Bactine Read Online Free Page B
Book: Bactine Read Online Free
Author: Paul Kater
frowned at Daniel. Then a smile came to his face, and Daniel did not like that. He probably had missed something important.
"All aboard!" The command came seconds after Daniel had arrived. Rapidly the group split up and boarded two waiting shuttles.
"Daniela, you're with me!" Troy yelled, too loud.
Daniel cursed under his breath as he forced his way to the other shuttle. Once inside it, he found a seat, stashed his bag under it and buckled up. From behind him, someone tapped his shoulder. It was Phil.
"We're screwed, Daniel. Troy's in command of this group."
"Shut up, everyone!" someone yelled. It was not Troy, Daniel decided with a satisfied smile. That was destroyed a moment later, as Troy yelled out, through the P.A. system, that the one talking had to shut up as well. This was not going to be a great mission, even if it all went like clockwork.
Troy's face appeared on a screen. "Listen up. I am in the cockpit with the pilot. I will be in constant contact with our people in the Hargha system as soon as we are in reach. I will also let you know when we are in range. And I will detail our plans as soon as things are clear."
"I, I, I," Daniel heard Phil say. "The idiot is quite full of himself."
The take-off notice appeared. Seconds later the soldiers got kicked in the rear, as the shuttle shot out of the launch bay, sailing into the deep blackness of space. They were on the way to the Hargha system.
-=-=-
The flight to the Hargha system was fast. The two military shuttles had linked up once far away from the military base, and like that they had jumped into Faster Than Light-space.
Daniel had been studying the layout of the moon base they had to liberate and had decided on two possible points of entry and attack that would cause as little damage as possible to the laboratories.
A black Rebuilt had been watching Daniel as he was sitting next to him. "You did this more often, right?"
"Yes. I was an assault marshal," Daniel said. "I'm Daniel."
"Kjella. Assault marshal? No shit. And why are you not leading this thing then?" Kjella asked.
"I don't know. I guess I am not experienced enough as a Rebuilt. Only in this game for a few weeks, and still in training."
Kjella made a sound that clearly indicated his contempt. "Being like us has nothing to do with being able to lead a mission. I think someone went and got himself a brown arm." He made a gesture as if he stuck his hand through a very tiny hole.
Daniel snorted.
A loud beep drew everyone's attention to the screen, although they all knew what it means. Drop out of FTL in one minute. The men and women prepared themselves for the nauseating feeling that belonged to that part of the journey when on a shuttle. It never lasted long though.
As soon as they were in normal space again, the monitor showed the layout of the moon base. There were markings in three places. Troy's voice came from the P.A., detailing how the attack would be staged.
"He has one place the same as you had," Kjella said.
"Yes. Had." Daniel shook his head at the plan on the screen. "It's a kind of back-door. Good place to enter, but too far from the sensible places where you would expect hostages to be held."
Kjella nodded. "You going to tell him?"
"Yes. At least I'll try." Daniel had little hope that he would get through to Troy.
The two shuttles detached from each other and quickly dove in the shadow of the moon that was their target. Troy came into the cabin and started assigning people to subgroups that would be in several stages of the attack.
"Troy, a word," Daniel said as the man passed him.
"What? You want out?"
"No. Listen, this is serious. There are flaws in your plan, Troy. I'm an assault marshal, I can help you-"
"Shut up, Zacharias," Troy snapped. "I'm in charge and we're going in the way I said we would. I am not taking any crap from you. Assault marshal my
"All aboard!" The command came seconds after Daniel had arrived. Rapidly the group split up and boarded two waiting shuttles.
"Daniela, you're with me!" Troy yelled, too loud.
Daniel cursed under his breath as he forced his way to the other shuttle. Once inside it, he found a seat, stashed his bag under it and buckled up. From behind him, someone tapped his shoulder. It was Phil.
"We're screwed, Daniel. Troy's in command of this group."
"Shut up, everyone!" someone yelled. It was not Troy, Daniel decided with a satisfied smile. That was destroyed a moment later, as Troy yelled out, through the P.A. system, that the one talking had to shut up as well. This was not going to be a great mission, even if it all went like clockwork.
Troy's face appeared on a screen. "Listen up. I am in the cockpit with the pilot. I will be in constant contact with our people in the Hargha system as soon as we are in reach. I will also let you know when we are in range. And I will detail our plans as soon as things are clear."
"I, I, I," Daniel heard Phil say. "The idiot is quite full of himself."
The take-off notice appeared. Seconds later the soldiers got kicked in the rear, as the shuttle shot out of the launch bay, sailing into the deep blackness of space. They were on the way to the Hargha system.
-=-=-
The flight to the Hargha system was fast. The two military shuttles had linked up once far away from the military base, and like that they had jumped into Faster Than Light-space.
Daniel had been studying the layout of the moon base they had to liberate and had decided on two possible points of entry and attack that would cause as little damage as possible to the laboratories.
A black Rebuilt had been watching Daniel as he was sitting next to him. "You did this more often, right?"
"Yes. I was an assault marshal," Daniel said. "I'm Daniel."
"Kjella. Assault marshal? No shit. And why are you not leading this thing then?" Kjella asked.
"I don't know. I guess I am not experienced enough as a Rebuilt. Only in this game for a few weeks, and still in training."
Kjella made a sound that clearly indicated his contempt. "Being like us has nothing to do with being able to lead a mission. I think someone went and got himself a brown arm." He made a gesture as if he stuck his hand through a very tiny hole.
Daniel snorted.
A loud beep drew everyone's attention to the screen, although they all knew what it means. Drop out of FTL in one minute. The men and women prepared themselves for the nauseating feeling that belonged to that part of the journey when on a shuttle. It never lasted long though.
As soon as they were in normal space again, the monitor showed the layout of the moon base. There were markings in three places. Troy's voice came from the P.A., detailing how the attack would be staged.
"He has one place the same as you had," Kjella said.
"Yes. Had." Daniel shook his head at the plan on the screen. "It's a kind of back-door. Good place to enter, but too far from the sensible places where you would expect hostages to be held."
Kjella nodded. "You going to tell him?"
"Yes. At least I'll try." Daniel had little hope that he would get through to Troy.
The two shuttles detached from each other and quickly dove in the shadow of the moon that was their target. Troy came into the cabin and started assigning people to subgroups that would be in several stages of the attack.
"Troy, a word," Daniel said as the man passed him.
"What? You want out?"
"No. Listen, this is serious. There are flaws in your plan, Troy. I'm an assault marshal, I can help you-"
"Shut up, Zacharias," Troy snapped. "I'm in charge and we're going in the way I said we would. I am not taking any crap from you. Assault marshal my
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