Phoenix Logs/Campaign Logs/Warped Reflections
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- Plutus, Brute captain. Emergency signal. 6/4/2559
- Voridus, this is Plutus! This is not a call for help, as I know it is already too late
- for us, but rather a warning. The Flood scourge has breached our base and I can
- hear the screams of my Jiralhanae brothers from the outer corridors as they fall
- to the monstrosities.
- We were preparing the laser drills for power extraction when an Unggoy
- spotted the first form. We laughed at typical Unggoy panic until we saw a
- Wraith engulfed by a wave of seethering sickness. Our defences did little to stop
- the sheer numbers of Flood when they first attacked, swarming over the
- turrets and silencing them under mounds of filth. We fell back inside, but they
- crawled and slithered through the vents and cracks and our base became a
- slaughterhouse.
- I watched as battle-hardened Jiralhanae screamed in terror as the Flood twisted
- their forms into horrifying new shapes, their eyes pleading for a swift death.
- Warriors I had fought side by side which turned upon me with unknowing eyes
- and terrible rage. I ordered the few survivors to fall back to the inner corridors
- as I planted my last cache of plasma mines, hoping to put an end to the
- torment suffered by those infected.
- There were moments of silence after the mines exploded, which we used to
- count our numbers and weapons. We have not enough to hold for an hour, let
- alone push back this enemy. Already, the uncanny screams have started
- rumbling again, and the pounding has begun as they fling their battered and
- contorted bodies against the door.
- We laughed at the Covenant rumors about High Charity, but they were all true.
- The Flood will consume all. You must...
- [Transcription ends]