Battle Collection One (Bandit Jacks Battle Collections Book 1) by Black Shane

Author:Black, Shane [Black, Shane]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Space Opera
ISBN: 123456789X
Publisher: Palace in the Sky Productions LLC
Published: 2015-08-17T16:00:00+00:00

Six

Heavily armed marines from Second Paladins advanced two-by-two down the darkened reddish corridor leading to the loadlane for Auxiliary Power Seven. Internal sensors had confirmed more than two dozen distinct signatures of humanoid life forms at various locations in and around the engineering deck, but by now the intruders were doing a more than adequate job of concealing their locations with man-portable sensor scrambling equipment.

What was clear was the boarding party was heavily armed and highly motivated. They weren’t attacking or trying to advance and capture larger sections of the ship. For reasons unknown they seemed to be content to fortify Aux Con Seven, Reactor Seven and one of the coolant systems overload control mechanism chambers aft of the Assembly Room where the initial attack had taken place.

They seemed to be waiting for something.

“Left and right, Sanders. Left and right.”

Major Moody’s mic pickup thumped as he closed the transmitter. The three marines nearest the point of the squad were armed with Tennerith-Klivers 40/40 Assault Guns. They were two handed weapons designed for short-range punch. The TK40s could fire concussive bolts of energy with ranged burst capability and do so as part of any pattern of fire. This eliminated the need for over-under designs with two kinds of ordinance. Like a grenade, a conc bolt could be set to detonate at range or detonated at range with another shot from the same gun.

At ranges under twenty meters, they were the equivalent of combat shotguns, if such weapons were being wielded by fifteen-foot-tall gorillas. One marine could lay down enough suppressing fire to pin a small company if he got far enough out in the open and really let his weapon get the bit in its teeth. Sustained fire from six marines could rip the first floor out from under a six story building in a matter of a few seconds.

Vital to the Argent’s marine units were the ship’s own defensive systems. All of the Second Paladins’ weapons were tuned to the deck battle screens such that any shot fired by an Argent marine would be absorbed by directional shielding around the decks, bulkheads, ceilings and doors. Properly configured, they prevented the assault teams from blowing holes in their own ships with their guns. The systems could also be tuned in reverse, allowing Argent forces to fire their weapons unimpeded while blocking enemy fire.

Unfortunately at the moment, the shielding on the port side of the ship was operating on reserve power at only 40% capability.

First Squad Corporal Benjamin Sanders stopped at the loadlane and peered around the corner. His tac systems performed a half-second analysis of the sixty foot corridor and reported no targets. He made a quick hand gesture and waited for instructions.

“Set ambient and advance. Two by two.”

Sanders crept quickly down the hallway and stopped, back to the bulkhead. The two marines following his lead silently arrived at his side a moment later. His tac suit alerted on the door, and the signal was transmitted to the rest of the squad instantly.

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