Dead End

Sept 28 -Caliban

It seems that a stolen property report has surfaced for a ship matching the description of the one with Dharma Initiative markings from the Angel of Mercy bombing. The date on the document precedes the bombing. I can't prove it but it was backdated I am sure.

Nevertheless, with this document now in circulation the case I have been building against this so-called charity has started to crumble. With no hard evidence to justify my further involvement my superiors have begun the usual litany: "low resources, better served elsewhere". No one has criticized my work directly. No one dares. But now colleagues are wandering around the office chanting the phrase "veterans charity" like it was some kind of sacred cow.

They are just playing the bureaucracy 'duck and cover'. Distancing themselves from a colleague perceived to be under disfavor from Those On High. There is probably an office pool on when and where I would be reassigned. Fools.

I was in such a black mood over this I thought I would explore the sewers system of the settlement of Caliban, and survey the access points to the dome for a hypothetical strike force. That sort of thing always cheered me up.

The casual visitor to the Caliban dome would say there is only one point of entry: the airlock on the surface. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The moon itself is honeycombed with tunnels and sewers.

If I was taking the dome I would land shock troopers onto the surface. These troops would be charged with taking and holding the main airlock. This would cut off the landing pad from defenders in the dome and apply constant pressure to the dome itself.

They would be followed by mech support that would retrace the tunnel to the landing pad. The doors covering the landing pad can be controlled from a booth on the surface effectively cutting off escape. A fireteam should be able to take the booth. The mechs could then make short work of any craft caught inside.

Meanwhile any defending force at the sewer access point on the surface would be cleared by Alliance air support. Heavy infantry would be landed. A few high intensity concussion grenades into the sewer entrance and any defenders underground not caught in the immediate blast would be incapacitated with the shock waves. Troops would then storm through the sewer system and pour into the dome from under the streets.

It was about this time .. thinking these happy thoughts.... that I came across the blast door deep in the sewer tunnels underneath the surface of Caliban. Far beneath the surface of Caliban, safe from prying eyes. I estimate that the amount of explosives it would take to open this door would blow out half the moon.

This must be where they keep the toilet paper and canned corn.