(eng) Michael Chatfield - Maraukian War 02 by The Vanguard Emerges (coauthor Dawn Chapman)

Author:The Vanguard Emerges (coauthor Dawn Chapman) [Emerges, The Vanguard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27

Edani Northern Wall

Indalia, Otarvi System

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“What kind of information do we have from the other mountain passes and the major openings to the north and south?” Mark asked.

“We’ve got what the space legion tells us and then what our own scouts tell us. Our biggest problem is that we’re covering such a large area that we can’t be watching everything,” Quina said. “This is something that will only get worse as we pull people back. We’re going to need to pull people from the sides back first and then through the center.”

“Shit, you don’t have any remote sensing platforms?” Mark asked.

“We do, but then these hills are pretty damn good at stopping signals. To communicate to most of my people, I have to keep drop-ships running behind the lines to relay my messages and act as transmission towers. Now that the satellites are gone, it’s getting much harder to pass information and know what the fuck is going on.”

“To confirm—you don’t have a way to communicate on the ground?” Mark asked.

“We don’t. See, we’ve never heard of a Maraukian ship making it into the protected systems. Why would we keep maintaining expensive equipment buried in the ground that is hard to get to, rather than a satellite in the sky that can last ten times as long and won’t need much maintenance because it’s in vacuum?”

Mark grunted.

“You need anything else?” Quina asked.

“I think we’re good. We’ll be moving up to the position. We’re going to be calling down orbital drops for ammunition. We don’t know how long we’ll be able to hold the wall for, but as we start moving back, it would be an idea to start pulling your people back,” Mark said.

“I’ll have my people start making more defensive locations to pull back. We won’t be able to make many.” The map moved from the defensive wall that had been compromised and to a place where the valley came together. To one side there was a deep river; the other side was filled with rough ground. “This is the next best place to mount a defense if you need to pull back in a hurry. Most of the trails and the different entrances come back there. We didn’t mount our defense there because after that, there’s nothing until you meet the city.”

“We’ll call that fallback one. When you guys bug out or if we’re getting pushed too hard, then we’ll have to move back to there,” Mark said.

“Okay, you need anything more from me?” Quina looked from Mark to all of those in the landing bay.

“We’re good. We’ll get boarded up and drop in and see what we can do,” Mark said. “Could we get the support of your artillery park?”

“You have it,” Quina said.

“Can we be authorized for anti-matter rounds?”

Quina was a bit shocked by the question. Most people shied away from using anti-matter weapons. They were so damned powerful that they would strike the fear of the gods into a man or woman who saw them.

“Centurion, I feel like I have to warn you in the usage of anti-matter warheads.

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