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A PRECARIOUS FOOTHOLD
INT. ZEUS'S HOUSE
Next morning, a call on Zeus's watch, beside the bed. Zeus
reaches over to pick it up, and stares at it for a second.
ZEUS
Oh shit!
Zeus grabs his watch, and runs out of the room, down the
hall, down the stairs. Zeus puts his watch in front of the
replicator data port.
REPLICATOR
Hello Colonel Zeus.
ZEUS
Hi.
Zeus puts on his shroud and backs into the ready made STEX.
The STEX shows Zeus the way to the exterior rail transport.
Zeus slides down vertically into the special launcher. It
seals around him.
INT. RAIL LAUNCHER
Zeus is accelerated into his face, then instantly accelerated
gees in the other direction. Top of launcher, opens up.
Zeus is flung out into space, along with new gear that is
now magnetically attached to Zeus's suit.
TITAN
Hello this is Titan, giving you
your hastily prepared auto-briefing.
This night ___________ colony was
taken over by an Eastern assault team.
TITAN
Luckily they only partially
succeeded, they have taken over the
security center, and have begun to
move the colony deep into Eastern
territory.
(A Precarious Foothold)
TITAN
Luckily of our division's dolphins
was doing a patrol in the region.
The millita have done very well to
resist take over and to hold a
foothold, that our dolphin class
transport is to enter into.
TITAN
End briefing for those on the
transport. You newly launched STEX
soldiers are to land at the dolphin
transport, which will be secured by
those that land before you.
TITAN
Please make sure your guidance and
stopping thrusters are working and
fuel lines are good. Say "Hello"
when you are ready to enter our
battle control system.
ZEUS
Hello, I'm all good.
ATHENA
Ok Zeus, I am going to rotate you
into position and test your primary
thruster.
ZEUS
Alright.
INT. SKY COMMAND CENTER
ATHENA
Ok seems to be working, everything
is set and will be automated. I
will get back to you when you are
nearing the dolphin.
View Athena's view. Zoom into it.
EXT. FIELD IN TYPE 2 COLONY
Zeus's millita are running out of the woods, and into a
field, they see about 5 other millita forces guarding the
window.
One of the millita is shot dead.
MILLITA 2
Sniper.
(A Precarious Foothold)
The two millitia turn around and begin firing into the woods,
at anything that looks abnormal.
other millita converge into them, also shooting into the
woods. 2 of those 4 are helping an injured one back. The
fourth is shot dead.
More and more millita are coming through the field from all
directions and converging on the window. The Eastern STEX
commandos have surrounded them and are slowly closing in on
them.
All of the surviving millita, around 11, are forming a tight
circle around the window. 7 are dead in the field.
MILLITA LEADER
HIT THE DECK!!
They do. The window explodes, sending diamond shards
everywhere. As the explosion subsides, the negative pressure
of space begins to pull the air in for a second, along with
a few diamond shards. Just as the last of the diamond shards
return to the hole, the modified for rapidly deploying STEX
dolphin class transport rams through, diamond shards pound
against the armored hull, as 2 triquater lances fly through
(24 men), flying diagonally, yet with bodies pointing
straight up. The transport locks onto the hull, by releasing
of the hatches to slam into the grassy field, impressing
into the grass a few centimeters. A large machine gun pod
comes up out of each of the 4 hatches, about a meter high.
The enemy STEX just got out of the woods and begin walking
up the field.
Swing camera around to back of gun pod.
FADE TO:
INT. SKY COMMAND CENTER
Athena has a full, 360°x360° 3-D view of the gun pod. She is
firing at many of the enemy STEX in the woods. Sometimes the
computer outlines movement to help firing. The millitia are
on the ground firing sporadic shots into the woods.
ATHENA
Zeus I've got you on an almost
radial vector into the colony. We
do not have enough time to slow you
down completely.
(A Precarious Foothold)
ATHENA
Break your fall by doing a non
magnetic roll. I will rocket you
into position for the portal at the
bottom of the Dolphin to pass over you.
ATHENA
The computer will guide you in,
giving you some tangential velocity,
so as to land softer.
SPC. SPACE AROUND TYPE 2 COLONY
ZEUS
Got it, I see the transport. Just
roll and straighten.
ATHENA
Yes then lock into position, the
rest we take care of.
Exactly what is explained happens. Zeus hits the inside wall
of the dolphin where the seats are located and falls down to
the "floor" (really the door to the cockpit).
ZEUS
Detach thruster system.
It falls to the floor. Zeus gets up. Zeus picks up a couple
of boxes of ammo, and helmets and straps them to his back.
Zeus begins to jump/climb out of the pod. Zeus jumps the
last stretch. The millitia are still on the ground looking
into the forest.
EXT. FIELD IN TYPE 2 COLONY
Zeus puts down the boxes, and helmets.
ZEUS
Get up, reload. Ladies and
gentlemen, I will be your field
commander for today. As soon as
possible, we are going to mobilize
against the forces against us.
They begin to take pieces of clip from the box and attach it
around their chest and supplement the clips in their guns.
After everybody is equipped.
ZEUS
Hey you, you were the leader before
I got here right.
(A Precarious Foothold)
MILLITIA SQUADRON 2 FIELD COMMANDER
Yeah.
ZEUS
Ok we split up. Speak through me
assist.
CUT TO:
INT. SKY COMMAND CENTER
ATHENA
groups of 6 leave the park over
here.
Athena points to a location on the middle of the edge of the
square park and at another location in the middle of an edge
adjacent to the edge the other 6 soldiers were going.
EXT. FIELD IN TYPE 2 COLONY
ZEUS
Leave over there.
Zeus points.
INT. SKY COMMAND CENTER
ATHENA
over here. Keep in line formation.
STEX infantry will fill in the V
and take out the rest of them.
ZOOM TO:
EXT. FOREST IN TYPE 2 COLONY
Zeus is in front, 5 millita directly behind him, firing into
the woods. Eventually after killing a few of the enemy STEX,
the Western STEX triquater lance forms when they walk into
the V with the other group of 6. Now the 18 soldiers are
Lance 1.
SKY COMMANDER (VO)
Ok lance 1 I want you to secure the
cross-substation.
(Cross-substation is
in reference to a
substation that gives
both latitudinal and
longitudinal transportation.)
Lance 2, you are to spearhead an
assault through suburbia to get to
the other substation.
(A Precarious Foothold)
SKY COMMANDER (VO; CONT'D)
Then you are all to be transported
to the substation secured by lance
We've got a couple of porcupines
waiting for you millitia.
Cheers from the millitia-
MILLITIA 1
Hell ya porcupines are awesome.
SKY COMMANDER (VO)
All arriving STEX proceed to join
lance 1. Any questions. Proceed
with caution.
Garret, in STEX, and Zeus look at each other for a second.
Garret turns and bolts into a run, along with his men.
ZEUS
All men, Forward RUUUN!!!
EXT. STREETS IN TYPE 2 COLONY
Zeus runs at the head of the men through the city streets,
while a Western STEX triquater lance jumps from roof to roof
ahead. People on the streets are cheering, calling out names
of millitia.
Eventually after a couple light hostile encounters, the STEX
begin to jump down to the streets, where they guard the area
around the substation at the corner of a major intersection.
GARRET
You 6 STEX enter the substation.
Zeus comes to a stop, and does a backwards flip to land
behind the out of breath group of millita. Zeus begins
running backwards covering the flank. Zeus is looking
through his rear view monitor to center himself and keep
from running into anybody.
The Substation is a room, with an area to stand with
advertisements just like any subway. The room is large
enough to house two trains in each of the 2 perpendicular
directions. The floor under the two superconducting mag
rails, is clean diamond, looking out into space, spinning.
INT. SMALL SUBWAY STATION IN TYPE 2 COLONY AND INT. SKY
COMMAND CENTER
They all make it to the subway, and
the STEX have already
departed to the other substation.
(A Precarious Foothold)
Zeus and the 10 survivors, 5 STEX, 5 naked millitia, get
onto the next maglev transport, and it disembarks.
The train uses its sharp nose to penetrate the membrane,
while its equally sharp tail allows the membrane to flow
back into place maintaining the seal constantly. The nose is
extremely sharp at the front, has a stable 30 degree incline
till a rounded decrease to 0 degrees as the curve approaches
the edge.
The train goes very fast, and slams through an unoccupied
station at full speed, the membrane still constantly
maintains the seal.
SKY COMMANDER
Alright all forces, we are going to
charge the security station as fast
as we possibly can. They have done
well to fortify, so it will be hard
to take but we must do it quickly
so we can turn this colony around
and get it into friendly space.
The third rail begins to slow the train down as it approaches
the destination subway. The train comes to a halt.
INT. LARGE SUBWAY STATION IN TYPE 2 COLONY
SQUAD COMMANDER (VO)
Hurry up! They're attacking your
position, I will direct you.
Show the 2nd squadron just getting up the stairs firing at 4
men at the top of the stairs. At the top of the stairs you
see the 2 porcupines, tanks with a small turret and a bunch
of little guns.
Show the millitia begin to walk up the stairs.
Show the last two men run out each open one of the
porcupines.
Swivel the camera to Zeus and the millitia coming up the
stairs. They run to the porcupine, just as one of the last
two STEX are waving behind as he passes under the slowly
moving garage door. The other STEX is getting in the cockpit
of the porcupine.
ZEUS
Get in now.
Zeus waves his assault riffle to signal them to come. They
follow Zeus into the porcupine. Zeus is the driver.
Zeus goes to the cockpit and turns it on. Zeus just begins
to see our forces firing just out side the door.
(A Precarious Foothold)
They are sidestepping out of the way.
Zeus spins up the motor.
GARRET
Ready to go out, we follow you.
Garret signals to go.
ZEUS
Move in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0!
EXT. SUBURBIA IN TYPE 2 COLONY
Porcupines come out of the garage, the fighting becomes very
intense, very fast. The gunners turn and begin pounding the
enemy running around on the street. Zeus takes an immediate
left, the STEX are following Zeus, barely. A road block
becomes viewable ahead, the gunners are shooting. 1 Western
STEX dies, 4 remaining.
ZEUS
Turn left!
Each block is a three house length and width square with a
middle garden.
Zeus almost rolls as he turns a sharp hand-brake turn to
make it. The other porcupine is breaking more to get around
the corner. The gun begins firing as soon as the first
porcupine gets all wheels on the ground.
OTHER DRIVER
I just lost my gunner, I lost my
fucking gunner.
naked millitia remaining. 2 in Zeus's porcupine, 2 in
Other Driver's porcupine
ZEUS
SHIT, it will be alright, we can
cope.
A right, another, immediate left. Gunners turn to shoot at
the passed road block.
The Western porcupines and the Western STEX, still just
behind the porcupines, kill the last couple of troops at
the ghetto road block. 1 Western STEX dies, 3 remaining.
You can see a little bit down the road, the security station,
with its blown up gun pods out front, the enemy STEX inside
are shooting through holes in the armored plasma shell proof
wall. The porcupines fired from the forward turret at each
gun hole with a gun sticking out of it.
(A Precarious Foothold)
After killing two gunners the enemy STEX move away from the
porcupine. 2 Western STEX leave one of the porcupine's walk
up and shot a couple probes into the holes, the probes,
transmit visual data to command that calculates exactly
where each of the troops are.
This information is relayed through the STEX communication,
to the Colony's cellular system to the radio emitters to
command then back to Colonial cell system to the porcupines
giving a heads up display of where the enemies were outlined.
ZEUS
Fire on my mark.. NOW!
enemies dead by the 2 forward Western STEX. The other two
Eastern STEX are targeted as the porcupine turret, and
display, moves to keep up with the runners. Boom Boom the
last 2 Easterners are dead.
of the 2 STEX C-7s the door open.
SKY COMMANDER
Porcupines drive in first. Get to
the first room then stay there.
ZEUS
Ok.
OTHER DRIVER
Ok.
INT. SECURITY STATION IN TYPE 2 COLONY
They drive in shooting at a few STEX scattered in a little
garage. The STEX run in. One of the dormant tanks begins to
move. Garret and a couple of other STEX throw plastique on
it and blow it to hell. The STEX run into the control room.
Zeus shoots 1 enemy STEX that just walked in the room, and
walks to the other tank in the room. Zeus gets in. Zeus
turns the tank on since he has been trained to do so.
ZEUS
Porcupine 1 get a new driver and
follow me out. Fill the porcupine
with the STEX soldiers.
Zeus drive the tank in front. The porcupine with all the
millita inside follows soon. You drive out to the left lane
it leaves on the right lane.
ZEUS
Everybody in Porcupine 2 get out.
(A Precarious Foothold)
The millita follow Zeus out the door and down the road, to
the city, they are to guard.
EXT. SUBURBIA/CITY IN TYPE 2 COLONY AND INT. SKY COMMAND
Zeus is driving down the street, when Zeus sees a couple of
enemy Porcupines driving towards him. Zeus's tank turret
fires at one of the porcupines knocking it's head off
killing the driver. The other Porcupine drives around the
corner before the tank could turn to hit it. The millitia
begin throwing three high explosives grenades on the
porcupine.
ZEUS
DETONATE, remember to say Detonate.
Zeus turns the corner in pursuit of the Porcupine. Zeus
fires semiautomatic rounds. Zeus's tank begins aiming as the
damaged porcupine turns the corner.
ZEUS
All STEX go towards the security
station 1 of the porcupines is
flanking us.
OTHER DRIVER
This way, you 3, on that building.
Jump up with me.
They jump up and begin throwing grenades from above, the
enemy STEX are leaving the vehicle.
OTHER DRIVER
Detonate.
All of the enemy die. 1 enemy STEX were pushed down the
street, he is shot.
Zeus drives up the street engaging a tank that looks exactly
like his.
ZEUS
TANK!
Zeus turns the turret to fire, but it is too late, Zeus is
already hit, in the engine. But Zeus still gets two
consecutive rounds into the other tank.
The Eastern tank fires into Zeus's main turret, disabling it.
ZEUS
FUCK, I'm gone, all units fall
back,
garrison in the buildings to C-7
the tanks.
(A Precarious Foothold)
Zeus is climbing up the ladder to get out of there. Just as
he opens the hatch, 1 round crashes into the tank, sending
Zeus off the ladder. Zeus scrambles to get up and begins
frantically climbing the ladder. Zeus gets out and runs to
the opposite building, before the machine gun can pan to
train on him.
ZEUS
GET out of here Other Driver,, NOW!
Zeus climbs the fire escape stairs to gets onto the roof.
Zeus looks over the edge, while he takes out his big
explosive package. Zeus looks over the edge to see the
Eastern tank begin to engage the Western porcupine. The
porcupines front tires are shot out first, disabling its
steering ability. The porcupine fires its main cannon at the
tank with no visible effect. The porcupine tries to move,
but the back tires aren't enough to steer it away. Instead
it runs into the corner of a building.
ATHENA
Do not leave the Porcupine, they
will kill you.
Zeus throws down his C-7 packages that sticks onto the front
of the tank.
ZEUS
DETONATE.
The entire front of the tank explodes, effectively destroying
the tank, the turret goes spinning forward till it hits the
porcupine.
ZEUS
Ok leave the porcupine, it's safe.
One of the naked millitia's EKG goes into arrest.
ATHENA
Sniper, sniper, all units get under
cover.
Zeus dives from the building into a shoulder roll.
SKY COMMANDER
Ok people, I want you to move
deeper into the city.
ZEUS
When is one of the triquater lances
going to become available.
(A Precarious Foothold)
SKY COMMANDER
They will be leaving in a couple of
seconds. Hold onto your panties,
they'll be there.
ZEUS
Can you tell them to pick up the
last porcupine.
Zeus shoots out a window in his building and across the
alley.
SKY COMMANDER
Yeah, and you can look forward to a
few more vehicles being launched
from both sides, the East has just
finished synthesizing a light BiMAV.
ZEUS
Awww Fuck.
Zeus says as he dives across the alley to the corresponding
window.
ZEUS
Squad Leader take over my command
for a sec.
SQUAD LEADER
Ok.
ZEUS
I want micromanagement, I want a
window snipage sync, then I want
assistants to launch scout probes
from the STEX, to monitor building
takeovers.
SQUAD LEADER
Affirm.
ATHENA
So sugar, you think you can snipe
from a corner.
Zeus sees her pointer at the corner.
ZEUS
The corner right, I can do it.
ATHENA
Remember, silent and low.
Zeus crawls very slowly to the window.
(A Precarious Foothold)
SQUAD COMMANDER
Everybody get up in the windows in
8
seconds, 6,, 5,, 4,, 3,, 2,, 1,, UP!
Zeus snipes out of the right window first picking one
confused STEX, then turns to the other window, where a STEX
has a grenade in his hand and is looking for where the
sniper is. Zeus shoots him in the head, then immediately
runs to the stair well, down to ground floor, Zeus leans
outside the window and looks down the street at nothing else
but 6 enemy carcasses.
ZEUS
Long range scout.
A large scout comes out and flies around the city for a few
minutes until it is shot.
ZEUS
SHIT, where was that?
SQUAD COMMANDER
They are in the next block over.
Squad Commander outlines it on the map.
SQUAD COMMANDER
All you here cross the street and
go to these buildings, wait hold that..
SQUAD COMMANDER
I just got a visual on those
troops,
STEX are marching with two
porcupines, this complicates it
somewhat. Harass them until our
STEX leave the security station.
Try if you can to get rid of the
porcupines.
SQUAD COMMANDER
And um,,, um,,, the 24 are jumping
from building to building. Run
along the street to these buildings.
DO IT NOW DO IT FAST!
Zeus bolts down the street. Some of the millitia are jumping
out of windows, and following behind Zeus down the street.
ATHENA
I want you to plastique this
porcupine first, we don't have
anything that can blow a hole in
the tank.
(A Precarious Foothold)
Zeus, the 3 STEX, and the 4 millitia, are running into
various buildings on this side of the road. All 7 of them
sneak to the window, where they look over to the convoy.
Zeus gets on the roof and sneaks to the edge with his small
plastique.
SQUAD COMMANDER
Grenades people, I am synching
detonation with me, throw in 3,, 2,,
throw.
About 5 grenades become strewn along the street. Zeus throws
his down to the porcupine.
SQUAD COMMANDER
DETONATE!
A huge combined explosion blows out all windows on the block.
The few Eastern STEX that were running with this convoy are
now dead along with their porcupine.
ZEUS
SHIT! Advise!
ATHENA
They are everywhere go down the
stairs, prepare for engagement in
building.
ZEUS
Yeah sure.
Zeus runs down to the 2nd floor, where he runs past 2
Western STEX guarding the door.
ZEUS
Fall back to the ally, fall back.
Start backing away.
Window breaks, another window breaks.
ZEUS
SHIT THEY'RE IN THE BUILDING
SURROUNDING US.
The 2 millita get shot up leaving 2 remaining. Zeus lobs a
grenade to the stairway.
ZEUS
Detonate!
Enemy STEX enters from a door opposite the stairwell. Zeus
shoots at him, and hits him in the arm, he backs off.
(A Precarious Foothold)
Zeus reaches for a grenade without looking, only to realize
he ran out. Zeus begins shooting at the wall as he backs off
looking at his rear view display.
Zeus does a back-flip out of the window, and lands almost
perfectly on the ground in front of the door. Enemy STEX
standing in the doorway are somewhat awed. Zeus lifts his
riffle a bit and shoots the fuck out of them as Zeus charges
in. The last militias' EKG goes critical.
ZEUS
Fuck Athena! Where is that god damn
friendly lance?
SKY COMMANDER
They are moving to your position in
a Porcupine as we speak, they will
begin engagements in a matter of
seconds.
ZEUS
Thank god, please advise.
A green travel arrow appears, Zeus without hesitating runs
to follows and dives across the alley to through the
opposite window. Roll to position.
ZEUS
Sweep the building.
ATHENA
Deploying 2 lights now.
The probes scout around the building looking for the enemy
STEX. As Zeus is walking stealthy to though a room, a red
outline appears behind him, his peripheral vision picks it
up, Zeus turns amazingly quickly and pounds the outline with
a fully automatic and accurate stream of bullets. The
outline falls to the ground and fades to black.
ATHENA
Nice, that was quick.
ZEUS
Thanks, building secure, advise.
ATHENA
No it's not. Look up, lost probe,
bullets won't penetrate the floor
anyways. YOU HAVE BEEN PROBED! RUN NOW!
Athena outlines the path to take. Zeus bolts up the stairs.
(A Precarious Foothold)
Zeus's upper head is above the floor level. A bullet scathes
across Zeus's helmet.
ZEUS
HOLY SHIT!
Zeus is scarred to death. Zeus puts the gun above the floor
level, and shoots, in the black imprint of where the enemy
STEX is. Zeus shoots the door handle out. Zeus bolts up and
around, still in x-ray. Zeus sees the body laying on the
ground lifeless.
ZEUS
Well, we got hi-
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