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[B]EFA Connacht Base, Ireland, Earth[/B]

With the majority of the UTX Team having favoured a descent Earthside for their mission, the briefing and handover was completed in record time, allowing for the group of pilots to leave the Moon almost immediately, filing into a Tausendfussler that took them away from Cerevis City and down towards the blue planet that was the home of mankind. Their goal when they landed was to rendezvous with Federation forces in Ireland, and from there serve as protection for the archaeological dig around the Sliabh an Iarainn, a role that while seemingly thankless, was likely necessary to smooth over negotiations with the LTR Organisation on site. The archaeologists had not been particularly happy with the sudden halt of their recovery efforts, especially with the local Irish forces having claimed jurisdiction. It was the hope of officials that the UTX's mandate would allow them to interact more easily with the LTR representatives.

Of course, given the dearth of specifics regarding the mission, there didn't seem to be much for the UTX Team to work off. All that was really known was that the local Federation officials desired greater control over the dig, ostensibly to protect against opportunists would wanted whatever they could nab from an unprotected dig site.

Hence UTX's presence.

"We've landed," said the pilot over the intercom, the Tausendfussler touching down on the landing strip at the Federation base. "I hope y'all enjoyed the flight, and godspeed with the mission."

The EFA base wasn't an amazing sight to behold after having come down from the Moon, with the military buildings, towers and whatnot likely to be incredibly familiar to every member of the UTX Team. There was certainly a uniformity to the EFA's general approach to designing, after all.

However, beyond the reaches of the base were vast swathes of green, golden plains that seemed to stretch out into the horizon. Even when taking into account the effects of Meteor 1 and 2, the Irish countryside had changed very little over the many centuries.