Decisive Battle (Armored Warrior Panzerter Blackwater Book 4) by T. E. Butcher
Author:T. E. Butcher [Butcher, T. E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-08-20T16:00:00+00:00
SEVENTEEN
The Gulf of Promise
En Route to the Sorelians
Roland braced against the G-forces pressing him back against his seat. The catapultâs acceleration hardly bothered him anymore. More of an inconvenience really, especially since heâd been training his body to more readily endure the Gs inflicted on him by the Ozelot at full thrust. He smiled as his squadron formed up on him.
âAlright Thunderbolts, check in ready status,â he said. He kept an ear to his radio as his eyes drifted to the Tigers standing on the Balticaâs bow. It was hard to look at them without seeing the earlier version equipped with nuclear torpedoes. Union pilots had stolen it and ended up shooting a colony by mistake. Roland had found himself locked in combat with the prototype, and though he ultimately destroyed it, he felt pity for its tuber pilot.
His specific feelings about that battle were something heâd really only shared with Charlotte, and for a moment, he missed the pillar of understanding and support heâd had. Of course, since he was a professional, he refocused on his mission.
âI canât believe weâre about to throw nukes around,â Liability said. âTry not to get too close, alright?â
âCan our Panzerters survive a nuclear blast?â Witch asked.
âItâs not quite like that in space,â Roland said. âThe nuclear torpedo was bad because it could go off in the colonyâs atmosphere and turn the whole thing into a huge bomb. Nukes are rough in the atmosphere because the X-rays they give off super-heat the atmosphere in an instant and create shockwaves. In space, thereâs no atmosphere to create shockwaves, but those X-rays will still heat things up to lethal levels, and the EMP will fry electronics. Itâs why theyâre good against the defense stations and ships.â
He took a breath after his rather long-winded explanation and watched the Tigers push off from the Balticaâs hull. Roland made sure to give them a wide berth, even though it took a very specific set of circumstances to create a nuclear explosion and, as heâd established, the nukes had a small radius in space. Maybe itâs some deep-seated ancestral memory. If history class was anything to go by, I have plenty of reason to be wary.
He recalled a painting his father kept on the mantle, one heâd inherited from Rolandâs great-grandfather when heâd died. It was a beautiful painting, a snowy city at night. The buildings ranged from across history: towering cathedrals and domed churches rose towards the sky, with apartment blocks, houses, and shops packed between them. On a hill overlooking the city, a majestic castle illuminated the light coming from city, and surrounded by pine trees stood vigilant. Its lone companion was a single star in the night sky. His father had told him that over a century ago, their great grandfatherâs grandfather had come from the serene-looking place, before it had been lost to an atomic fireball. The boiler plate at the bottom read Salzburg.
The Tiger squadron broke up into divisions so that each of the Gulfâs escort squadrons only had to protect four Panzerters.
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