The Rapture - Origins

[addman]

Here is the first of a few works I intend to do about the EC's Special Ops Force, The Rapture. Hopefully this will start to build up an idea of who they are, and what they do.

Here are some files on the EC computer I was able to dig up for you all. These were taken from a building known as EleCorp and uploaded to our system. I'll reveal more at a later date.

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Extracts taken from reports at Elecorp:

19/12/1999: Six small asteroids have impacted in the Nevada Desert, causing a great disturbance amongst the terrain of the local area. The impact craters are rumoured to be anywhere between 100m - 250m in diameter and they have knocked out electricty and various communications devices within the vicinity. Local news reports indicate that the crashes are a result of the impending doom facing our civilisation on the dawn of a new millenium. A team of experts have been dispatched to clean up the debris and examine it for future research. Only five of these asteroids have been recovered despite prolonged sweeps of the area.

07/01/2000: After preliminary examinations, we have concluded that the asteroids were of artificial creation due to their shape. The oval surfaces of these structures appears to be made of compounds we are familiar with on earth, found in igneous rock, but are too perfect to have been eroded down by any natural means or even to have been burnt away upon entry to our atmosphere.

Even stranger is that upon initial tests, we can tell that something is inside them due to the extraorinary radiation waves that are being emitted from them. Scientists cannot spend longer than roughly one and a half hours in the same room as the objects without becoming victim to dizzy spells, temporary vision loss, and in one case, vomitting. Most of our current experimentation is being conducted via machinery and scanning devices to avoid detrimental effects to our team.

09/01/2000: Team members wearing radiation suits have drilled into the rock to take interior samples, and have uncovered the source of the radiation. A small device has been implanted into each of these structures, a composite metal comprised of tungsten and another compound we have not seen before. Each one is significantly different in shape, but also contain differently coloured LEDs which glow on a timer. We have red, yellow, green, blue, and silver. We've nicknamed them according to their emitted colours.

Further testing will be required to uncover the nature of these devices, we're hoping that this could be a new source of renewable energy. If so, this could turn our industry upside down.

10/01/2000: Things have taken a drastic turn. A scientist working late on Red has somehow spontaniously combusted. The incident was caught on CCTV, and he just appeared to explode into flames for no apparent reason. We believe this may have something to do with the effects of Red, and have warned our scientists to take regular breaks.

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01/03/2000: Over the last few months we have had 26 industrial accidents. These have ranged from sudden hypothermia to chronic back trouble, sickness to severe static shocks. We suspect that this all stems from the artifacts and their effects. In order to get an idea just what this is capable of, we're proposing a strict set of human tests on willing volunteers to understand the long term effects of this. I doubt my bosses will be keen on the idea, but they can always supply people willing to subject their bodies to all kinds of treatment.

14/08/2000: After a prolonged wait, we've finally got confirmation to begin the human tests. Five people have signed themselves up for the treatment. Since that time we have come up with various regulations to lessen the dangers involved to give us a more accurate understanding of the nature of these devices. The government have decided to outbranch us from them in order to make us appear like an independant company and to explain the outgoing income into this project. Funding an independant research group for new energy sources sounds great from the outside, and diverts attention from the government should the information of this testing be leaked. From this day forth, we are to be known as EleCorp.

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20/04/2003: Phase 3 has finally begun, over three years after the original discovery of the artifacts. Due to the safety precautions we overlooked with the last people we tested on, our bosses have been unwilling to supply more people for the treatment. We hope to strengthen the effects of the phase 2 subjects without the drastically shortened lifespan. Our techniques are becoming more advanced as our understanding grows, for more information, refer to EleMorphic Action Plan Article 501. Also, for more information on the test subjects, refer to Psychological Profiles: Source Group 3.

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04/07/2005: Holy crap! A nine foot tall demon! A pink fairy! A binary spirit! I could go on! I've never seen anything like it. A cave appeared right next to our perimeter, and this rabble of freaks came storming out, taking out just about anyone in their path!

One guy had this flamethrower, which he kept referring to as Ben, and he set the whole southern building alight. We're safely inside the North Block, nothing can get in or out.

There appears to be a muppet on our CCTV screens now. Oh my god. Assistance from the military is still not here, possibly due to the fact the government don't want to appear like they are directly involved with us. Most of my freinds have been killed in this battle, and it shows no sign of dying down yet. We've suffered heavy casulties, and we've only killed one of their men, but he seems to come back a few moments later. They seem to refer to him as Cornelius or something.

I've just learned northern block has been breached. There's only a matter of time before they get here. I just hope that these records survive

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