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[spoiler]There is no prison This was before Europa and Axion It's from the original Exalin Thread[/spoiler]

After ten years of entropy, what remained in the room was caked in dust, though a few things were still visibly working. The bed hadn't been made, there were beer bottles strewn on the ground, and a few pulsating lights coming out from under heaps of clothes. He clothes seemed to be assorted, random; some were clearly feminine and others clearly a man's.

Ah, I see everything was not business with them. [b]He notices the lights[/b] Eh, and what do we have here? [b]He moves the piles of clothes[/b]

Underneath it is a very tiny, but dense circular chip. Pulsating lights dance across its surface, like glowing circuits under the skin. Remembering what you saw in the War Room, it appears as if it would fit in one of the Terminals. As Jace leaves to walk out, however, he notices a massive fist-shaped dent in the durasteel walls above the bed, as if a being with titanic strength had smashed it.

[b]He looks at it[/b] I really hope whoever did that... Doesn't mind me looking around. [b]He exits the room and goes to the War Room, to find where the chip would be placed[/b] Where, Oh where, do you belong.....?

A nearby Terminal has an outlet that appears to accommodate the chip. Perhaps you should try that out... [spoiler]Gtg take a nap. Brb 30 minutes. [/spoiler]

[b]Flips the chip in his hand[/b] Hmm.... Please don't activate self destruct. [b]He inserts it into the terminal, then waits[/b]

A Holo-Screen above flares to life, and in it was the room you saw earlier. The room was bright, stark white and almost tidy, with a brilliant purple sky in the background; a quick glance confirms that it depicts Exalin, but the figure on the screen seems to refute this theory. Ginger faced the screen, the source of recording probably mounted on his desk, which gave a great angle of him sitting in a chair. He wore a purple T-Shirt, revealing the powerful physique beneath it, and the thick mop of blackish-brown hair revealed a pair of pointed ears, and iridescent purple eyes, eyes that appeared to lack the luster they had before. Eyes that stared cooly at the camera, that clearly lacked something vital, and were hungry for... Something. He had always appeared clean-shaven and armored in the propaganda ads and holo-films depicting him, but here he was, the rather hairy shadow of what he was. When he spoke, his voice was as crisp as it had been before, but there was a subtle edge to it, a staccato pronunciation of the words that hinted at loss, and anger. "My name is Matthew Hallwinter, CT-362831, Lord Admiral of the Imperial Navy, and a Centurion of Atlas. This message is the last I ever plan to make, and perhaps the most important, though I know not the audience it is intended for. Perhaps I mean to inform a future generation of my time, and myself and my team, or perhaps I mean to remind myself of who I am." He shakes his head sadly, "Because I'm not who I am anymore. The man I was had died long ago, on Exalin, with my spirit; on Thorisis, with my body; in Hell, with my mind; and in Europa, with my friends. I was a known as a hero to billions, and as the Butcher of a Thousand Worlds to billions more. I was a soldier, a warrior, but what made me that was the fact that at my core, I am broken. I found myself a family, an identity, and a calling, but since then I've lost every single one of those. It has sharpened me, honed me, matured me, and broken me, and that makes it my greatest weapon, and my most potent weakness. Now, I find myself alone in the void, with nobody by my side, and nothing to hold me back. I must find who, and what, I really am, and for that I must disappear. To whoever may be watching this video, my message will remove authentication prerequisites for information, and unlock... Hoards of mine. Do not look for me, or mourn my departure. Farewell, oh Galaxy mine. It's past time a new monster took my place."

[b]Jace stares at the HoloScreen, letting the message settle in. This was the hero Ginger? From the stories, he had imagined him as a man of unmovable resolve, able to push through any challenge that got in his way This... This was just a shell of somebody else. Someone who had given up, in the face of extreme hardship He had to know what caused this He searched the Terminal, looking for information the Team's last mission, before disappearing[/b]

[b][//_:OpErAtIOn_drEAdfAll:_\\][/b] (fIlE cOntAmInAtEd) [b][INPUT: KNIGHTFALL][/b] //:...Confirmed. [||Contamination Eradicated||] //: COMMAND [Confirmed] //:[File_Open?] [Y/N] [Y] [b]APi_Designate [CVRN-31/name|REDACT/] [/b] //:User: Hallwinter //:Clearance: Chord-312[REDACTED] //:Subroutine: [Chorus-Epsilon-Paradox] [Routing_File... Confirm?] [Y/N] [Y] Once the file is open, you have complete access to the mission details. Approximate casualties on both sides, Dread/Del Fino identifications and files, and finally the files of the Axion Team.

[b]He looks through the files[/b] Hmm... First what I can for. [b]He opens the Mission Report[/b]

[b]Dread/Del Fino Casualties:[/b] Seven Heavy Cruisers; One Flagship (see details); approximately 23,000 military casualties, 18 VIP casualties, and 4 PoWs. [b]Axion Team:[/b] Murph (G): [KIA] August Phantyme (G): [MIA, presumed KIA] Thomas Weiss (G): [MIA, presumed KIA] A'Karo: [MIA, presumed KIA] Minerva (G): [Survived; currently MIA] Matthew Hallwinter: [Survived, currently MIA] Sola: [Survived; honorably discharged] Darth Draxius: [Survived; location unknown] Eva: [Survived; location unknown] Galdes: [Survived; honorably discharged] Kurai: [Survived; remaining member] Cinn Lee: [Survived: remaining member]

[spoiler]I'll just be here... Alone... Unrecognized... ;-; Oh well[/spoiler]

[spoiler]Whoops. I KNEW that u was missing someone[/spoiler]

28,000 Casualties on the Dread side? What the hell is a Dread anyway? [b]At the phrase, the HoloScreen brings up a image of one[/b] ..... Let's.... Skip that for later. [b]He looks at the Axion Crew Report[/b] Axion.... The second crew? Only one confirmed KIA? Why couldn't they confirm the other two? [b]He reads the Final Battle Report[/b]

[spoiler]Too lazy to write the whole thing so I'll just write about August, A'Karo and Python[/spoiler] August Phantyme: Held prisoner aboard the Dread Ship before being rescued by [Ginger]. He then proceeded to the Control Room to magnify the Warp Portal the Dread forces were using as an entrance, sucking all Dread ships inside. With no escape from the Slipspace sub-dimension, he was trapped inside the ship with thousands of Dread, and is presumed KIA. Thomas Weiss: Got aboard the ship with guns blazing, and for unknown reasons decided to stay aboard and hold the line. He disappeared with August, and is likewise presumed KIA. A'Karo: A cryo-pod was detected leaving the Flagship, though we didn't have time for ample time to analyze. Perhaps she was there, or perhaps she got trapped aboard the ship with the other two. Filed by [Anonymous]

[spoiler]This is the jist of what I wanted[/spoiler] Hmmm.... Sacrificed themselves to save the rest of the Team, and the Galaxy. Was this the final strike that changed Ginger? The survivors scattered to the ends of the Galaxy.... Except Kurai... He must want to honor the memory of them. [b]He looks at the recording again[/b] Why would Ginger.... Rather this Hallway guy, give access to the personal data of the team to anyone who happened to wander here? Did he just not care anymore?

[spoiler]I could tell you the stories... But I don't have time to explain why I don't have time to explain[/spoiler]

[spoiler]BOOOOOOO! GTFO YOU -blam!-EN DESTICLE![/spoiler]

[quote][spoiler]BOOOOOOO! GTFO YOU -blam!-EN DESTICLE![/spoiler][/quote]