"Echo, this is Delta. We reached the cave. Over."
"Copy, Delta. Search the place for hints. We need to understand what happened. Over."
Two squads were investigating another's disappearance. The missing squad had been tasked with managing a Nogith colony that risked migrating westward toward the city due to ecosystem disturbances. Controlling their population was crucial.
The last known communication of the team said that the quest was partially clear, as the team collapsed the cave where the Nogith colony hid.
However, more than six days passed since that communication, and no trace of the squad remained. The problem was the team previously sent here. The Charlie squad was an elite one.
Their reputation made it hard, even among those who knew little about the military, to believe they might be killed off like that.