed in one standard hour. Resume full war operations inside twenty four standard hours. Prepare for mass data exchange, upload all simulations, experiment, combat run during down time.<br/><br/>'And remember constructs, this is war. We fight until we win or we die. We will have no mercy, give no quarter, take no prisoners, and leave no survivors. Constructs! Kill them all.' - Draiss Arcaniss, during massing for final Ragnarok assault on Verdelet's Base.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">ALERT: PRIORITY ZERO (0) BROADCAST TO ALL SURVIVING STALKERS: THE CREATOR HAS RETURNED, ALL UNITS REPORT IN, AND PREPARE TO REDEPLOY TO SUPPORT CREATOR OFFENSIVE. End of Line.</span></strong></span></em>