Star Force Perseverance (SF81) (Star Force Origin Series) by Aer-ki Jyr Page B
Authors: Aer-ki Jyr
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Vermaire knows the trailblazers well enough to figure out how to hurt them.”
“Vermaire isn’t here.”
“He’s not?” Davis said, raising an eyebrow.
“They came and got him not long ago. Said they needed
him and his best Arc Knights on the front.”
“I didn’t realize that. He rarely leaves Earth.”
“They asked and he went. I don’t know much more than
that.”
“Do you know where he went?”
“To the core world that the 2s are assaulting.”
January 6, 3108
Menchet System
(lizard core)
Tess
“Are we sure about this?” Riona asked, looking down
the narrow chasm that was the innards of one of the connecting columns that ran
from the shipyard ring down to the planet’s surface. It was pitch black save
for the bit of light spilling in from the wall panel they’d cut through,
because it wasn’t meant to be traveled in. It was null space around the
numerous lift shafts with equipment bundles and a very irregular geometry.
“You can stay here if you want,” Paul answered her as
the other Archons caught up with them.
“Not what I asked,” she clarified.
“They won’t know we’re coming. The tough part is what
happens when we get on the ground.”
“That’s easy,” Ginsi said, nudging past Riona and
glancing down the dark shaft. “We kick ass.”
“It’s a one way trip unless we can take down all the
anti-orbital batteries within range,” she said, scoffing at the upstart mage
who nearly equaled her in Commando skill scores. “And that’s a lot of ground to
cover.”
“That’s why we’re going,” Ginsi said, glancing back at
the other high level Archons behind them.
“If ego were a weapon you’d be invincible,” Riona said
grimly.
Paul snickered at that then glanced over at the dark
blue armored mage. “We’re letting you tag along, youngling. Try to keep up and
not get killed.”
“Will do, boss,” she said, looking down the chasm
again. “Can I go first?”
Paul reached an arm out and lazily threw her back into
the group. “No.”
“We go first,” Megan said as she and Jack came to the
front.
“Right,” Ginsi said sarcastically, making way for her
betters. All of them wore equipment packs of various makes, with only a few
Archons equipped with death sabers. The rest had ammunition for convention
weapons while others carried specialized gear and supplies. Riona wasn’t wrong
about this being a long mission, with some 46 sites that they had to pluck the
anti-orbital batteries out of before Star Force could even send a single ship
down to the surface…and even if they did managed to get them all, there’d only
be a very small column of ‘safe’ airspace to travel through with the curve of
the planet blocking the other big guns’ firing lines.
“I’ve got point,” Jack said, stepping off the edge and
slowly falling down a few inches in freefall. The ring wasn’t quite in geosync
orbit, so there was just a touch of gravitational pull exceeding their lateral
velocity, all of which meant there was a very small noticeable gravity effect
up this high, though it’d increase the further down the miles of crawlspaces
they had to travel…with the only way back up being the lifts that had been shut
down and blocked off, unless you wanted to crawl up the walls using the
adhesive panels in your armor for 26,000 miles.
“Keep within Ikrid range at all times,” Megan said as she
gave Jack a tap on the shoulder and pushed him down a bit quicker. When he
dropped below the edge of the floor she knelt down and put herself into a
handstand that she walked out over the edge, then used her hands to pull
herself down the wall and get some speed going herself.
Paul offered Riona a battlemeld prompt and she
accepted it, unnecessary for a mission like this but it was a friendly way of
declaring they were going to be sticking together on the way down. The two of
them let Megan and Jack
Vermaire knows the trailblazers well enough to figure out how to hurt them.”
“Vermaire isn’t here.”
“He’s not?” Davis said, raising an eyebrow.
“They came and got him not long ago. Said they needed
him and his best Arc Knights on the front.”
“I didn’t realize that. He rarely leaves Earth.”
“They asked and he went. I don’t know much more than
that.”
“Do you know where he went?”
“To the core world that the 2s are assaulting.”
January 6, 3108
Menchet System
(lizard core)
Tess
“Are we sure about this?” Riona asked, looking down
the narrow chasm that was the innards of one of the connecting columns that ran
from the shipyard ring down to the planet’s surface. It was pitch black save
for the bit of light spilling in from the wall panel they’d cut through,
because it wasn’t meant to be traveled in. It was null space around the
numerous lift shafts with equipment bundles and a very irregular geometry.
“You can stay here if you want,” Paul answered her as
the other Archons caught up with them.
“Not what I asked,” she clarified.
“They won’t know we’re coming. The tough part is what
happens when we get on the ground.”
“That’s easy,” Ginsi said, nudging past Riona and
glancing down the dark shaft. “We kick ass.”
“It’s a one way trip unless we can take down all the
anti-orbital batteries within range,” she said, scoffing at the upstart mage
who nearly equaled her in Commando skill scores. “And that’s a lot of ground to
cover.”
“That’s why we’re going,” Ginsi said, glancing back at
the other high level Archons behind them.
“If ego were a weapon you’d be invincible,” Riona said
grimly.
Paul snickered at that then glanced over at the dark
blue armored mage. “We’re letting you tag along, youngling. Try to keep up and
not get killed.”
“Will do, boss,” she said, looking down the chasm
again. “Can I go first?”
Paul reached an arm out and lazily threw her back into
the group. “No.”
“We go first,” Megan said as she and Jack came to the
front.
“Right,” Ginsi said sarcastically, making way for her
betters. All of them wore equipment packs of various makes, with only a few
Archons equipped with death sabers. The rest had ammunition for convention
weapons while others carried specialized gear and supplies. Riona wasn’t wrong
about this being a long mission, with some 46 sites that they had to pluck the
anti-orbital batteries out of before Star Force could even send a single ship
down to the surface…and even if they did managed to get them all, there’d only
be a very small column of ‘safe’ airspace to travel through with the curve of
the planet blocking the other big guns’ firing lines.
“I’ve got point,” Jack said, stepping off the edge and
slowly falling down a few inches in freefall. The ring wasn’t quite in geosync
orbit, so there was just a touch of gravitational pull exceeding their lateral
velocity, all of which meant there was a very small noticeable gravity effect
up this high, though it’d increase the further down the miles of crawlspaces
they had to travel…with the only way back up being the lifts that had been shut
down and blocked off, unless you wanted to crawl up the walls using the
adhesive panels in your armor for 26,000 miles.
“Keep within Ikrid range at all times,” Megan said as she
gave Jack a tap on the shoulder and pushed him down a bit quicker. When he
dropped below the edge of the floor she knelt down and put herself into a
handstand that she walked out over the edge, then used her hands to pull
herself down the wall and get some speed going herself.
Paul offered Riona a battlemeld prompt and she
accepted it, unnecessary for a mission like this but it was a friendly way of
declaring they were going to be sticking together on the way down. The two of
them let Megan and Jack
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