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MGE: A Strange New Home

By JustAlex93

Disclaimer: I do not own the MGE series!

Chapter 1: Arrival

(June 25th, 25 AGU)

Lance Corporal Alexander Hemmerich is part of a unit of colonial marines on the O'Neill-class space colony "Will of Peace". Today, it had been seven days since the colony's arrival in orbit of a new planet, along with the deployment of multiple X-Plorer-class reconnaissance probes to the planet's surface. It was discovered that the planet was already inhabited.

The strange thing is, that it wasn't just populated by humans. From what the probes had found, this new world was populated by some kind of semi-humanoid feminine entities. What was also discovered is that these "monster girls" have an instinct for finding and copulating with human men, and they come in all shapes and sizes. This day, Hemmerich's unit is assigned to undergo a mission to learn more about this new world to see whether or not that the colonists can live on this world without having to lose any men to the feminine creatures.

The marines are to be deployed onto the planet's surface via Orbital Drop Pod (ODP) to an area where a base camp is to be set up and maintained for six months before returning to the colony. All the needed consumables, equipment, vehicles and weapons are loaded onto the pod, along with personal belongings, as marines embark onto it, prepared for the orbital drop procedure to the planet's surface. Everyone strapped in, as a computerized voice sounds out to announce the count-down,

5...

4...

3...

2...

1...

DEPLOYING ORBITAL DROP POD.

The ODP was then jettisoned from the colony as it raced through the outer spheres. After what seemed to be an eternity of shaking, it all ended with the shock of the pod crashing into the surface with a great impact. After the tremors had stopped, Hemmerich and his comrades unbuckled from their seats as their commanding officer gave the order to survey their general position and setting up the base camp for the next six months. All contents of the ODP were unloaded, and within a few hours, the base camp is finally set up. It has barracks for the troops, a mess hall, an officer's quarters, a showering area with a locker room, a garage for the vehicles, an area where consumables and weapons are kept, a briefing center and a few sentry towers around the perimeter of the camp. The general area appears to be a hilly grassland a few miles away from a nearby forest.

(June 26th, 25 AGU)

The day begins for Hemmerich with training, as his unit's commanding officer has them go through the usual military training drills; physical exercises, obstacle courses, target practice with ranged weapons, survival training, etc. while those assigned to the sentry towers kept an eye out for any potential hostiles. After training, everyone is eating at the mess hall, and after that, they go to the briefing center.

There, Hemmerich, who was known for his bravery on the battlefield, admirable refusal to surrender, the ability to work well under pressure and loyalty to his comrades back when he was a U.S. Marine before being transferred to the Will of Peace's colonial marines, was assigned to go out on an information-gathering mission at a village a few miles away from the camp. So, he sets out in a hover-jeep loaded with the necessary consumables for the duration of the mission. He could see the village about a 100 feet away after a few minutes of driving, so he parked it someplace where it couldn't be spotted by curious eyes. Afterwards, he dressed himself up in the necessary disguise to help blend in with the villagers as he gathered the information that he needed.

Hemmerich is also bringing with him a concealed weapon in case of any hostile confrontations, as he walked into the village with his disguise on. He talks to some guards, a few civilians, and some warriors at a local pub. Not much useful information, but Hemmerich wasn't willing to go back to his base camp empty-handed. He was sitting at a table close to a corner, as he waits for a glass of water that he had ordered, when he hears someone PSSSST'ing to him from the corner. He walks over to the table in the corner, as a man in a brown cloak sits at it.

"You're looking for good and reliable information on monster girls, aren't you?" whispers the man to Hemmerich, who nodded, as he is then handed a manuscript that reads "Monster Girl Encyclopedia" on the cover. The cloaked man then remarks, "It's the latest edition, too. Don't let anybody see you with it; the Order of the Chief God had outlawed this book, and punishes anybody that reads it as criminals," before sitting back down.

Hemmerich hides the book that he was given on his person, before getting back to his seat, just in time for the barmaid to arrive with his water. He hands her a couple of gold coins as a tip, as he then drinks his water. A few moments later, he leaves the bar, intending to return to base, not knowing that he was being followed. The one who is following Hemmerich is a cleric from the Order, and he had witnessed the disguised soldier recieving the Monster Girl Encyclopedia from the cloaked man, who had since left the bar.

The cleric followed Hemmerich, intending to make an example of him for getting his hands on the book. Just as Hemmerich has reached the place where he has hidden his hover-jeep, he hears a voice call out to him, "Freeze, criminal scum!" He turns around fast to see the cleric pointing his knife at him.

"What do you want?" Hemmerich asks, at which the cleric replies, "For the crime of heresy by recieving a book that is banned by the laws of the Order of the Chief God, I will personally put you to death! Prepare to die, heretic!" Before the knight could do anything else, there was a loud bang, and his knife was sent flying out of his hand. While the knight was making his little punishment speech, Hemmerich had quickly pulled out and loaded his concealed weapon, a Heckler & Koch VP-70M polymer frame pistol, and had fired it as soon as the knight had finished. He then brings out the stock and attaches it to the gun, before setting it to burst mode.

Hemmerich snarls, "One wrong move out of you, buddy, and I'll splatter your brains all over the place with a three-shot burst," as he aimed his weapon, "This gun can be set to fire single shots or three-shot bursts by the means of the stock attached to it. No assailant that I had shot down with this weapon ever gets back up. Provoke me, and I get another kill to my name, so stand down while you still can."

"Never! Your weapon cannot harm me, for I have the protection of the Chief God! Have at you!" the cleric retorts, before charging at the lance corporal, with a whitish, glowing aura on his being.

Quickly putting away his weapon, Hemmerich gets into a stance, ready to put his MCMAP combat training to good use. As soon as the cleric got close enough, Hemmerich moved to the side a little, and grabbed him by the arm as he used the momentum to slam him into the ground as the aura dissipated. He then catches the cleric in a harsh chokehold, until the latter loses consciousness from the lack of air. Just as he got up, he notices a Slime dragging the now-unconscious cleric away from the scene, before he then gets onto the hover-jeep and drives off back to the base camp. Little did he know, is that the adventures had truly just begun!

Chapter 1 End