The Drop

      The funny thing about living in space is that you get to break all the rules.  In space there is no air to breathe, food to eat, or water to drink.  There is no sound, no heat, and no gravity.  There is no concept of direction, no up or down.  Yet there is an endless bounty of stars and galaxies waiting to be touched and discovered.  Being the curious yet stubborn species we are, we figured out a way to beat the challenges of space, and seize that bounty as our own.  The life support station of one ship negates the infinite vast freezing vacuum of space.  Once we expanded, colonized, grew and evolved, the fascination of space life, once fearful and gripping, is soon wasted away into adjustments to gravity/anti-gravity and the occasional "Hey look, a comet.  Whens lunch?"
      Today though is different.  Lunch was skipped for a more important priority.  War.  No matter how far we advanced as a society and a race, war had a way to worm itself in, and mess things up.  The insurrectionists have reached the Esus system and have incited an all out rebellion against the local government.  The Esus system was never a prosperous planet to begin with.  The UNSC was trying to establish farms, mines and factories to employ the local populous and bring precious resources to other systems. It was a well thought out plan that had one weakness, it absolutely had to work.  Failure was not an option.  After a few years of planning and development,  things were starting to get underway.  Crops were shipped out, minerals were mined for various uses, and research stations helped expand the scientific community.  The innies however had different plans.  When they heard about the success of Esus they immediately attempted to halt operations.  Normally they carry out bombings and shootings, typical terrorist tactics, but this time they got smart.  Through propaganda and manipulation they were able to get the people to launch full scale riots against the very government that employed them.  They wanted to gnaw off the hand that fed them.
     After several bombings and murders of high UNSC personnel and engineers, the government had enough and evacuated all employees off Esus.  This wasnt without a fight.  The insurrectionists launched an attack on the holding station for the evacuees and after several hours of fighting, 20 Marines were killed and 45 people were kidnapped and are currently being held hostage.  The Marines are blocked off by the newly turned citizens, they have wounded and need evacuation, the hostages are no where to be found.  Shit has officially hit the fan.  This is where I come in.  Well, we to be specific.