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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark Chance" data-source="post: 1645318" data-attributes="member: 2795">Fort Lewis, WashingtonAfter the assembled recruits, Gaines, and the Major have had time to chat and eat, the Major taps his glass of orange juice with his knife."Ladies and gentlemen," he says, "everything I am about to tell is classified top secret. None of it is to be repeated within earshot of anyone not already in this room. Your particular part of the Metahuman Military Detachment is being assigned to Port Cruden on Adak Island. Cruden is a facility presently conducting vital war research of a highly speculative nature with the potential to turn the tide of the war not only in the Pacific but in Europe as well. I'm not able to got into detail about this research because, to be honest, I don't have the need to know much about it. I do know this: the research, dubbed Project Nemo, has something to do with rapid mass transit of troops and equipment. I have been instructed to tell you that Project Nemo's success means the U.S. will have the ability to insert troops and equipment well behind enemy lines with great rapidity and minimal chance for enemy interference."As for your part in all this, that is simple. We have reason to believe that the Japs have learned that Cruden is the site of war-related research. How much they know, or even if they actually know anything, isn't entirely clear, but we're not taking any chances given recent events in Siberia. Gaines, please distribute these."Gaines takes a short stack of manila folders from the Major and hands them to Bulwark, Atlas, Mustang Sally, and Eagle. Inside is a single sheet of paper paperclipped to several grainy black-and-white aerial photographs. The first photograph shows some sort of port. The others show the same port, but after some sort of attack. Buildings are leveled. Docks collapsed. Trucks are overturned. A freighter is mostly submerged.The Major continues, "Intelligence from the Chinese indicates that the attack on Port Potemkin was conducted by five Jap super-soldiers. These same five have been reported active in other areas of northeastern Asia. We don't know much about them. What we do know is summarized on that page."The Major pauses a moment to give everyone time to read the brief report:Japanese super-soldiers, designated Rising Sun, apparently include the following personnel:1. Aji-Suki-Taka-Hi-Kone. Known meta-abilities: able to project lightning; capable of flight.2. Bishamon. Known meta-abilities: hyper-combat skills in Japanese sword-fighting and judo, a form of wrestling.3. Kintaro. Known meta-abilities: super-human strength and speed.4. O-Kuni-Nushi. Known meta-abilities: insufficient information.5. Oni. Known meta-abilities: insufficient information.All Rising Sun personnel must be considered extremely dangerous. Treat as maximum threat."We're putting two and two together here, and coming up with an answer we don't like," the Major says. "These super-Japs are active in the northern Pacific theater. Adak Island is in that theater. We have reason to believe that the Japs have taken an interest in Cruden. This time of year, the north Pacific is too rough to easily transport conventional troops or make long-range bomber runs. If the Japs are planning on hitting Cruden, they've either got to wait for spring, or send in Rising Sun. For this reason, we want our own metahumans on the ground at Cruden ay-sap."The Major takes a sip from his orange juice."Any questions?"</blockquote>

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