Resurgence (Redleg In Space Book 2) by Z.D. Dean

Author:Z.D. Dean [Dean, Z.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-20T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Once he made his way downstairs and out of the building, he looked around for a means of transportation to get himself to the hub. Behind the hall, he found large mining equipment and slow mining vehicles. At the far side of the building, there was a parking lot, but it was devoid of any occupants. He expanded his search to the small homes that were near the union building, but only found small piecemeal affairs that wouldn’t do him any good.

“Ann, you up for a little planet side foray?” he asked as he headed back to the ship.

“I thought you’d never ask. Where are we going?”

“I know you heard about where Samix was being held. We’re going to get her. Do you have any imagery of the hub?”

A transparent image of the hub, taken from orbit, covered part of his field of view. The image was dense enough that he could make out the layout of the hub and the location of the buildings, but transparent enough to allow him to navigate back to the ship. Because of the angle of the picture, he couldn’t see anything but the roofs of the buildings and couldn’t even identify the building he would need to breach. What he could tell, by the length of the shadows, was the height of the buildings. Three of the buildings were of uniform height. One was significantly taller and one that was shorter.

He assessed the shorter building to be the target. He assumed that the companies had made some sort of equality agreement to end in-fighting amongst themselves, and the shorter building was a neutral space that each company could access when necessary. Based on Roy’s information about the four corporations working together, he guessed the neutral space was a necessity. As he stepped on the cargo lift, he felt the engines spin up. Before the lift was even fully closed, he watched the landing gear retract as the ground receded below him. Without obstacles to avoid, Ann was able to stay close to the surface of the planet.

“How would you like to handle this?” Ann asked as he waited impatiently in the cargo bay.

“Primary landing zone is the north-south running road to the east of the target. The secondary is the east-west to the north of the building. In the event you cannot safely land, tertiary is the roof of the building,” he stated, his time calling in airstrikes as an officer coming right back to him. “Once I have made entry, take off, and provide cover. Nothing in or out of the building that isn’t Sam or me.”

“And the Rules of Engagement?”

“Free fire on all company employees. You can identify them by their company colored uniforms. Miners wear a hodgepodge of clothing. Only engage them if they have a weapon and are engaging you, or are trying to gain entry to the building.”

He had done plenty of hard-knock operations in his career in the military, but this one would be the first where he didn’t have a team of great guys with him.

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