Bookie calling command.  Do we have any units stationed in this immediate area outside the designated demonstration area?  I'm reading multiple aquatic contacts on all sonar bands.<br/><br/>She flipped over to squad speech, tapping into the secure lines.<br/><br/>We have multiple aquatic contacts.  Priority one is the extradition and security of VIP personnel, secondary priority is the identification of unknown contacts, tertiary priority is the defense of military assets and civilian property. Weapons free, maximum prejudice. Chulain, you're with me.  We're going under. I want a better look at what we're dealing with while command comes back over the line.<br/><br/>Finally, she swapped over to a wide-spectrum military broadcast.<br/><br/>This is Captain Ashcroft of the NES Victory I am authorizing full Alert status. Code RED.  The demonstration is postponed.  All civilian personnel are to be immediately evacuated. Military personnel are to work with civilian police to arrange the evacuation, and appoint a liaison to communicate how the evacuation is proceeding. Your contact is Commander Donnelly of the Victory, channel 180.62 military frequency.  Units boasting heavy equipment are to take up firing position near the northeast coastline. Captain Ashcroft, out.<br/><br/>With as much as she could do shouted with a surprising degree of clarity over the communications channels, she began trembling in her cockpit, freezing up for a moment as her mind struggled with what was happening.<br/><br/><em>It wasn't supposed to be this way.  This was supposed to be a demonstration!</em><br/><br/>Still trembling, she forced herself to take hold of controls, and stopped to take a few deep breaths before forcing her mecha into a full on sprint into the waves.  During the jaunt, a soft clicking announced the deployment of the heavy blade that served as the Khopesh's melee armament, as well as the nigh inaudible noises of torpedo's disengaging their safeties and inserting their priming pins. If it was an enemy contact, she'd meet it with as much firepower as she could.  The water slowly rose to cover the mech, and only the soft sounds of the gently clicking sonar and the eerie green nightvision cameras illuminated the water around her.