Anstractor Vestalia by Greg Dragon

Author:Greg Dragon [Dragon, Greg]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: space exploration, galactic empire, colonization, female warriors, fighting, multicultural romance, parallel universe, alien invasion, abduction
Publisher: Thirsty Bird Productions
Published: 2014-01-06T05:00:00+00:00

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On the third month of training, the twenty recruits were down to thirteen. Cloning was a privilege afforded only to persons and above—the demonstration with Tayden being an exception. When they squared off in teams to play war games against each other, seven recruits had managed to lose their lives.

Arn had been missing for a little over a month, and new jumper trainers were flown in weekly to train them in various skills. The sex ritual was finished after month number two, and each jumper recruit was instructed to avoid sexual relations for the remainder of the year. Rafian found ways to sneak around with Camille and Tayden, but he soon began to add others into the mix.

The days and nights ran together and the exercises were the only thing that the recruits looked forward to. They would wake up early in the morning and do a run of about eight miles, then have a liquid breakfast and a few minutes for a bathroom break. They would then do simulations that placed them in the middle of wars, natural disasters, and sometimes worse.

At one time, Rafian was made to survive space after being ejected from his ship with limited air and no real way of getting back home. There was never any indication what a simulation would be; they had to be ready for any situation at any given time.

Once the recruits managed to finish a simulation, they were given three hours of personal time. It was during these times that Rafian would sneak away with Camille or he’d find a quiet corner of the base to meditate and practice some of the things he was learning.

Once the three hours were up, the recruits would reconvene, spar one another inside the arena, and try to improve their fighting skills with unarmed combat. The next couple of hours were dynamic, as it depended on who was leading the course. Whatever the exercise was, it normally took them into the evening, when they were sent home to shower and return to study warp crystal technology before dinner.

As the year trickled on, Rafian and the others began to notice a change in their form, shape, and abilities. It went beyond the training and conditioning, and it was assumed that a sort of hormone or steroid was being fed to them to make them physically impressive.

There were no complaints about this, of course, but Rafian wondered if there was a reason for it beyond the needs of combat. It was not a big enough concern to raise an issue, so he kept it to himself and kept on training.

On the eleventh month of training, Rafian was summoned to Arn’s office, which was the large, padded, white room he had first visited. The place still had nothing but a chair, some holo-desks, and furniture that would materialize on command whenever they were needed.

The old man got up from behind the desk, and it vanished into the floor as he did so.

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