The Cross of Mithras Vol. 1: EOD Operation Welcome to Hell Read Online Free Page A

is miles away, instead of a few feet away. Is it any wonder that living in a place like Roscadia, would tend to make somebody wished that they live on Golden Hyperion?
      If anybody where to ask the residents of Roscadia if they would want to live on Golden Hyperion, they would give you a very direct no for an answer. They know who is to blame for their problems. They remember this one ship that crashed landed on Oasis, and how the EOD ignored their cries for help causing two-thirds of the survivors to die. If Commodore Parker forgot about each one of the Project 21 missions that went to Golden Hyperion, the people of Roscadia didn’t. Project 21 investigations into the EOD conspiracy against Roscadia led them to send a ship to Golden Hyperion to do recon. After the ship sent the data back to HQ it mysteriously disappeared. So Project 21 had to send in a Special Forces unit to find both the ship and its crew. As Project 21 feared, both the ship and its crew were lost. So Project 21 had to send in multiple units; to take out the EOD jamming installation and to take out all defenses. But tragically every unit that was sent in was lost. Those missions paved the way for the mission that Vaistll and her crew is about to embark upon. Commodore Parker hated Roscadia so much that it didn’t bother him that 2,608 Project 21 agents lost their lives on Golden Hyperion. Nor did it bother him that he felt that way.
      He sat there with his face in his hands, dying on the inside for the way in which he feels. Not because it didn’t bother him about all of those Project 21 agents who lost their lives. Why should it? It was their duty to die with honor. Wasn’t it? Besides, he lost people under his chain of command before. He was dying on the inside because of the way in which the city is making him feel. As a Commodore, he could perform some of his administration duties. But that would be ridiculous! Who is he going to go see, the mayor? The mayor is just a paper tiger in the city. It is the mafia who is actually running the city.  Same goes for the city consul. Hell far, the last mayor was a mafia boss! The only reason why he goes to see any of them is for their photo-op. His administration duty is nothing more than a joke. So what can he do… but nothing.
      He got up to find his favorite sweet nectar. That poison which would never let you down. He went over to the liquor cabinet and got it out - Martian Whiskey. It was red like the planet and sweet, but not too sweet. But damn was it strong. Did he care about the stigma that was attached to it? Nope. Want to get drunk and get away from it all? Try Martian Whiskey. It will never let you down. Like so many other people who tried the stuff, it reflected upon how he feels.
      He walked over to the balcony, open the glass door, and step out. Project 21 headquarters was on top of a hill, with his office in a round tower. The balcony that he was on went around the tower creating a 360 degree view of the city. He could see it all, everything that he hated about the city. From where he stood he could see the harbor. He just wished that he could be on one of those luxury liners, or on the space station fixing to leave this place. He just knew that he had to leave. He just had to get away from it all. To find a better place than the one in which he is at. After he started to feel the buzz coming on, he went back inside. He was cursing the city within his heart and soul. He knew that he will get away. It’s just a matter of time.
     
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      The spaceship bearing its special cargo arrived at the spaceport that is orbiting Roscadia. The cargo is considered to be so important that it was put on the spaceship Galactic Prime, which is commanded by “Mad Dawg” Burton and his crew of battle-harden Marines. Mad Dawg and his Marines have such the formidable reputation that only the craziest of people would dare challenge them. The ship itself is considered the best that money can buy.