Iron Angels (Wayfarer) by Kindal Debenham

Author:Kindal Debenham
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-08-13T06:00:00+00:00

When the signal reached Gabe, he jerked in surprise. He spun to find six MSSRs speeding toward Deliverance, their tetherdrives at maximum power.

The rig fight had been going well. Angel-Three had taken a shot to the leg that had caused a little damage, and Allen had taken a few glancing hits that had burned armor away, but the new armor had delivered on its promise as well. The CTRs had allowed them to outperform their opponents on virtually every level, and out of the five rigs that had survived the first pass, only two remained.

The rigs closing on the fleet, however, presented a new challenge. Unless they moved quickly, the enemy would be on the cruisers. From what he could see of Deliverance’s burned armor, the flagship wasn’t going to stand that kind of assault for long. He had a choice, and it was one he wasn’t excited about at all. Gabe activated his communications. “Angel-One to Angel-Two, break off and form up on me. Three and Four, keep after the two here and then come after us.” He started toward the distant flight of MSSRs. Allen slid in behind him as he accelerated.

They had made it halfway to the enemy rigs when six bursts of fire raced back at him. He went evasive, dodging back and forth as the fire increased. “Two, go to missiles.”

He settled his sights over one of the distant rigs and shrugged. The signal to the interface activated the twin missiles set on his rig’s shoulders, shooting them toward the MSSR ahead of him. The rig almost immediately began firing at the two projectiles, and Gabe switched to a second target and started firing his pulse rifle as well, hoping for a lucky hit or two to even the odds. Allen added his own missile fire to the mix, forcing another rig to switch to targeting the projectiles instead of defending Gabe’s target.

With two of their number already dodging missiles and a third under heavy fire, the MSSRs’ return shots were considerably reduced. At the same time, that did not suddenly make them blind. A plasma shot connected with Gabe’s stomach, spreading a burst of pain across his torso. Another clipped his shoulder, knocking the empty missile launcher there from its perch. He heard Allen curse as his rig suffered damage, and prayed that the rigs would hold up under the barrage of fire. They only needed to keep the rigs off the cruisers long enough for the crews to restore their shields, or reduce their number sufficiently so that the Deliverance could survive their attack.

The latter goal grew closer as one of the missiles caught up with his initial target; the projectile ripped the arm from the machine and sent it spinning through the black. Allen caught their mutual second target with a shot to the faceplate that cut the controls. The rig jerked spasmodically before it went horribly still, a giant metal corpse hurtling through space to nowhere in particular.

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