Over The Hills And Far Away by Waqa Nathan

Author:Waqa, Nathan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-12-31T00:00:00+00:00

Transitioning: +542 minutes.

Hour fourteen.

Interior, northern section, face 2.

Assault force: 16,103.

Enemy forces, estimated: 9,004.

Distance to target: 3,300m.

Kajan slid into the corner of a tower, pulled the heavy machine gun out of a dead marine’s hands, and after listening to the chatter of weapons fire outside the tower heaved it onto the ledge and opened fire on the adherents rushing towards a marine team they’d pinned down in the tower below her. The adherents at the front of the charge were torn apart under the torrent of fire, the survivors ducking into cover as Kajan’s gun ran out of ammunition, before the team they’d been attacking emerged from the tower to finish them off.

“Move out! Move out! Head for position five-eight-two!” Kajan yelled into her comm.

Malcolm separated himself from her viewpoint to gaze around him. The assault force was making solid progress towards the power station at the centre of the starbase. The dull red orb ahead of them had grown in size and luminosity as they approached, casting an oppressive glow over the battlefield.

Another three kilometres, and they’d be able to shut down the starbase’s shields. Then the enemy would either surrender or be destroyed, Malcolm thought, a smug smile on his lips as he gazed to his left and upwards as Kajan’s HUD informed her that one of the heavy dreadnoughts outside had managed to punch through the energy shield to destroy a beam cannon. The dreadnoughts were getting ever closer to completing their task. Now the marines just needed to do theirs within the next fourteen hours.

And with victory, humanity will have won control of a starpoint base that ensures the defence of our colonies.

Malcolm smiled, before returning his attention to the simulation as Kajan sprinted towards a tower fifty-three metres away.

Dispensing S-15.

Malcolm raised his eyebrows.

Was this usual for the marines? You are reaching the point where your use of drugs would be considered abuse.

Kajan entered the tower, glanced upwards and engaged her jump pack a moment later, jumping upwards for nearly a hundred metres before she found the position she was searching for. She moved forward carefully to the window and examined the battlefield ahead.

The enemy forces were slowly retreating towards the power station, but whenever the assault force attempted to push forward more quickly, they held their positions and made the marines exchange lives in combat at a ratio of over two to one in order to gain ground. It didn’t seem to matter whether the enemy had an advantage or not in the engagement, they simply chose to defend any point being attacked vigorously.

Malcolm bit his lower lip as he examined the battlefield ahead and below. Over a thousand enemy knights and adherents were shifting defensive positions over a kilometre away, as their comrades sprayed covering fire across the battlefield.

“Venshakova, are you in position?!” a voice demanded, and Kajan’s HUD identified Captain O’Reilly a moment later.

Amazing, Malcom thought. He’d also survived the last nine hours.

Perhaps you’ll still buy Kajan that drink after all.

“In position! My coverage

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