Time's an illusion. Better: It's merely a sensation caused by... well, causality. Anyone willing to philosophize about time?oldwrench wrote:Trying......... if only I had unlimited time....... ((goes back to working on time machine)).
5 minutes...... oldwrench tries story telling
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What do you call a dinosaur with an extended vocabulary? A thesaurus.
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Ok, Chad's living the good life. Rachel is about to tell him her story, dinner is on the stove, things are looking good for the boy........... or are they??
This chapter got a bit long, hope you enjoy reading it.
Chapter 72
Chad followed the frontier woman into he house. The aroma in the kitchen instantly had
his mouth watering. He didn’t remember food ever smelling this good. Chad was a bit confused
though, he didn’t see a food processing unit anywhere in the room. In fact, he didn’t recognize
much of anything in the room, except perhaps the table and chairs. At Rachel’s urging Chad sat
down at the table.
Rachel turned to one of the large white cabinets placed around the kitchen. This one was
only as high as the counter top and had some shiny kettles setting on top. Rachel lifted the lid off
of one of the pots. Steam rolled out of the pot and Chad almost jumped up to stop her as she
braved the steam to poke something in the pot with a fork. “Good, the potatoes are done,” she put
the lid back on and turned a knob on the front edge of the unit. “Roy should be here any minute.”
“Um........ Who’s Roy, ma........... uh, Rachel?” Chad asked.
“He’s the local postal delivery man. He comes around a couple times a week.” She
answered. “He was Souske’s friend. He often helped in the shop, or they would go hunting or
fishing. Since Souske died, he’s been helping me keep up with the farm.” Rachel opened the tall
white cabinet and took out two bottles, she handed one to Chad, the bottle was very cold. “I
thought you could use a beer. I make the best around.”
Chad looked at the bottle, the brown liquid made him remember how thirsty he was.
“Um.... I really shouldn’t, we aren’t supposed to while we’re.........”
Rachel reached across the table and used an opener to pop the cap off the bottle. “I won’t
tell anyone if you don’t,” she grinned at him and sat back down. “Now you wanted to know how
I got here. I was abducted...... kidnaped and sold.” She almost laughed at the shocked look on
Chad’s face. “These outer colonies, especially the mining colonies, usually have a lot more men
than women. Seems, when the population of a dome or space colony gets to large, it’s the guys
who get booted out. Well, where there’s a lot of single guys and a bunch of money floating
around, women are good business. I’m sure there are still girls going missing in the lower cities. I
was grabbed by some guys and shoved into the back of a truck with a few other girls. Next thing
I knew we were on a freighter headed into space......... Don’t look so shocked, I know the
government regulates shipping, but there are as many crooks in the government as there are in the
sewers........ They spent the few days travel time getting us cleaned and dolled up. If you didn’t
co-operate you got beat.” Rachel took a big swallow from her bottle. “When we got here, we
were paraded onto a stage in a big building. They had a price for each of us, but it was more like
a bidding war. Well, I was never much for looks, and at the time I was a few months short of
fifteen years old. I was one of the last girls left, there wasn’t any bidding anymore. Souske had
come up to one of the sellers, he just kind of pointed at me and held out some cash. Looked like
they were haggling a bit on the price, but in the end, the guy took the money.” Rachel took
another drink and leaned back in her chair. “I wasn’t happy about being there, and less about
being sold. Souske was from one of the Asian space colony units. He was excess population and
decided to come out to a colony instead of joining the EDF. He was shorter than me, and about as
wide as he was tall. I didn’t want to mess with him, he could probably tear me in half. He didn’t
say anything on the ride all the way out here. I didn’t either, just tried to keep away from him.
When we pulled into the place he stopped and just looked strait ahead and started to talk. He had
a much softer voice than I had imagined. He told me that I could run off if I wanted, but there
wasn’t really anywhere to go. He told me he wouldn’t hurt me and if I didn’t like it here, he’d see
to it I got back home, provided I worked off what he’d paid for me. Then he just got out and went
to the house. Well, I stuck around, there was no where to go, and after a few days, I realized this
was a much better life than the sewers of Toledo had to offer. After a couple more days, I knew
that Souske was the kindest man I’d ever met, and a good provider. He was shocked that night
when I crawled into his bed with him, he said I was to young and he’d just have to wait till I was
old enough.” Rachel started to giggle, then laughed out loud. “I had to inform him that if he was
expecting some innocent young thing he was going to be sorely disappointed. There was no such
thing as a sixteen year old virgin in the lower cities............. We stayed together, and had three
kids. They’re off planet in school and at jobs. Souske died in an accident while he was out
prospecting. It was a tough time for me, but things have gotten better, well, things were till those
fools put those asteroids around the planet. Now things aren’t growing well at all.......... Well
that’s my story. So, how’d you get into the EDF and end up out here at the ass end of the
universe.
“It’s not much of a story,” Chad told her. “I got busted when the gang ran and left me at a
car jacking that turned out to be a set up. The judge gave me a choice, prison time or the
EDF........ the food’s better in the EDF.” Chad gave her the short outline of how he’d moved from
a tech to a pilot and wound up on the Krikav and finally on Mar Sara.”
“I’ll bet there’s more excitement to that story than your letting on,” Rachel guessed.
Chad knew he’d left out a lot of the fighting and a few other details. “Well, a bit more,
but nothing that important.” Chad looked at the bottle of beer in his hand and remembered only a
couple days before. He chuckled.
“Something funny about my beer?” Rachel asked him.
“Ah, no..... not that, it’s just, I was remembering one of the other pilots, when I offered to
get her a soda, she said she wished I could get her a beer. She should be here now.”
“So, you have a girlfriend.” Rachel grinned.
“No! It isn’t like that,” Chad tried to deny, a bit overly much. “We’re just friends, and.....
ah.”
“Sure,” Rachel said, knowingly, “What’s she like.”
Chad’s description painted her as smart and witty, really pretty, with curly blond hair and
bright blue eyes.”
Rachel laughed, “yup, you’re hooked. She’s your girlfriend.”
“Well, I wish she would be,” Chad sighed. “But she’s from a rich family, and John told
me girls like her don’t stick with guys of my class. He said she’s just having some fun and she’ll
just dump me when she gets tired of me.”
Rachel frowned, “doesn’t seem like this John knows much about women. If the girl
thinks you’re the right one for her, it doesn’t matter if you’re the emperors son or the lowest
beggar, She’ll stick by you till the end.” Dammit Dog jumped up and woofed. Rachel got up and
looked out the window. “Good, Roy’s here. I better get the potatoes mashed and the food ready
to serve.” She turned to the stove and started getting things ready.”
In a few moments the door opened and Roy came in. Chad noted that he was about John
Crichton’s height, medium build. He had green eyes and red hair that was going grey around the
edges. Chad figured he must be around Rachels age, maybe a few years older.
“Hello sweety, there wasn’t any mail.......” Roy stopped and looked at Chad. “Who’s
this?”
“Hi Roy,” Rachel returned, “This is Chad, he’s an EDF pilot and he comes from lower
Detroit on earth. I found him out in the shed borrowing some tools to fix his mech.”
In a swift motion, Roy drew a gun from the holster at his side and stepped up to the table.
He leveled the gun at Chad and growled, “He’s a liar! This boy’s no pilot, Rachel, he’s a liar and
a thief.”
For the second time that day, Chad was facing a gun, and he didn’t like it. His chair
clattered to the floor behind him as he jumped up. “I am not a liar!” He shouted. “And I was
going to..........”
A loud crack reverberated in the room, loud enough to hurt your ears.
This chapter got a bit long, hope you enjoy reading it.
Chapter 72
Chad followed the frontier woman into he house. The aroma in the kitchen instantly had
his mouth watering. He didn’t remember food ever smelling this good. Chad was a bit confused
though, he didn’t see a food processing unit anywhere in the room. In fact, he didn’t recognize
much of anything in the room, except perhaps the table and chairs. At Rachel’s urging Chad sat
down at the table.
Rachel turned to one of the large white cabinets placed around the kitchen. This one was
only as high as the counter top and had some shiny kettles setting on top. Rachel lifted the lid off
of one of the pots. Steam rolled out of the pot and Chad almost jumped up to stop her as she
braved the steam to poke something in the pot with a fork. “Good, the potatoes are done,” she put
the lid back on and turned a knob on the front edge of the unit. “Roy should be here any minute.”
“Um........ Who’s Roy, ma........... uh, Rachel?” Chad asked.
“He’s the local postal delivery man. He comes around a couple times a week.” She
answered. “He was Souske’s friend. He often helped in the shop, or they would go hunting or
fishing. Since Souske died, he’s been helping me keep up with the farm.” Rachel opened the tall
white cabinet and took out two bottles, she handed one to Chad, the bottle was very cold. “I
thought you could use a beer. I make the best around.”
Chad looked at the bottle, the brown liquid made him remember how thirsty he was.
“Um.... I really shouldn’t, we aren’t supposed to while we’re.........”
Rachel reached across the table and used an opener to pop the cap off the bottle. “I won’t
tell anyone if you don’t,” she grinned at him and sat back down. “Now you wanted to know how
I got here. I was abducted...... kidnaped and sold.” She almost laughed at the shocked look on
Chad’s face. “These outer colonies, especially the mining colonies, usually have a lot more men
than women. Seems, when the population of a dome or space colony gets to large, it’s the guys
who get booted out. Well, where there’s a lot of single guys and a bunch of money floating
around, women are good business. I’m sure there are still girls going missing in the lower cities. I
was grabbed by some guys and shoved into the back of a truck with a few other girls. Next thing
I knew we were on a freighter headed into space......... Don’t look so shocked, I know the
government regulates shipping, but there are as many crooks in the government as there are in the
sewers........ They spent the few days travel time getting us cleaned and dolled up. If you didn’t
co-operate you got beat.” Rachel took a big swallow from her bottle. “When we got here, we
were paraded onto a stage in a big building. They had a price for each of us, but it was more like
a bidding war. Well, I was never much for looks, and at the time I was a few months short of
fifteen years old. I was one of the last girls left, there wasn’t any bidding anymore. Souske had
come up to one of the sellers, he just kind of pointed at me and held out some cash. Looked like
they were haggling a bit on the price, but in the end, the guy took the money.” Rachel took
another drink and leaned back in her chair. “I wasn’t happy about being there, and less about
being sold. Souske was from one of the Asian space colony units. He was excess population and
decided to come out to a colony instead of joining the EDF. He was shorter than me, and about as
wide as he was tall. I didn’t want to mess with him, he could probably tear me in half. He didn’t
say anything on the ride all the way out here. I didn’t either, just tried to keep away from him.
When we pulled into the place he stopped and just looked strait ahead and started to talk. He had
a much softer voice than I had imagined. He told me that I could run off if I wanted, but there
wasn’t really anywhere to go. He told me he wouldn’t hurt me and if I didn’t like it here, he’d see
to it I got back home, provided I worked off what he’d paid for me. Then he just got out and went
to the house. Well, I stuck around, there was no where to go, and after a few days, I realized this
was a much better life than the sewers of Toledo had to offer. After a couple more days, I knew
that Souske was the kindest man I’d ever met, and a good provider. He was shocked that night
when I crawled into his bed with him, he said I was to young and he’d just have to wait till I was
old enough.” Rachel started to giggle, then laughed out loud. “I had to inform him that if he was
expecting some innocent young thing he was going to be sorely disappointed. There was no such
thing as a sixteen year old virgin in the lower cities............. We stayed together, and had three
kids. They’re off planet in school and at jobs. Souske died in an accident while he was out
prospecting. It was a tough time for me, but things have gotten better, well, things were till those
fools put those asteroids around the planet. Now things aren’t growing well at all.......... Well
that’s my story. So, how’d you get into the EDF and end up out here at the ass end of the
universe.
“It’s not much of a story,” Chad told her. “I got busted when the gang ran and left me at a
car jacking that turned out to be a set up. The judge gave me a choice, prison time or the
EDF........ the food’s better in the EDF.” Chad gave her the short outline of how he’d moved from
a tech to a pilot and wound up on the Krikav and finally on Mar Sara.”
“I’ll bet there’s more excitement to that story than your letting on,” Rachel guessed.
Chad knew he’d left out a lot of the fighting and a few other details. “Well, a bit more,
but nothing that important.” Chad looked at the bottle of beer in his hand and remembered only a
couple days before. He chuckled.
“Something funny about my beer?” Rachel asked him.
“Ah, no..... not that, it’s just, I was remembering one of the other pilots, when I offered to
get her a soda, she said she wished I could get her a beer. She should be here now.”
“So, you have a girlfriend.” Rachel grinned.
“No! It isn’t like that,” Chad tried to deny, a bit overly much. “We’re just friends, and.....
ah.”
“Sure,” Rachel said, knowingly, “What’s she like.”
Chad’s description painted her as smart and witty, really pretty, with curly blond hair and
bright blue eyes.”
Rachel laughed, “yup, you’re hooked. She’s your girlfriend.”
“Well, I wish she would be,” Chad sighed. “But she’s from a rich family, and John told
me girls like her don’t stick with guys of my class. He said she’s just having some fun and she’ll
just dump me when she gets tired of me.”
Rachel frowned, “doesn’t seem like this John knows much about women. If the girl
thinks you’re the right one for her, it doesn’t matter if you’re the emperors son or the lowest
beggar, She’ll stick by you till the end.” Dammit Dog jumped up and woofed. Rachel got up and
looked out the window. “Good, Roy’s here. I better get the potatoes mashed and the food ready
to serve.” She turned to the stove and started getting things ready.”
In a few moments the door opened and Roy came in. Chad noted that he was about John
Crichton’s height, medium build. He had green eyes and red hair that was going grey around the
edges. Chad figured he must be around Rachels age, maybe a few years older.
“Hello sweety, there wasn’t any mail.......” Roy stopped and looked at Chad. “Who’s
this?”
“Hi Roy,” Rachel returned, “This is Chad, he’s an EDF pilot and he comes from lower
Detroit on earth. I found him out in the shed borrowing some tools to fix his mech.”
In a swift motion, Roy drew a gun from the holster at his side and stepped up to the table.
He leveled the gun at Chad and growled, “He’s a liar! This boy’s no pilot, Rachel, he’s a liar and
a thief.”
For the second time that day, Chad was facing a gun, and he didn’t like it. His chair
clattered to the floor behind him as he jumped up. “I am not a liar!” He shouted. “And I was
going to..........”
A loud crack reverberated in the room, loud enough to hurt your ears.
Dogs have owners, Cats have staff
Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
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Time, time, time, see what's become of me.....
Back again, but I think I'll keep Chad hanging for a while. Doesn't sound very good for him, typical, things were just going so well and blam!!
Back to the Krikav, how is the colonel going to react to that news, his orders are a lie? What about the pilots, how is the battle going to play out. Arisa is finally going to get her chance at a real battle. Is the little pilot as good with a rail gun as she is with a nuke?
Here we go for the next exciting installment in the 5 minutes saga........
((Where does the title 5 minutes come from anyway??))
Chapter 73
Daniel stared at the communicator. What did Greg mean ‘our orders are a lie’? He’d
known Greg a long time and if the older man thought it was important, it was. But what could
even a master tech know about their orders that the commanding officer didn’t? It didn’t make
sense. Nothing on this mission seemed to make sense.
Yuki interrupted the colonels thoughts. “There is an incoming message from command
central, sir.”
Dan looked over at the controller, “On screen,” he ordered. Daniel looked at the message,
‘Do not engage the enemy. We do not want any more losses to your units. When you are
attacked, surrender your command, we will deal with the Red Faction when the fleet arrives.’
“Damn,” Daniel swore as he reached toward the com, no commander wants to surrender
but, he didn’t want to lose any more men........... Dan hesitated, then slammed his hand on the
com button, “All units, take those bastards out, every one of them.” Daniel turned from his
console and headed toward the door, but his way was barred by Johana.
“You’re disobeying a direct order,” she accused him.
“You bet your ass I am,” he answered angrily, “and until I find out what the hell’s going
on, I’m going to keep disobeying them. Aiden, make sure they get all of them.” He stepped past
Johana, “Johana, you have the bridge, I have to see what Greg found out.”
Johana smiled as she moved out of the way, now that was the Daniel Hellwind she
remembered.
Arisa stuck close to Ben’s big Lancer. Her heart rate was way up. She didn’t want to mess
this up, this was her chance. If she stuck with Ben........... he knew what to do. When they got the
call from the colonel, Ben quickly turned and set up to fire, she followed his lead, checking
targeting for the enemy units. She got a call from Ben, “ok kitten, you take the one on the right,
I’ll take the left. Let’s see who’s quicker on the draw.”
Arisa found the target and rapidly brought the rail gun’s aiming marker onto the target.
The targeting lock beeped and she started to tighten her finger on the trigger. She hesitated, she
was shaking, she felt like she couldn’t catch her breath, her hands felt slippery in her gloves from
the cold sweat. Arisa’s bio monitor signs were in the yellow, nearing the red. She had to pull the
trigger, but............ The enemy fighter on the left crumpled and exploded into shrapnel as Ben’s
shot tore through it. The fighter in her sight started to take evasive maneuvers, Arisa tracked it
with the smoothness that had made her top in her class, but still she hesitated to pull the trigger.
She wanted them to leave, to run away. Didn’t they see the other ship had been destroyed? Didn’t
they want to get way?
The enemy fighter in her sights folded in half then exploded as it’s fuel tanks were
crushed. “Ha, beat you to it,” Ben gloated on the com. “You gotta be fast to beat Bullseye.”
Tears welled in Arisa’s eyes, “I’m sorry, I just couldn’t.......”
“Ya, they’re really hard to track when they start evasive like that,” Ben broke in. “We
better keep an eye out in case any others get through.”
Arisa took her shaking hands off the controls, She couldn’t even wipe away the tears
running down her face. She’d failed, maybe her father was right, maybe she couldn’t do this.
Colonel Hellwind burst into Gregs office, “ok Greg, what’s going on? What makes you
say our orders are a lie?”
“Because you haven’t been talking to command, not since we hit warp drive.” Greg shot
back.
“What do you mean? We just got orders from them a minute ago.” Dan questioned.
“Whoever it is, it’s not command.” Greg returned.
“Why do you think that?” Daniel was becoming confused.
“Because I’m talking to general Parkers aid right now, they haven’t been able to contact
us since we left.” Greg told him. Daniel had a look between doubt and surprise. “I have a
subspace com, most of us techs use test gear to do a bit of talking. I was contacting a friend at
Victorville and the generals aid found out about it. Somebody hijacked the Krikav’s subspace
com.”
Daniel looked down at Greg’s com screen, then back up his friend. “Is that even
possible?”
“It shouldn’t be......no....... well, maybe, I don’t know. I called our subspace tech, he
should be here in a minute.” Greg stammered. “The general’s aid is on my subspace unit, you
should talk to him.”
The ship’s subspace tech came in, wondering why the master tech should be calling for
him. He was surprised to see the colonel there. Greg quickly explained what he’d found out to
the tech. “That isn’t possible,” the tech told him. “The subspace layers and encryption are
hardwired in the chip set. Here, I’ll check it.” The tech took out his service pad and tapped
through several menus. “There that’s the subspace layer we’re using............. wait that isn’t.”
The tech quickly brought up a series of tables. “That’s the wrong layer, it isn’t even in the chip
set.”
Dan quickly called Yuki, “shut down the subspace com.” He looked at the tech, “Go over
the equipment with a fine tooth comb. I want to know how they did that. See if there’s any way to
trace who is doing this.” Dan sat down at Greg’s com unit, “I better let them know what’s going
on here.
Back again, but I think I'll keep Chad hanging for a while. Doesn't sound very good for him, typical, things were just going so well and blam!!
Back to the Krikav, how is the colonel going to react to that news, his orders are a lie? What about the pilots, how is the battle going to play out. Arisa is finally going to get her chance at a real battle. Is the little pilot as good with a rail gun as she is with a nuke?
Here we go for the next exciting installment in the 5 minutes saga........
((Where does the title 5 minutes come from anyway??))
Chapter 73
Daniel stared at the communicator. What did Greg mean ‘our orders are a lie’? He’d
known Greg a long time and if the older man thought it was important, it was. But what could
even a master tech know about their orders that the commanding officer didn’t? It didn’t make
sense. Nothing on this mission seemed to make sense.
Yuki interrupted the colonels thoughts. “There is an incoming message from command
central, sir.”
Dan looked over at the controller, “On screen,” he ordered. Daniel looked at the message,
‘Do not engage the enemy. We do not want any more losses to your units. When you are
attacked, surrender your command, we will deal with the Red Faction when the fleet arrives.’
“Damn,” Daniel swore as he reached toward the com, no commander wants to surrender
but, he didn’t want to lose any more men........... Dan hesitated, then slammed his hand on the
com button, “All units, take those bastards out, every one of them.” Daniel turned from his
console and headed toward the door, but his way was barred by Johana.
“You’re disobeying a direct order,” she accused him.
“You bet your ass I am,” he answered angrily, “and until I find out what the hell’s going
on, I’m going to keep disobeying them. Aiden, make sure they get all of them.” He stepped past
Johana, “Johana, you have the bridge, I have to see what Greg found out.”
Johana smiled as she moved out of the way, now that was the Daniel Hellwind she
remembered.
Arisa stuck close to Ben’s big Lancer. Her heart rate was way up. She didn’t want to mess
this up, this was her chance. If she stuck with Ben........... he knew what to do. When they got the
call from the colonel, Ben quickly turned and set up to fire, she followed his lead, checking
targeting for the enemy units. She got a call from Ben, “ok kitten, you take the one on the right,
I’ll take the left. Let’s see who’s quicker on the draw.”
Arisa found the target and rapidly brought the rail gun’s aiming marker onto the target.
The targeting lock beeped and she started to tighten her finger on the trigger. She hesitated, she
was shaking, she felt like she couldn’t catch her breath, her hands felt slippery in her gloves from
the cold sweat. Arisa’s bio monitor signs were in the yellow, nearing the red. She had to pull the
trigger, but............ The enemy fighter on the left crumpled and exploded into shrapnel as Ben’s
shot tore through it. The fighter in her sight started to take evasive maneuvers, Arisa tracked it
with the smoothness that had made her top in her class, but still she hesitated to pull the trigger.
She wanted them to leave, to run away. Didn’t they see the other ship had been destroyed? Didn’t
they want to get way?
The enemy fighter in her sights folded in half then exploded as it’s fuel tanks were
crushed. “Ha, beat you to it,” Ben gloated on the com. “You gotta be fast to beat Bullseye.”
Tears welled in Arisa’s eyes, “I’m sorry, I just couldn’t.......”
“Ya, they’re really hard to track when they start evasive like that,” Ben broke in. “We
better keep an eye out in case any others get through.”
Arisa took her shaking hands off the controls, She couldn’t even wipe away the tears
running down her face. She’d failed, maybe her father was right, maybe she couldn’t do this.
Colonel Hellwind burst into Gregs office, “ok Greg, what’s going on? What makes you
say our orders are a lie?”
“Because you haven’t been talking to command, not since we hit warp drive.” Greg shot
back.
“What do you mean? We just got orders from them a minute ago.” Dan questioned.
“Whoever it is, it’s not command.” Greg returned.
“Why do you think that?” Daniel was becoming confused.
“Because I’m talking to general Parkers aid right now, they haven’t been able to contact
us since we left.” Greg told him. Daniel had a look between doubt and surprise. “I have a
subspace com, most of us techs use test gear to do a bit of talking. I was contacting a friend at
Victorville and the generals aid found out about it. Somebody hijacked the Krikav’s subspace
com.”
Daniel looked down at Greg’s com screen, then back up his friend. “Is that even
possible?”
“It shouldn’t be......no....... well, maybe, I don’t know. I called our subspace tech, he
should be here in a minute.” Greg stammered. “The general’s aid is on my subspace unit, you
should talk to him.”
The ship’s subspace tech came in, wondering why the master tech should be calling for
him. He was surprised to see the colonel there. Greg quickly explained what he’d found out to
the tech. “That isn’t possible,” the tech told him. “The subspace layers and encryption are
hardwired in the chip set. Here, I’ll check it.” The tech took out his service pad and tapped
through several menus. “There that’s the subspace layer we’re using............. wait that isn’t.”
The tech quickly brought up a series of tables. “That’s the wrong layer, it isn’t even in the chip
set.”
Dan quickly called Yuki, “shut down the subspace com.” He looked at the tech, “Go over
the equipment with a fine tooth comb. I want to know how they did that. See if there’s any way to
trace who is doing this.” Dan sat down at Greg’s com unit, “I better let them know what’s going
on here.
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Re: 5 minutes...... oldwrench tries story telling
Awesome! Can't wait for the next chapter!
And to answer your question, originally it was going to be mentioned by Daniel that the average "combat lifespan" of a pilot during a full out battle was around 5 minutes.
And to answer your question, originally it was going to be mentioned by Daniel that the average "combat lifespan" of a pilot during a full out battle was around 5 minutes.
So, Lone Star, now you see that evil will always triumph... because good is DUMB!
Re: 5 minutes...... oldwrench tries story telling
Ah....... I have a different 5 minutes in mind. I'm working on the next chapter.
Dogs have owners, Cats have staff
Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
Re: 5 minutes...... oldwrench tries story telling
Ok, Chapter 74, really fast, huh?
We better check in on Chad. Things were looking a bit bad for him when we left. Was that a gunshot we heard? How bad was it? Hopefully, he'll be able to get through this........ well, let's see.
Chapter 74
Rachel lifted the big wooden spoon she'd just whacked the table with and pointed it at
Roy. “What's gotten into you, Roy?” She yelled at him. “Chad's my guest and you don't have any
call to be treating him that way.”
“But Rachel, “ Roy pleaded his case, “he's lying to you, he's no pilot, he isn't wearing a
flight suit. Hell, he probably isn't even EDF.”
“So,” she shot back at him, “you tell me you're an EDF pilot but I've never seen you wear
a flight suit.”
“Aw, that's different and you know it Rachel, I'm retired.” Roy complained. “Besides, his
kind don't make pilots, they aren't fit for it..”
The wooden spoon cracked on the table again, “And just what 'kind' is he. Roy?” Rachel
demanded, her face an angry scowl.
Roy hesitated, he'd really stuck his foot in his mouth this time. He well knew where
Rachel had come from and knew he was in trouble now. “Ah...... I didn't mean it like that Rachel.
It's just, well, grounders don't make good pilots, and, they don't get recruits for the academy from
the lower cities.”
“Well, I believe him,” Rachel stated. “An inner city boy wouldn't lie to me, he had no
reason to. Now put away that gun and be civil to him or you can go home hungry.”
Roy holstered his gun and looked at Rachel with a pleading expression. “Aw, you
wouldn't do that to me...... would you?”
Rachel's voice softened as she turned back to the stove. “Just sit down you two. Talk to
him Roy, you should be able to tell if he's a pilot or not.”
Roy sat down and watched Chad as the young man righted his chair and sat across from
him. “Ok, boy, you say your EDF, what's your outfit and who's your CO.?”
“I'm with the four hundred twenty seventh,” Chad answered, “colonel Daniel Hellwind is
our CO.”
“Daniel Hellwind?” Roy seemed a bit surprised. “So old hot head Hellwind's kid is a
colonel. You better hope he isn't as gung-ho as his old man was. I served under him in the colony
war. What ship are you operating from?”
“The Krikav,” Chad answered.
Roy laughed, “Is that old bucket still flying? Hell, that thing's older than you are. She was
one of the ships in our group during the war. If I remember right, she had a cute little asian
controller...... Yuki, I think it was.”
It was Chad's turn to look surprised, “Ah..... the controller is a girl named Yuki, but she
can't be more than twelve or thirteen years old.”
Roy laughed, “boy, controllers don't age. The Krikav was one of the first White Magic
class, the controller must be over thirty years old. Controllers just stay with a ship till it's
decommissioned. That ship is her whole life. If they don’t have a ship, they’re just lost souls, a
few years and they just fade out. What mech are you piloting?”
“A Firefly,” he answered, then hesitated a moment, “actually it’s an experimental recon
modification called a Dragonfly.”
Roy nodded, “right,” now he really had his doubts, he knew they didn’t send rookies out
with experimental gear. “So then, if you’re a pilot, why are you wearing a techs coveralls?”
“I am a tech,” Chad saw Roy sit up straighter, “well, I was a tech, till they sent me to the
academy. They’re short of techs on this mission, so I got drafted to help out. I’d been helping out
when we were attacked.”
Roy shook his head, “your story doesn’t pencil out boy. They don’t send a tech to pilot
school. If you really went to the academy, who did you get to sponsor your commission?”
“I wasn’t trying to get to the academy,” Chad explained, “I was racing an SA2 against one
of the pilots in his Thunderbird. I beat him too. General Parker saw the race and sent me to the
academy.”
Roy relaxed and sat back, “ok, that makes sense, Parker was always pushing to look for
more recruits among the inner cities. He always said our system of commissioned officers was
outmoded. I bet you had a tough time of it.”
“Ya, they made sure I knew I didn’t belong with them.” Chad remembered, gloomily. He
brightened up considerably as Rachel started to put the food on the table. It was very different
from the processed food he’d eaten all his life. It had strange textures, but the flavors were
wonderful. Between mouth-fulls of food, Chad told the tale of his adventures, or more accurately,
misadventures in the military. He went into greater detail for a fellow EDF pilot than he had with
Rachel.
As Chad’s story wound down, Roy chuckled, “so, you survived a court marshal with only
a busted rank. You must have a guardian angel. What’s your mission here? Or is it classified?”
“Nothing classified about it,” Chad mumbled around his mouth-full of pie. “We were
escorting a repair crew sent to fix the subspace com satellite. There wasn’t supposed to be any
trouble.” Chad recounted the events of the last few days.
“Damn, so they took out one ship already,” Roy said scowling. “We knew that bunch at
the mine were up to no good, putting those asteroids around the planet. They’ve been slowly
taking over the planet government too. I’ll bet that new Empire regent that took over after they
bought out the mines isn’t even from the empire. We knew they’ve been up to something big in an old
mine a ways west of here. We’ve got a man on the inside, but he hadn’t gotten in to see what
they’re doing. They brought in a bunch of weapons. We thought they were part of the
EDF because they have a bunch of EDF mechs out there. Our man saw them bring in more a few
days ago. They must have been from that ship you say was taken out........ We’d better get that
mech of yours.”
“I’m glad you believe him now, Roy,” Rachel cut in. “You can haul those tools out in the
truck. Chad was going to carry them all the way out there.”
“He'd better just run the thing in here,” Roy told her. “We can get it into the machine shed.
They’ll be looking for it, if they haven’t found it by now.”
“They won’t find Ghost,” Chad assured Roy. “It’s a stealth mech.”
“Hmph,” Roy snorted, “it’d have to be invisible for them not to find it.” He got up and
headed for the door, “we better get it inside, and quick.”
Chad just smiled.
We better check in on Chad. Things were looking a bit bad for him when we left. Was that a gunshot we heard? How bad was it? Hopefully, he'll be able to get through this........ well, let's see.
Chapter 74
Rachel lifted the big wooden spoon she'd just whacked the table with and pointed it at
Roy. “What's gotten into you, Roy?” She yelled at him. “Chad's my guest and you don't have any
call to be treating him that way.”
“But Rachel, “ Roy pleaded his case, “he's lying to you, he's no pilot, he isn't wearing a
flight suit. Hell, he probably isn't even EDF.”
“So,” she shot back at him, “you tell me you're an EDF pilot but I've never seen you wear
a flight suit.”
“Aw, that's different and you know it Rachel, I'm retired.” Roy complained. “Besides, his
kind don't make pilots, they aren't fit for it..”
The wooden spoon cracked on the table again, “And just what 'kind' is he. Roy?” Rachel
demanded, her face an angry scowl.
Roy hesitated, he'd really stuck his foot in his mouth this time. He well knew where
Rachel had come from and knew he was in trouble now. “Ah...... I didn't mean it like that Rachel.
It's just, well, grounders don't make good pilots, and, they don't get recruits for the academy from
the lower cities.”
“Well, I believe him,” Rachel stated. “An inner city boy wouldn't lie to me, he had no
reason to. Now put away that gun and be civil to him or you can go home hungry.”
Roy holstered his gun and looked at Rachel with a pleading expression. “Aw, you
wouldn't do that to me...... would you?”
Rachel's voice softened as she turned back to the stove. “Just sit down you two. Talk to
him Roy, you should be able to tell if he's a pilot or not.”
Roy sat down and watched Chad as the young man righted his chair and sat across from
him. “Ok, boy, you say your EDF, what's your outfit and who's your CO.?”
“I'm with the four hundred twenty seventh,” Chad answered, “colonel Daniel Hellwind is
our CO.”
“Daniel Hellwind?” Roy seemed a bit surprised. “So old hot head Hellwind's kid is a
colonel. You better hope he isn't as gung-ho as his old man was. I served under him in the colony
war. What ship are you operating from?”
“The Krikav,” Chad answered.
Roy laughed, “Is that old bucket still flying? Hell, that thing's older than you are. She was
one of the ships in our group during the war. If I remember right, she had a cute little asian
controller...... Yuki, I think it was.”
It was Chad's turn to look surprised, “Ah..... the controller is a girl named Yuki, but she
can't be more than twelve or thirteen years old.”
Roy laughed, “boy, controllers don't age. The Krikav was one of the first White Magic
class, the controller must be over thirty years old. Controllers just stay with a ship till it's
decommissioned. That ship is her whole life. If they don’t have a ship, they’re just lost souls, a
few years and they just fade out. What mech are you piloting?”
“A Firefly,” he answered, then hesitated a moment, “actually it’s an experimental recon
modification called a Dragonfly.”
Roy nodded, “right,” now he really had his doubts, he knew they didn’t send rookies out
with experimental gear. “So then, if you’re a pilot, why are you wearing a techs coveralls?”
“I am a tech,” Chad saw Roy sit up straighter, “well, I was a tech, till they sent me to the
academy. They’re short of techs on this mission, so I got drafted to help out. I’d been helping out
when we were attacked.”
Roy shook his head, “your story doesn’t pencil out boy. They don’t send a tech to pilot
school. If you really went to the academy, who did you get to sponsor your commission?”
“I wasn’t trying to get to the academy,” Chad explained, “I was racing an SA2 against one
of the pilots in his Thunderbird. I beat him too. General Parker saw the race and sent me to the
academy.”
Roy relaxed and sat back, “ok, that makes sense, Parker was always pushing to look for
more recruits among the inner cities. He always said our system of commissioned officers was
outmoded. I bet you had a tough time of it.”
“Ya, they made sure I knew I didn’t belong with them.” Chad remembered, gloomily. He
brightened up considerably as Rachel started to put the food on the table. It was very different
from the processed food he’d eaten all his life. It had strange textures, but the flavors were
wonderful. Between mouth-fulls of food, Chad told the tale of his adventures, or more accurately,
misadventures in the military. He went into greater detail for a fellow EDF pilot than he had with
Rachel.
As Chad’s story wound down, Roy chuckled, “so, you survived a court marshal with only
a busted rank. You must have a guardian angel. What’s your mission here? Or is it classified?”
“Nothing classified about it,” Chad mumbled around his mouth-full of pie. “We were
escorting a repair crew sent to fix the subspace com satellite. There wasn’t supposed to be any
trouble.” Chad recounted the events of the last few days.
“Damn, so they took out one ship already,” Roy said scowling. “We knew that bunch at
the mine were up to no good, putting those asteroids around the planet. They’ve been slowly
taking over the planet government too. I’ll bet that new Empire regent that took over after they
bought out the mines isn’t even from the empire. We knew they’ve been up to something big in an old
mine a ways west of here. We’ve got a man on the inside, but he hadn’t gotten in to see what
they’re doing. They brought in a bunch of weapons. We thought they were part of the
EDF because they have a bunch of EDF mechs out there. Our man saw them bring in more a few
days ago. They must have been from that ship you say was taken out........ We’d better get that
mech of yours.”
“I’m glad you believe him now, Roy,” Rachel cut in. “You can haul those tools out in the
truck. Chad was going to carry them all the way out there.”
“He'd better just run the thing in here,” Roy told her. “We can get it into the machine shed.
They’ll be looking for it, if they haven’t found it by now.”
“They won’t find Ghost,” Chad assured Roy. “It’s a stealth mech.”
“Hmph,” Roy snorted, “it’d have to be invisible for them not to find it.” He got up and
headed for the door, “we better get it inside, and quick.”
Chad just smiled.
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Re: 5 minutes...... oldwrench tries story telling
a bunch of action coming..........
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Re: 5 minutes...... oldwrench tries story telling
Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! Can't wait to see Dominic in his Crowning Moment of Awesome!
So, Lone Star, now you see that evil will always triumph... because good is DUMB!
Re: 5 minutes...... oldwrench tries story telling
Sorry, Dominic is a bit tied up right now. He'll be sitting this one out. Maybe later.......
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Re: 5 minutes...... oldwrench tries story telling
Well, I got us into the action. The battle to defend the Krikav from the attack of the Red Faction Mechs. Things are getting hot for our Pilots. Georgianna thinks she can take them all on herself, but her shield has a limited time factor, and there are ten of them. John is following but can he get there, and what can he do against ten enemy? W have to remember, there are two others trying to sneak in from another direction. How many are going to survive this encounter?
on to the action.
Chapter 75
John pushed Epyon at maximum thrust but was still falling behind Georgianna. He saw
the gap between her mech and the enemy markers on his screen rapidly closing. Damn, there are
ten of them........ she always was a bit crazy.
Georgianna waited until The enemy took the first shot. Five of the enemy mechs fired
beam rifles at Reina, and five beams flared harmlessly against her I-field shield. She snapped off
a shot with her own beam rifle burning a neat hole through the second enemy in line. She let her
rifle snap into it’s mount on Reina’s back and drew her large beam saber. Her wild yell would
have done a Valkyrie proud as her great momentum smashed her saber through the first enemy’s
shield and slashed his mech in two. Georgianna pushed her thrusters to the maximum breaking
her forward motion. She strained against the g forces as the they went beyond the capacity of the
inertial compensators. Georgianna had a frighteningly feral grin, four of the enemy were turning
back toward her. This was going to be fun.
Louis cursed his luck. He got his chance to command, but what was he going to do.
Georgianna and John had taken off and now it was up to him to defend the Krikav, with only the
three other mechs. He thought of the resources he had, calling them by their nicknames as they
had done in the pirate war. Queen (Rose) was good, but that was with Gunner, could she handle
two enemy on her own? No, she should have help, and he would need Yumi’s (Megumi)
Thunderbird with him to stop the enemy that got by Spirit (Georgianna) and Knight (John). Even
if they got four enemy, that would leave six for his group to stop.
Luis called out orders, “Yumi, your with me, Queen and Tiger (Kaze), take out the two enemy
below and to starboard, then get back here and join up with us.”
John watched Georgianna’s mech merge with the markers for the approaching enemy. He
was relieved to see her emerge unscathed, and wasn’t surprised to see two enemy taken out. She
was still his battle queen...... his Red Sonja. But he had his own problems, four of the enemy
were rushing toward him, two fired beam rifles at Epyon. John rolled left, narrowly avoiding
their fire. It was to late to get a lock with his missiles, he drew his beam saber. He aimed for the
space between the middle two enemy and they both turned their arm shields to block his saber,
while drawing their own. The two enemy sabers slashed between their units, but John twisted to
the right at the last moment. As he passed outside of the enemy mech he quickly thrust his saber
behind the enemy’s shield and let his speed carry it through the mech, neatly severing the
enemy’s head. John twisted around, but the three enemy mechs didn’t turn to fight and his
momentum was rapidly carrying him away from them. He turned back toward Georgianna, the
others would have to deal with those three, Georgianna was facing four against one, and her I-
shield had been on a long time.
Georgianna watched the enemy on her screen, they were moving to surround her. She
grinned, “Come on boys, you want me...... bring it on.” She watched her power levels as the four
enemy fired their beam rifles at the same time. The beams flared against her shield, but she was
pleased to see she still had over half her reserve left. That damned gangland kid had been telling
the truth, she had power to burn. She hit the thrusters to attack the first of the four enemy with
her saber. Who said a sword couldn't win in a gun fight?
Rose pushed her thrusters to maximum. She'd tried to call Kaze back. She told him they
had to work together, but the rookie ignored her. His Firefly was faster than her Thunderbird and
he attacked the enemy ahead of her. Rose cursed as she watched the action, only seconds behind,
but unable to help. Kaze was quickly drawn into a saber fight against one of the black mechs, and
made the mistake of losing track of the second enemy. One shot from the enemy's beam rifle and
Kaze's Firefly was no longer in the fight. Rose attacked the enemy with the beam rifle. He would
be at a disadvantage at close in fighting. If she could just disable him before he could bring out
his saber. She had to keep track of the second enemy, keeping the one she was fighting between
herself and that one. Using the one she was facing as a shield against his comrade's rifle. Damn,
she'd always had Dominic to back her up, now she was fighting alone. Rose used her saber to
slash and draw his shield down, Then a quick burst from her cannon damaged his beam rifle.
That took one gun out of the fight, now if she could just disable the second beam rifle she could
get this fight where she wanted it.
The pilot of the first mech Georgianna attacked was so startled that she had survived that
he put up no resistance. Still, it took three blows of her saber to break through the tough chest
armor of the black mech. She turned toward the next enemy, she was just going to have to use
two hands on her saber. As she rushed the second enemy, two beams shot past her from the other
two enemy mechs, The one she was attacking didn't fire until she was in point blank range.
Georgianna laughed as the beam flared against her shield. She took a mighty swing with her
saber, but the enemy blocked it with his arm shield. The blow put him off balance and
Georgianna swung again, slicing his beam rifle in two. She spotted a second enemy closing on
her and spun to meet him. He tried a different tactic, blasting at her with his two shoulder
mounted cannons. Instinctively, she blocked with her arm shield, but the cannon shells, blunted
by the I-shield, barely touched her arm shield. Georgianna grabbed the enemy mech's shield and,
holding him close, answered with her own cannons, firing till the shells tore through the armored
cockpit of the enemy. She turned in time to see the other enemy swing his beam saber. She didn't
have time to block it. Could her I-shield still hold?
Louis had Megumi follow slightly behind and to his right, in a classic wing man position
as the approached the three enemy mechs. Louis banked left and Megumi right to avoid the
concentrated beam rifle fire of the three black mechs. Louis quickly rolled left, trying to put
himself between two of the enemy, but the lead unit cut him off and engaged him in a saber
battle. The remaining two turned toward Megumi’s mech. She fired her beam saber at the lead
unit, but he blocked with his shield and drew his beam saber to attack. He tried to get Megumi
turned to give his comrade a clear shot with his beam rifle. This was exactly what Louis had tried
to avoid. He knew the less experienced pilot would be at a disadvantage. Megumi was almost
open to the enemies fire when Louis yelled, “Yumi, roll left, keep the enemy your fighting
between you and the one with the beam rifle. They’re trying to get us opened up for a shot.”
Louis blocked a slash form his opponents saber. He could only hope she could hold her own. If
he could just beat this guy, but the black mechs were tough. Louis saw the flash as the enemy
fired his beam rifle.
on to the action.
Chapter 75
John pushed Epyon at maximum thrust but was still falling behind Georgianna. He saw
the gap between her mech and the enemy markers on his screen rapidly closing. Damn, there are
ten of them........ she always was a bit crazy.
Georgianna waited until The enemy took the first shot. Five of the enemy mechs fired
beam rifles at Reina, and five beams flared harmlessly against her I-field shield. She snapped off
a shot with her own beam rifle burning a neat hole through the second enemy in line. She let her
rifle snap into it’s mount on Reina’s back and drew her large beam saber. Her wild yell would
have done a Valkyrie proud as her great momentum smashed her saber through the first enemy’s
shield and slashed his mech in two. Georgianna pushed her thrusters to the maximum breaking
her forward motion. She strained against the g forces as the they went beyond the capacity of the
inertial compensators. Georgianna had a frighteningly feral grin, four of the enemy were turning
back toward her. This was going to be fun.
Louis cursed his luck. He got his chance to command, but what was he going to do.
Georgianna and John had taken off and now it was up to him to defend the Krikav, with only the
three other mechs. He thought of the resources he had, calling them by their nicknames as they
had done in the pirate war. Queen (Rose) was good, but that was with Gunner, could she handle
two enemy on her own? No, she should have help, and he would need Yumi’s (Megumi)
Thunderbird with him to stop the enemy that got by Spirit (Georgianna) and Knight (John). Even
if they got four enemy, that would leave six for his group to stop.
Luis called out orders, “Yumi, your with me, Queen and Tiger (Kaze), take out the two enemy
below and to starboard, then get back here and join up with us.”
John watched Georgianna’s mech merge with the markers for the approaching enemy. He
was relieved to see her emerge unscathed, and wasn’t surprised to see two enemy taken out. She
was still his battle queen...... his Red Sonja. But he had his own problems, four of the enemy
were rushing toward him, two fired beam rifles at Epyon. John rolled left, narrowly avoiding
their fire. It was to late to get a lock with his missiles, he drew his beam saber. He aimed for the
space between the middle two enemy and they both turned their arm shields to block his saber,
while drawing their own. The two enemy sabers slashed between their units, but John twisted to
the right at the last moment. As he passed outside of the enemy mech he quickly thrust his saber
behind the enemy’s shield and let his speed carry it through the mech, neatly severing the
enemy’s head. John twisted around, but the three enemy mechs didn’t turn to fight and his
momentum was rapidly carrying him away from them. He turned back toward Georgianna, the
others would have to deal with those three, Georgianna was facing four against one, and her I-
shield had been on a long time.
Georgianna watched the enemy on her screen, they were moving to surround her. She
grinned, “Come on boys, you want me...... bring it on.” She watched her power levels as the four
enemy fired their beam rifles at the same time. The beams flared against her shield, but she was
pleased to see she still had over half her reserve left. That damned gangland kid had been telling
the truth, she had power to burn. She hit the thrusters to attack the first of the four enemy with
her saber. Who said a sword couldn't win in a gun fight?
Rose pushed her thrusters to maximum. She'd tried to call Kaze back. She told him they
had to work together, but the rookie ignored her. His Firefly was faster than her Thunderbird and
he attacked the enemy ahead of her. Rose cursed as she watched the action, only seconds behind,
but unable to help. Kaze was quickly drawn into a saber fight against one of the black mechs, and
made the mistake of losing track of the second enemy. One shot from the enemy's beam rifle and
Kaze's Firefly was no longer in the fight. Rose attacked the enemy with the beam rifle. He would
be at a disadvantage at close in fighting. If she could just disable him before he could bring out
his saber. She had to keep track of the second enemy, keeping the one she was fighting between
herself and that one. Using the one she was facing as a shield against his comrade's rifle. Damn,
she'd always had Dominic to back her up, now she was fighting alone. Rose used her saber to
slash and draw his shield down, Then a quick burst from her cannon damaged his beam rifle.
That took one gun out of the fight, now if she could just disable the second beam rifle she could
get this fight where she wanted it.
The pilot of the first mech Georgianna attacked was so startled that she had survived that
he put up no resistance. Still, it took three blows of her saber to break through the tough chest
armor of the black mech. She turned toward the next enemy, she was just going to have to use
two hands on her saber. As she rushed the second enemy, two beams shot past her from the other
two enemy mechs, The one she was attacking didn't fire until she was in point blank range.
Georgianna laughed as the beam flared against her shield. She took a mighty swing with her
saber, but the enemy blocked it with his arm shield. The blow put him off balance and
Georgianna swung again, slicing his beam rifle in two. She spotted a second enemy closing on
her and spun to meet him. He tried a different tactic, blasting at her with his two shoulder
mounted cannons. Instinctively, she blocked with her arm shield, but the cannon shells, blunted
by the I-shield, barely touched her arm shield. Georgianna grabbed the enemy mech's shield and,
holding him close, answered with her own cannons, firing till the shells tore through the armored
cockpit of the enemy. She turned in time to see the other enemy swing his beam saber. She didn't
have time to block it. Could her I-shield still hold?
Louis had Megumi follow slightly behind and to his right, in a classic wing man position
as the approached the three enemy mechs. Louis banked left and Megumi right to avoid the
concentrated beam rifle fire of the three black mechs. Louis quickly rolled left, trying to put
himself between two of the enemy, but the lead unit cut him off and engaged him in a saber
battle. The remaining two turned toward Megumi’s mech. She fired her beam saber at the lead
unit, but he blocked with his shield and drew his beam saber to attack. He tried to get Megumi
turned to give his comrade a clear shot with his beam rifle. This was exactly what Louis had tried
to avoid. He knew the less experienced pilot would be at a disadvantage. Megumi was almost
open to the enemies fire when Louis yelled, “Yumi, roll left, keep the enemy your fighting
between you and the one with the beam rifle. They’re trying to get us opened up for a shot.”
Louis blocked a slash form his opponents saber. He could only hope she could hold her own. If
he could just beat this guy, but the black mechs were tough. Louis saw the flash as the enemy
fired his beam rifle.
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