Ryu'Toth's Warning

In the early spring of 1994, a holographic image of a Jjaro diplomat named Ryu'Toth appeared before the leaders of the United States with an urgent warning.

The W'rkncacnter had been sleeping since its arrival, but in eight days it would awaken. The Jjaro instructed humanity to send a team into a pyramid that had formed over the creature's body, arm a low-yield nuclear device, and stun the being until the Jjaro could implement a more permanent solution.

An eight-person Special Forces team was deployed. Seven died inside. The eighth, alone and armed with nothing but a knife after his rifle was destroyed in the drop, navigated the pyramid's horrors, armed the bomb, and escaped to the surface.

This was humanity's first brush with forces far beyond its understanding. It would not be the last.