Utterly Mad

As the small team entered the shuttle and strapped themselves in, the shuttle lifted and then quietly entered the darkness that is space. On the flight over, the locks disengaged on the five lockers that were inside the shuttle and inside they would find their supplies. For each person there was the standard UTAF MI Infantry armor and the brand new model of the S.I.R. with three replacement batteries for each rifle. As the crew equipped themselves, the internal MFTAS system for each of their helmets calibrated itself to each unique member.

As the shuttle approached the research vessel the first thing that was obvious that something seriously wrong had happened to the ship itself. A large hole is ripped into the starboard side and a large meteor rested inside its space. The shuttle then stopped on the starboard side of the ship and waited for its crew to exit.