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You have an important message from user "CORE."
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> > > from : CORE (special unit forces div. [suf@CORE])
> > > to : eidolon
> > > subject : new mission - search and retrieve
> > > attachment : GPS coordinates
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Remember the "Gemini Sciences beta testing" assignment we had you complete recently? We have information telling us that Gemini Sciences has released their project "Nanoculture" into the wild as a further stage to their beta test, to allow the machine's artificial intelligence to grow and evolve naturally. Project "Nanoculture" could be an important addition to our Technology department. Your mission is to find and retrieve the specimen "Nanoculture" and return it to us. The target could be dangerous, so dress in full battle gear. Do not reveal the CORE glow badge, it is best if the target does not know who you are. You will be paid in full when you return the specimen to us.
The location of the target has been approximated within a mile, and the coordinates are attached.
>CORE
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Jennifer Frost drove down the highway in her black luxury convertible, with the hardtop up. She was checking and double-checking her plasma weapons to make sure they were in top condition, while the vehicle followed the GPS coordinates on its navigation system, driving itself with autopilot. She was dressed in full armor, save for her helmet, which was sitting on the passenger seat. She inserted the green plasma canisters into the armguns, locking them in place and putting the weapons on the back seat. She then looked at the navigation system. The GPS coordinates were set somewhere in the middle of a jungle, and the vehicle was driving itself as close to the coordinates as it could. Eventually she'd have to get out and walk the rest of the way.
After a few minutes, the car pulled over to the side of the street, the screen displaying "LOCATION REACHED" in bold letters. Frost put on her helmet, and grabbed her plasma weapons. She got out of the car, locking the doors and activating the alarm system. She went around to the back of the car and opened the trunk, pulling out her laser carbine. She didn't expect it would be much use against the Nanoculture, but she figured she'd bring it anyway. She put the rifle's sling over her shoulder, and strapped the weapon to her back.
Jennifer looked around, and then began to walk into the jungle. As she walked into the dense trees and underbrush, she strapped one of the plasma rifles onto her left arm, and hung the other from a strap on her leg. She powered up the gun on her arm, which buzzed as it warmed up and hissed as it depressurized some of the plasma, preparing it for fire. Along with the sounds of the weapon powering on, Frost could hear the many sounds of the jungle wildlife. The sounds of insects chirping, frogs croaking, small mammals scurrying, large mammals bustling, birds singing, weaponfire...
Frost looked up as she heard the sudden sound of a plasma weapon being fired in the distance. A few startled birds burst up into the sky, flying away from the sound and helping Jennifer locate its epicenter. She quickly made her way in that direction, trying to make as little noise as possible in the process (which was a hard task to accomplish through the thick underbrush.) Eventually she could see something moving through the trees, and she kept low to avoid detection. She grabbed her laser rifle, lifted her helmet visor, and looked through the rifle's scope. She zoomed in on the area where she'd seen the movement, and sure enough, there she saw the unmistakable form of the nanoswarm's chassis.
"Target located," Jennifer said, strapping the carbine onto her back again. She got closer, hiding behind trees to keep the Nanoculture from seeing her. Once she got into range, she crouched in a large blackberry bramble and aimed her left armgun at the swarm. It was currently curiously examining a python, which was hanging from a tree branch. Frost aimed her plasma armgun at the swarm, and fired a flurry of green plasma shots.