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[TALON] DM_Mine_RC Version 1.5
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BACKGROUND STORY:

On the distant planet LV7734 (a.k.a “HELL” after someone saw the numbers
upside down on a computer screen), miners at "Weyland Yutani’s Mine 692"
were unlucky enough to drill into a xenomorph hive. Shortly after they
drilled into what they thought was just an underground cave, the xenomorphs
attacked. With very little in the way of weapons, the miners barely managed
to fight back as they retreated from the lower level of the mine and tried
to get to the surface. Most of them simply ran for their lives without even
considering engaging the monsters. Not surprisingly the miners and security
personnel were quickly overwhelmed, some being killed where they stood while
others were taken alive, screaming as they were dragged into the depths of
the hive. The elevator was taken by the first that got to it, leaving the
rest to find other ways to the surface. However the aliens attacked the
elevator, damaging it in the process so that it dropped like a stone to the
bottom of the elevator shaft. Very few survivors made it to the surface and
the ones that did decided to hide in a ventilation shaft, but it didn't take
long for the aliens to find them. One alien was killed in this last stand
and it’s acid burned a hole into the hive below.

Weyland Yutani had a small mercenary unit nearby that was first on site
after contact was lost with the mine. An automated distress call was picked
up by the USCM who decided to send a small force to assist the mercenaries.
Upon arrival, the corporates split into 2 squads, one dropped a ladder
into the hive from the ventilation shaft near the landing pad, and the other
went into the mine looking for a life sign that had been picked up on
preliminary scans.

Shortly after the marines landed, Command monitored an unidentified object
traveling at extremely high speeds heading towards the mine area. It showed
no signs of slowing down before it disappeared from the scanners and was
therefore thought to have been a meteorite.

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