ARMS For Eternity: (Book 8) by Stephen Arseneault

Author:Stephen Arseneault [Arseneault, Stephen]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: space battles, galactic empire, series, aliens, alien, intergalactic war, star wars, scifi adventure, action thriller, space travel, military scifi, scifi, adventure space, super human, scifi action adventure, alien worlds, space opera, scifi series, mens adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, alien abduction, science fiction, military
Published: 2017-06-25T16:00:00+00:00

— Chapter 16 —

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The Bangor landed in the grass beside the bunker.

Tawn said, "Gone already. Good stuff. Not seeing any bios."

"Doesn't look like they destroyed anything."

"Must have had their reasons. The target planet is a short ride. Let's head out."

Harris stopped. "It's called Gianus. Let's call it by its name. Too many target planets."

Tawn chuckled. "Sorry, didn't realize a couple planet names would get you so confused."

"Every time you say ‘target,’ I have to stop and think about where you're talking about."

Tawn stared at Harris' head. "What's it like being trapped inside there?"

Harris walked from the hatch to his chair. "Great most of the time. It does have its moments though."

Tawn stood in the hatch looking out at the green grass surrounding the bunker entrance. "I almost want to miss this place."

Harris sat, powering up the console. "I'd say it's about the only thing that's kept our butts alive. That and we're Biomarines."

"Yeah." The hatch was slid shut and sealed. "She's been a good hideout. Hope Gianus offers as much security."

A major wormhole hop, followed by a number of smaller ones, had the Bangor moving into Gianus space. Minutes later, a comm directed them to the coordinates of a temporary encampment on the planet's surface. The bots were already busily at work constructing a building with materials that had been packed aboard the transport.

Trish, Gandy, Garvis and Sharvie came out to meet them.

Gandy asked, "Did you find them?"

Harris stepped down onto moss covered ground. Low shrubs dotted the landscape around them.

"We found them. They want Humans as pets just like the rest of them. They do intend on fighting the Frizoid and Burrell for us though. We'll be heading back in a few days to lay out a few probes. Might be useful to know the happenings for when we're not there."

"I've been saying that for several years now."

Harris nodded. "I guess you have. Looks like we have some housing coming up. Where's the colonel?"

"He went into stasis with the others. Said you'd wake him when it was appropriate."

"All of them went under?"

"All."

"Was expecting him and his staff to remain out here."

"He said he didn't want to waste food. And he trusted the judgment of you two."

Tawn chuckled. "His mistake."

"We saw the fleet up there when we were coming in. The pods all functioning properly?"

"Two million, eight hundred and fifty-six. Hard to believe we were able to pull that off."

"Final counts on Banshees, missiles, and bots?"

"Fourteen thousand fifty-nine. About fifty-eight thousand missiles. One hundred eight thousand bots, give or take a few. We brought all the processor benches with us. We know they won't work out here, but we didn't want to leave them behind."

Tawn asked, "I thought we were going to destroy everything so it couldn't be used by our enemies? It all looked to be intact."

Gandy nodded. "It's all wired to blow if a ship other than one of ours hits the atmosphere. You did notice the jump fuel tankers up there, right?"

"Yeah. Had a few thoughts earlier since we hadn't mentioned them as to whether or not they'd be forgotten.

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