Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Operation Aryan Nation commences in...

You wait for years for the warning bell to sound.. and prepare yourself as well you can. But the first Shriek of Code Red : Code red: Code Red: battlestations : .. still manages to surprise you, Thought the Man in Black wryly: As a couple of million beepers went off country wide and Omega awoke again.

This one was a surprise, Omega had no reports of external hostile forces.. so had to be internal..But what ? Rubbing eyes just woken, racing to get into uniform .. He noted with satisfaction his transport and the ready guard was already Fully alert. A swift ten minute Journey to HeadQuarters.
The Children of the dawn were under attack .. as reports started flashing in… and they were Responding with all their suppressed fury , stored so carefully over the years , To Unleash when the moment came. For a moment The Man feared for his own and the Country, That His Creations would go off the leash.. then the commander in him took over, Snapping out orders to make sure that did not happen.

Even in the middle of that bedlam, The man in black felt a fierce joy in how His creations had responded, His children, His men. His WARRIORS. The fearsome AI computers at the heart of Omega CompCent awoke.. and tore into all intelligence networks. He needed Information. Could india Dare? Dare take him on.? In a few moments , the answer started becoming clearer.. Not the nation, But the corrupt men Omega was designed to fight, In alliance with those who sought to “contain” his country. Four of his field commanders were dead , poisoned..and those units were tearing into the Attackers.

Then The names of the casualties flashed up onscreen and he swore a silent oath. They Couldn’t locate the Ones wearing no uniforms, so they had attacked the ones who did.Oh dear god, Those were Nuclear Units. The computers clucked a bit and confirmed , MANPACKS were armed. Man portable Nuclear devices, On manual Override. For the first time in his years long vigil, The Man in Black truly felt fear. He would have to trust his men to keep their word, he couldn’t disarm those weapons. And if one went off..

While his Brain was digesting the information flowing in, A part felt detached, planning, calculating. The computers reported the Numbers reporting in, dispassionately .. 2 Million warriors, woken from slumber. Racing to Arm and Scrambling to Intercept . It was time to decide. His country had allowed this to happen,and there was blood debt to be paid. But the true power of Omega couldn’t be shown yet.. so he forced his mind to concentrate, to contain units not already engaged. Snapping out orders to put them into holding patterns.

It was Time to Decide: to make the final call :And a shriller call went out: OMEGA CALLING .Lightning Priority. Satellites that normally were sleepy dumb comsats awoke. Computers Cut into calls ,in the middle of calls, Overriding privacy codes. Omega Calling, Report In. .. Report In NOW. Switched off phones awoke.. and shrieked the Omega callsign. Omega Calling, Report In.

And one by one, bleary eyed, half dressed, The omega council reported in. The Computers obediently created a virtual meeting hall.. all but two were on video links.
The older ones were used to it by now.. The oldest member had a wry, rueful grin on his face. “ why do your emergencies never happen in civilized timings, Omega Command”
I do not run the world , Old timer, I respond” The harsh metallic voice grated out, through clenched teeth.
That got everyone’s attention. The Man WAS, for all intents and purposes, Omega. And he was angrier than anyone had ever seen before.

“Your country has failed me and my men, And the simple question is: DO you want omega to run it for you?”The voice like tortured tearing metal grated on. “Omega is code Red, under attack by units it considered loyal: And they picked exactly the wrong unit to go after: That detachment is armed with man portable nuclear weapons, And those weapons are Armed NOW”.

Gasps of horror, finally. Shock, mostly. “You armed your men with tactical Nukes?” “No, Minister, Nuclear grenades: sub kiloton yield” Which means My men MIGHT not hesitate using them. Omega doctrine states No more than 10 percent casualties in a battlefield scenario.. and we are holding at 7 percent”

Fingers punching keyboard.. “I estimate no more than 15 minutes before the 10 percent limit is crossed: At which point Omega troops will go “weapons free” on the nukes.”
“ Are we clear”
The old timer again” crystal clear.. so why the meeting , if you have decided”.

“I have not decided, I want someone to tell me that the bastards who did this will die slowly, and just maybe.. I can stop this disaster: And if I find out It was this governments doing..” He let that sentence trail off
The Director general - Ops Officer peered into his display” Can I see the troop disposition”

The computers, Lurking, Uploaded the maps.

A slight frown on that face“ Your troops are my troops, Omega”
“ well of course they are, IDIOT.. Omega is Indian.. but those are the best you have, and they are Omega first. My question: Can You relieve them in time?”
The Computers chose that moment to chime in: “Casualties are now 11 percent. Omega is “weapons free” across india.”
“Shit” from several people at once.
The computers, Insensitive to emotions, droned on: “Operation Aryan Nation “ commences in 30 minutes and counting.

“Operation Aryan Nation commences in 29 minutes and 50 seconds”
A silent, oh shit from the Man in Black.
“ Ladies and Gentlemen, I will need an answer in 5 minutes.. But I Am running out of time. Operation Aryan Nation means The computers have decided that For omega to survive , It needs to take over This country.

“Omega, signing off”
(Ed: Omega is a westernized word, The real name for the organisation is slightly different?)

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