Redemption : A LitRPG Space Adventure (The Last Enclave Book 2) by Morgan Cole

Author:Morgan Cole [Cole, Morgan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: virtual reality MMO litRPG role playing steampunk, men's adventure video game adaptations, action horror dark gritty epic metaphysical quest, cyberpunk apocalyptic dystopian quest gamelit, science fiction dystopian action adventure
Publisher: Shadow Alley Press
Published: 2020-07-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Storming the Base

MARTY'S PLAN WAS A masterpiece. His being so deeply steeped in the culture of the True Believers really paid off when it came time for him to hoax them.

The video was uploaded to Ted's account, and then mirrored everywhere by a carefully chosen group of True Believers, before the "government" could take it down. The Internet was forever.

It went viral instantly, with a few loud voices shouting that it was clearly fake—some kind of viral marketing for a movie. Then the other shoes dropped.

Ted and Mary were missing, not showing up to their jobs the next day. Their families were on camera asking for information about where they'd gone. I wondered how that was working so well, and Marty told me he'd taken some of the cash and the gold out of my bags and given it to Ted and Mary to play along. Cash is king, after all.

About ten hours into the viral shitstorm, the civilian and then military radar recordings leaked onto the net. Each recording showed the first saucer moving impossibly quickly from orbit to disappear directly above the unnamed base, followed by another two in formation following the same path slightly later. The timings and direction of the arrivals backed up the video perfectly.

It wasn't even twelve hours before the first RVs began to arrive on the land outside the base's perimeter. By that time things were going into high gear.

The military had released a statement that declared this was complete fiction. They confirmed the radar contacts, but denied that there were UFOs visiting any of their bases. They also denied that they had Mary and Ted in custody. This was of course derided as the government attempting to suppress the truth.

Just over a day after the video's release, thousands of True Believers were camped out near the base, hoping for a glimpse of the visiting aliens. The news showed the camps to be more like a festival than anything, with plenty of drum circles, drugs, and alcohol. It looked like a good time. Congress announced the formation of an investigative committee into the aliens.

"You were right, Marty. We're ready to go. We'll do it tonight."

Marty just nodded, deep in the Interface, tweaking his designs.

"You going to be ready?" I asked after he didn't reply.

"What? Yeah, we'll be ready."

The sun had been below the horizon for hours and the non-stop party in the camps outside the base had calmed down. The True Believers waited to see if the aliens would visit that night, hoping that just this once their faith would be rewarded. We intended to do just that.

The Redemption was hovering, invisible, in the black sky over top of the base. The infiltration drones watched the patrols, who were all a bit on edge. It was no longer the relaxed, boring gig it had been. Marty sat in the pilot chair, with Regar and me in the other two. I was fully kitted up in my Assault Armor, and Regar was wearing his red armor, now completely repaired.

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