He was a man of experience, having risen through the ranks to his present position. There were some who saw him as a relic of the old British Army, outside the modern fighting force. Men like him were no longer the ideal of the pen-pushing politicians, who constantly bickered over the budget of the armed forces. The major had instructed the guard commanders to attempt to take some of the infected alive, sedate them, and transport them to the military cells block on the base. The rifles had gone to the guard posts about an hour after he had watched the team and his C.O. leave in the helicopters, heading for the Salby installation. He hoped that they had made it and that it was all going to plan. The technical wizards that formed part of the Royal Signals had managed to access the company laptop and recovered information from it. There were many personnel files and details of those on shift at the time of the explosion. Each record contained information on the employee, such as aptitude test results and any disciplinary procedures that had been invoked.
