USCM Incident 081007-A
Flashback to two years ago.
It was a quiet night on patrol.
A fellow Marine and I were keeping watch on the lower level of the U-37 facility on Elgin. All of a sudden there was a noise that appeared to come from the sub-basement. Thinking it was probably nothing more than giant subterrats coming up from the mines, I didn't even bother picking up my trusty M41-A from the table.
I soon realize what a mistake that was.
The soft blue glow of the LF (life/motion) scanner was getting brighter as I walked down the steps to the storage section in sub-level 01. These LFS's are set up all around the facility to allow for a smaller security force to monitor the entire compound from a central location. Unfortunately, something had apparently eluded detection.
Almost without warning this facehugger leaped out from the shadows.
Instinctually I reached for my VP-70, shifted completely to the left and away from the stairs, and targeted it.
Unfortunately, in my haste I tripped over a couple cases of Aspen beer and ended up flat on the floor just in front of this eight-legged monster.
At close range I quickly and repeatedly squeezed the trigger... but nothing happened! Still in a slight daze after having tripped, I had completely forgotten to disengage the safety.
By then it was too late. The facehugger attacked, I dropped my sidearm, and I was soon gasping for air.
I made one last attempt to remove the creature, reached for my VP-70, but the lack of oxygen to my brain caused me to temporarily black out.
Luckily my back-up arrived and was able to rush me to the MedLab for an emergency extraction. Thankfully these procedures have been well documented by Weyland-Yutani, and it eventually just came off -- just like the Company said.
I'm okay now -- especially after my buddy and I polished off all three cases of Aspen. Sometimes I will get a little bit of of stomach ache from time to time, but I've been reassured by the Company that it's simply a reaction I have to the beer.
Great work dude.
......hope he's ok.
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