Out of Place: Season Two
Solus Astorias for Pvt. Francisco Quintero
Hispanic, 30s.
Quintero is a combat veteran who contributes practical experience to the fire team. He is grim and unshockable, partly a product of his rough upbringing which drove him to the Army, where he found a home. Quintero is a stern, by the books soldier.
After action report after a trip into another timeline. This timeline is completely empty, seemingly a humanity-ending conflict has occurred.
The first piece of real intel we got was on the way out of Fredricksburg. Kind of funny, us four tough guys riding around on bicycles, but it beats walking, you know. Well, three tough guys and Poulter, I guess. Anyhow, it was a recruitment station. You know, ‘a career in the armed forces, ‘Be All You Can Be.’ Kind of ironic it was on the side of town that avoided the blast. Anyhow, this one had a big banner still along the front. Red, white and blue. It said ‘Appeasement Is Betrayal’. We took a look around. We found a box of pamphlets. Hundreds of them. Looks like they were handing them out to everyone who came in. Place was abandoned but they had gone in a hurry, same as everywhere else, so all this stuff was still lying around. We bagged a couple for evidence. We stopped about two hours in.
Field recording, after traveling to a seemingly abandoned timeline, your team is fired upon by unknown hostiles.
QUINTERO
Sarge, this place is hostile!
BRANDT
What do you see, Private?
QUINTERO
That body’s not decayed. Recent kill. Bullet wounds.
[DISTANT GUNFIRE, BULLET IMPACTS CLOSE]
BRANDT
Where’s it coming from?
QUINTERO
At least two shooters, one high, one low and close.
BRANDT
Someone get me eyes on!
QUINTERO
We got too much cover here. They’re gonna have to move to flank us.