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[b][i]. . . And in other news Charles Saracino, leader of the Terra Firma party, has again been lobbying the Alliance to forcibly evict any and all aliens currently living on earth. The politician was heard to say “I appreciate all the help they rendered during the Battle for Earth, I really do. But that was over a year ago now, and some of these aliens still aren’t showing any intentions of leaving. London, one of the most ancient and culturally significant cities on our planet, has become one part shanty town and one part military camp, and one part mixed-race holiday camp, for the love of God! Wake up people, it’s not Xenophobia if they really are stealing your home! Earth should belong to humanity, but that will never be the case while we play host to all the myriad races of the Galaxy!” While many believe that Mr Saracino’s words will continue to fall on death ears, there are others that point out that anti-alien sentiment is growing around the world, and it might only be a matter of time until the Systems Alliance is required to act.[/i][/b][/center]

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[b][u][sub]Baker Street
London City
Earth[/sub][/u][/b]

Two hundred and fifty years ago the London Underground was one of the busiest subway systems in the world. Now, with the advent of public shuttle travel, the Underground is unequivocally a thing of the past. Who would wish to be enclosed in a flimsy metal box moving at a relative snail’s pace, no more protection between you and under hundreds of tons of dirt and concrete than a sheet of thin steel, when instead you could soar through the air and drink in the beauty of the ever-shifting skyline of modern London? Now the lines of track that once crisscrossed underneath London like a giant subterranean spider web, bringing local commuters and out of country visitors to their destinations on a daily basis, are mostly closed, save a few routes which have been kept open as tourist attractions. There had been a city government initiative years prior to fill in the old tunnels, or find an alternative use for them, but due to a lack of funding and a general lack of interest the program had fallen through, with more than eighty-five percent of the tracks still remaining clear and useless.

Until today.

Deep under Baker Street Station, once servicing the original Metropolitan Railway but since renovated into an open-air shuttle port, the subway line has survived centuries of neglect and geological shifting. One end of the platform had partially collapsed during the Battle of Earth, and there was some minor flooding, stagnant water pooling almost ankle high in some places. But despite the dust, smell, and general chill, the place had stood up to the tests of time admirably. Notably the unique tile work that once adorned the walls, featuring the profile image of Baker Streets most famous fictional patron, Sherlock Holmes, was still mostly intact, if more than a touch grimy, and in some parts so filthy that they were almost unrecognisable. 

This part of the line had long been closed to the public, but to those who were to meet here today that shouldn’t be a problem, as this was the spot picked by two Spectres for their first meeting with the prospective members of an elite task force they were setting up. If the applicants couldn’t make it down here due to something as paltry as a city ordinance laws, then they had no business joining the Spectres on a mission which very may well take them to some of the most dangerous places in the Galaxy.

This was the first test, as it were, and by far the easiest. 

The place seemingly stands empty now though, save for the spiders and shadows, awaiting the first of the arrivals.