Earth: Omnibus Edition (The Hrwang Incursion Book 1) by Wilkerson Bernard

Author:Wilkerson, Bernard [Wilkerson, Bernard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-05-05T18:30:00+00:00

“What’s Second Under Private Third Assault mean?” Jayla asked the Over Sergeant once they were safely back aboard the Hrwang vehicle. She almost couldn’t believe they’d allowed her to stay. She loved her sister, hoped her Daddy wouldn’t be too disappointed that she had left her behind, but Jada would be in good hands now and there was nothing Jayla could do for her anymore, anyway.

And she wanted to be with the captain of this group.

His eyes, the eyes she had seen when he rescued her, penetrated her soul. She could stare at him for hours, although when she did stare at him, some of the other soldiers laughed. He was tall, and strong, and an officer. The kind of man a girl could be proud of.

And he had saved her.

She couldn’t imagine life without him. She had fallen completely in love with him.

“There is an Under Private in our squad already. You are lower than him. So you are Second Under Private.”

“Why not just Private?”

She waited while the Over Sergeant interpreted into his language. She had gotten used to the routine quickly. She spoke, the sergeant translated, her captain spoke, then the sergeant spoke back to her. That’s how they negotiated getting Jada help. The Hrwang had told her that only one group of people hadn’t immediately shot at them as soon as they appeared and that perhaps they could take Jada there.

“How far is it?” she’d asked and they’d laughed. The Over Sergeant had explained how their craft worked.

“An AI is inserted into a vehicle and then that vehicle can go wherever the AI can think.”

“How?”

“Magic. And physics. But physics I can’t explain.”

In action, she decided it must be magic.

“In our military,” she tried to explain now, “there are a bunch of privates and corporals and then an officer over them. They’re all the same rank.”

After the interpretation, the other Hrwang laughed, including Fifth Under Captain Third Assault. Her Under Captain.

“Confusing. How would you know who was supposed to do each task if everyone is the same?”

“You take turns.” Translation. More laughter.

“What’s wrong with taking turns?” Jayla asked.

The Over Sergeant explained, “If the Over Private is assigned a task he does not want to do, he assigns it to the Private. If the Private does not want to do it, he assigns it to the Under Private. Simple.”

“Like a pecking order,” Jayla realized.

The Over Sergeant shook his head. He didn’t understand.

“Like chickens. One is in charge, then one next, and so on until the lowliest. They peck each other to enforce their place. That’s why it’s called a pecking order.”

“Pecking order,” the Over Sergeant said into his tablet. He held it up to Jayla. “Explain it again.”

Jayla did, speaking carefully into the tablet.

“Thank you,” the Over Sergeant said.

“What happens with what I just said?” she asked, pointing at the tablet.

“All the soldiers will soon know what a pecking order is.” He smiled at her.

“That’s how you share information with each other? Do you have your own network? I can’t access anything on ours.

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