Hard Luck Hank: Frankly by Steven Campbell
Author:Steven Campbell [Campbell, Steven]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 2021-08-14T15:00:00+00:00
The principals reconvened in my hospital room two days later. I was feeling good, but not great.
âI got 250 gang members, ready. That was my cut-off point. I had far more people offer their services, but I think that might be too hard to manage as it is. We did the math, and thatâs fifteen guys, standing shoulder-to-shoulder, and five deep,â Podiver Vance said.
âA bunch of gang members who hate each other arenât going to stand in perfect formation,â MTB scoffed.
âNo, and we donât want them to. They need to be able to shoot. Thatâs the whole point,â Garm said.
âOh, theyâll shoot. Though no one has standardized guns. Some donât even have any,â Podiver said.
âDelovoa, can you provide weapons?â I asked.
âI donât personally own a manufacturing facility. I make custom guns. I donât outfit armies,â Delovoa said.
âMaybe you can pick and choose your 250 from those who already have proper equipment,â Garm suggested.
âForgive me, but I put heavier emphasis on those who are stable and sane and willing to do this instead of whether or not they owned a rifle of a particular caliber,â Podiver replied.
âHeâs right. MTB, can you lend some guns? Garm, you must have access to some Navy weapons,â I said.
âWe confiscate all sorts of weapons. But they arenât very good,â MTB replied.
âNavy guns are complicated. And the armory at the dock is off-limits to everyone below fleet command,â she said.
âThen how are you equipping your personnel?â Podiver asked.
âMy team is pulled from the residual troops at the telescopes,â she said. âThey already have equipment and nothing to do now that the telescopes are essentially gone.â
âHow is this gang battalion going to be organized?â MTB asked.
âI donât think it will be,â Podiver replied.
âYou want people with long rifles on the left, so they can shoot down the face of all three buildings,â MTB suggested.
âI canât arrange them by guns. Theyâre not soldiers. They will be grouped with their friends and their crews,â Podiver explained.
Podiver Vance had been my first choice as liaison with the underworld element. He worked buying and selling merchandise, which meant he was on friendly terms with a whole lot of people. While he had little combat experience or expertise dealing with thugs who had combat experience, those people tended to have a lot of baggage.
Like if I pulled in a gang boss who ran collections, he might have access to 60 guys ready to fight right now. But we needed a lot more than that. And by the time we got 250, theyâd all be battling each other out on the street, instead of shooting at the Cartel.
I could have tried to recruit people myself. But a lot of criminals didnât trust me for a lot of reasons. And I was busy doing other things.
âItâs looking nice. Great job, Podiver,â I said. âGarm, youâre next.â
âRight. Like I said, I only have limited access to the now-defunct telescope forces,â she began.
âEvery time I drove by, they sure looked impressive,â Podiver hinted.
âSo then let me finish.
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