Arknights: Starsfall I

Chapter 86

United States Government Intranet

We are no longer receiving rockets full of Russian reserves heading to Terra, we can only assume they ran out of rockets, or they are reaching Civil Stability point: [ CRITICAL ].

Translation's on the fritz. This is a critical problem, considering the Russian Government has sent this in regards to their Eastern territories going silent over that Government Intranet Message that was privately sent by our ambassador in Moscow.

Внимание всем: У нас недавно украли одну установку Tополь-M. Кто её украл и зачем, в этот момент мы не знаем.

We are assuming the worst if the translation we are getting is correct...

- American Secretary of State

Quietly raise us up to DEFCON 3, we've been hanging on DEFCON 4 for the longest amount of time, it's time to get more worried about the stability of our home world. Does not mean we will entirely stop any more supplies being sent, just don't expect any more military forces other than the ones who are coming back to Terra from Texas.

- President Mayla Hawthorne

Bloody hell, that clock's gotten closer to Midnight, right then, we'll be on it, Task Force 141 out.

- Cpt. John Price

What the fuck's going on?

- President of the Columbian Union

Things you should not be worrying about.

- President Mayla Hawthorne

From Team RAINBOW, Happy New Years

- Eliza Cohen, 'Ash'

"21 Gun Salute"

December 31st, Earth Time, 2055
November 1st, Terra Time, 1097

Pvt. James Ramirez

Yesterday was a fun day full of training at the behest of Foley, Dobermann, Amiya, and Ace. At the moment, he was sitting in a little diner that was on the edge of Houston, where the group was planning to spend New Years Eve. Sipping on some coffee, he sets the cup down  and looks over at Exusiai in front of him, and Lana to the right of her, closest to the window. They hadn't ordered yet, and were just simply enjoying each other's company in this well tempered morning of Texas.

"Hey, Angel," Ramirez begins, watching as she changes her attention from Lana to him. "Yes?"

"Remember the whole exercise that Foley and Dobermann cooked up?" He asked, causing her to giggle, "How could I not?"

The open area of the ranch was converted into a training ground yesterday. Sort of building off what the National Guard left behind for them, they also added a few areas and targets for operators to test their melee skills and abilities. Hibiscus, Ptilopsis, Ceylon, Ansel, and Dunn remained on standby should anybody sustain an injury.

Fang was on her stomach firing off 5.56 rounds. Jessica was near her, she was also firing off rounds from her M4. They were shooting at a metal target that has been set up roughly 200 meters away. The latter of the 2, and this is probably due to experience with the M4 and guns in general, was hitting targets more accurately and consistently.

Ramirez was assisting Beagle, he had a couple of suggestions for her since she was a defender operator.

Namely, set her shield down and use it as a sort of stabilizer. This was soon mirrored by Liskarm, who pretty much does something similar anyways, and was trying to hit a target that was slightly further out. The difference for her was the fact that her pistol was swapped out for an American M17 in a sort of Carbine kit.