Posted Jan. 10, 2022, 1:19 p.m. by Lieutenant River Styxx (OIC Marine) (Nathan Derricutt)
Change was a constant fact of life and like all things star fleet had changed. War had forced it to change, it had to get better at defending its own people. Nothing represented that change more than the star fleet Marine corps. If you had told an officer not 20 years ago that there would be a solely military organisation stationed on their ship, they would have laughed you off and reprimanded you for being to aggressive and yet here it was. Like a phoenix born from the ashes of the MACOs it had grown into an organisation of hundreds of thousands. Men and women who where willing to lay down their lives, like all other officers, but these men and woman where different. they where trained for nothing but combat, although some specialised in other areas. They where the sword of the federation while security was its shield.
And that sword had proved it’s worth defending the federation in countless battles, some more recent than others. For many in the federation one battle signified either the evils of the marine corps or their selfless commitment to those they served, Acheron. And the face of that battle, either its hero or its devil served in the heart of the Atlantis. In the centre of the ship in its very core, stood marine country.
The moment one stepped off the lift and into the hallways of marine country, you could tell it was different. Personnel milled about, as they did in the other areas of the ship but here their uniform was different adding dark green to the spectrum of division colours. Two guards stood in full armour facing the lift, their faces hidden behind the combat helmets so associated with the newest institute of the federation. There backs to a check point closing off the rest of the deck. A lone marine sitting in a small window.
Behind this checkpoint was the area commonly known as marine country the base of operation for the 24th infantry regiment. A space that stood as so many other areas did on so many other ships, basses and planets. A monument to the changes star fleet and indeed the federation, had been forced to make. An Area dedicated to waging war. And deep within this areas beyond the barracks, the armoury and the training rooms, stood the chambers of its commanding officer Lieutenant River Styxx, the Hero or the Devil of Acheron.
Lieut Styxx (Marine OIC)
OOC: Sorry I got carried away a bit
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