Operative 23: Taiwan Situation Report

I glance out the window and see the stars. No twinkling but they move a whole lot faster here. I glance towards my screen and see that a report has come in from the Taiwan mission. The face of Operative 23 is on screen and in the background I can see that he is inside the Evac Shuttles cockpit. He frantically says, “ First some intel. The first point of infection is confirmed as the Pearl River Delta. The Chinese government had prior knowledge about it, but to what extent it is not known. Now a situation report. It is not good. The infection has figured out a way to cross the strait. It wasn’t the Sri Lanka trick. This wasn't a bridge over the water. The air sweeps would’ve spotted them. The regional director was killed when the old anti air missiles were fired and aimed at the com towers and the command structure. I don’t know why or how that happened. That was 5 hours ago. It can either tunnel now or it figured out a way to withstand seawater. Neither is good. It can now interface with our tech. The rest of the team is trying to extract the VIPs from the ruins of Central but I doubt”. Suddenly a biomass tentacle bursts through the now open door spearing 23. Operative 24 is …show more content…
The North American Division supplies massive amounts of food but little other war materials. The new hydroponics units developed in Europe are set to be shipped out within the week. The infection will be slowed by the cold so minimal forces will be needed before we abandon it and set up in Panama and the Caribbean. The Arabian peninsula provides the largest amount of oil reserves so the forces need to be sent there. Australia provides little to the war effort besides a safe base and excellent shipwrights but with only 3 months until impact it won’t matter. Except it can operate our technology now. It can use the ships. It can use everything. Dear god i need to get this to command. An explosion rocks the ship and the alarms start