The Fall of Enderossi

"Cover-up" is the fourth chapter of the Orion Nero Initiative series (fourth chapter in the Federation Prelude) that takes place in the 1st Enderossi Regiment Precinct.

Unveiling the truth behind the Alvitr incident 7 years ago, and potential corruption within the Central Security High Command results in the beginning of the continental war.

Characters

 * CMDR. Fletcher (K.I.A.)
 * Cpt. Streicher
 * Sgt. II Lux
 * Sgt. II Zaric
 * Sgt. II Crowley
 * SO. II Fowler
 * SO. I Kojak
 * JO. II Wellington (K.I.A.)

Plot
Another late night shift at the Katona Brigade precinct ends at 9pm with everyone leaving except Captain Elias Streicher, Alan 'Aizy' Zeek, Marcel Garrick and Wellington. Garrick stumbles upon the truth behind the 2054 incident after piecing together the intelligence extracted from the two apartment buildings earlier in the week. Realising the true intentions of the terrorist organisation and the fat that Armin Alvitr and Moses Keeli would strike Alvitr again results in Wellington heading down to level two of the building to inform Adrian Lux about the issue in hopes that Alpha Team would be able to travel to Alvitr and warn the Alvitr Kingdom of the imminent threat.

Wellington, will going down to inform Adrian is killed by either Adrian or Emerson as a way to cover up the information regarding the 2054 incident. After Wellington's failure to return back to level 3 of the building, Aizy and Garrick decide to check it out, entering level 2 via elevator to see the entire floor pitch black. It is only when the pair find Wellington murdered, with a 30 centimetre shard of glass hacked into his neck do they realise that Alpha Team is being targeted. Adrian and Emerson show up behind Aizy and Garrick, trying to kill the pair but to no avail. Elias hears gunfire on the floor below and calls Aizy to hear that Adrian and Emerson are opening fire. Elias then calls all Alpha Team members back to the precinct before heading downstairs to help Aizy and Garrick.

Reinforcements arrive outside the precinct, marked by the sounds of sirens, and both Adrian and Emerson are forced to escape the building. While Emerson manages to escape, Adrian is captured and detained outside while Marcus Zaric and a few other Central Security officers enter the second floor to meet Elias, Aizy and Garrick. Heading back outside to meet the other members of Alpha Team, Elias asks Adrian why he killed Wellington, and if he was associated with the 2054 incident.

Alpha Team later learns that not only are Adrian and Emerson in on the incident, but so was Director Eric Saunders. The current Commissioner of Ansaris comes over to the Katona Brigade precinct personnally, but is killed when his SUV explodes, killing everybody inside. As soon as the Commissioner's car is destroyed, several Central Security officers start shooting at each other and amidst the chaos, Saunders arrives and helps Adrian flee. The entire Katona Brigade Precinct explodes in an attempt to destroy all the hard evidence of the 2054 incident while the rebellion against the Otani Federation begins prematurely, resulting in Central Security officers killing each other. After the confusing, yet brutal killing, the several members of Alpha Team, Elias, Aizy, Garrick, Marcus Zaric, James Clayton Lacroix, Rachel Mykelti, Timothy Kato and Jason Morello are the only survivors.

The attack on the Katona Brigade precinct was only the start, and soon after, several buildings in the main city of Enderossi explode, including the Interplanetary Transportation Platform. With the ITP destroyed, no where to get to Alvitr to contact the Alvitr Kingdom or anyone to trust, the survivors only have one place to go, Anderson Air Base, commanded by an old friend of Elias, Commander Harry Munson.