Operation Cryptic Cloud

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Intro

It is the near future. Humanity has paved its way towards the heavens. Walked on the moon. Created new life. Built shining cities. Today though, they have made their most significant discovery.

You are members of a small team of special forces dispatched to St. Thomas Island, where strange phenomena have been taking place.

Timeline

8:00 AM: (Local time): St. Thomas Island base gives its regular check in.
8:01 AM: Recce satellites detect unusual electromagnetic activity centered on the base.
8:06 AM: Thomas Island communication goes dark after brief garbled communication
8:11 AM: Second, even more intense electromagnetic phenomena. A heavy storm begins to blow up around the base, despite previously fine conditions
8:16 AM: Communication reestablished with St. Thomas. Operator unable or unwilling to provide information on what is happening. Communications interspersed with heavy static and chanting in an unidentified language.
8:22 AM: More electromagnetic activity reported.
9:08 PM: US consults with interested parties to deploy a team to investigate the island. HMS Exacting, a Type 48 Destroyer is dispatched to the area, where it will link up with forces from the US or other interested parties.

St. Thomas Island

Though technically the property of the US government, in practice, St. Thomas Island is owned by the Hulet Corporation, a large multinational R&D conglomerate, which operates the base under contract for the US military. The research that goes on in the base is highly classified, however it is known to be a popular post, with several Nobel lariats working there.

Rules

In Operation Cryptic Cloud, you maybe a US or other special forces operator, or a royal marine commando from the nearby ship. As this is the future there is a high chance that you're some kind of cyborg or bioroid. Most royal marines for instance will be bioroids as England uses them extensively
First, pick your role in the squad (such as scout, sniper, machine gunner, combat engineer, etc.). Second, choose your stats.
You have 21 points to Divide up between four stats

Strong
Fast
Durable
Smart

Finally choose equipment. Anything near future is allowed. Extensive tacticool is a requirement.