Raid on Russet Mine
Who: Sol Commanders. Open.
What: Team Sol Raid.
Where: Russet City Mine.
When: Early morning. 7am till all day.
Note: Fossils are for Sol only. A grunt will take one.

The air smelled of petrol and dirt. There was constant noise; bulldozers, drills, explosives and trucks. Lifts carried miners into and out of the mine, and brought rock and ore out. Huge trucks, shovels and cranes were moving large quantities of minerals and dirt.

Except Russet City Mine was barricaded; the gate was closed and two large delivery trucks were parked in front of the entrance, preventing access. Two young adults, a boy and girl dressed in white sleeveless tops with trousers and skirt, stood guard. The miners who had been digging tunnels and shafts into the earth to reach buried ore had been driven out by Team Sol.

Their grunts were sifting through debris on a large conveyer belt located near the mine. It brought minerals to the surface through tunnels and shafts. A red stone, aflame on the inside, caught their attention and it was carefully placed inside a padded metal box. Heart Scales were tossed in a burlap sack and gold nuggets went in another.

The raid had been received with anger; miners had protested. But their Onix and Machop had been chased away by a large number of Shroomish and Combee. They kept digging.

The male at the gate didn't know what the Commanders wanted with fossils. They were just old bits of rock, he thought. They hadn't even found one! A person was walking by, watching them. He gave them a glare and yelled:

"Get lost! This is our territory!"