Ryonna's Wrath: Universe in Flames 1.5 - A Novella by Christian Kallias

Author:Christian Kallias
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2016-02-28T07:00:00+00:00

Alix safely landed the ship on Hathan, avoiding all detection thanks to both his state-of-the-art stealth engines and a little help and smart jamming on Jonas’ part. He rejoined Ryonna in the cargo bay.

“Ready to go?”

“Any chance you have bigger weapons than our blasters?”

“I thought you’d never ask. Then again, I thought the idea was to go in stealthily.”

“It is, but I’d rather be prepared for anything.”

“Computer, armory.”

The wall near Ryonna vanished to reveal a secret room. Ryonna’s eyes sparkled with interest at the impressive weaponry on display.

“That’s quite the arsenal you have there. Are you readying yourself for a war?”

“Like you, I enjoy being prepared for anything.”

She beamed him a wide smile.

She entered the high-tech arsenal and browsed. Alix had it all: military-grade, concussive rifle blaster; augmented, vision-cortex add-ons; pretty much every type of grenade for any situation; latest generation body armor; and some tech she didn’t even recognized.

“This is gonna take a while.”

“Let me present you my dream-team selection, if I may?”

“Please, there’s so much choice I wouldn’t know where to start.”

“How much can you carry?”

“As much as needed.”

“Let’s start with my personal favorite, the Zaxon Industries MR-227. This isn’t available yet. I’ve got a buddy who acquired it in an R&D weapons depot. Top-of-the-line rifle blaster, fastest recharge and salvo-firing weapon ever created. Armor piercing; high shields depleting ratio; integrated grenade launcher. But let me demonstrate my favorite feature.”

With two fingers, Alix swiped a blue band on the side of the weapon which promptly turned orange, and the weapon morphed into a sniper rifle. “Liquid metal.”

“Sweet!”

He swiped it again. The color band turned red and the weapon morphed into a veritable mounted turret canon with a shield protecting the upper half of the wielder’s body. “This is for when you’re vastly outnumbered. It won’t last long as a turret, but you could still take on a small army with this.”

“Looks like I don’t really need any other weapon than this.”

“You’d think so, but you’d be wrong.”

Alix took a couple of one-handed blasters off the wall.

“These babies are among my favorites. You can tag your enemies and then shoot, and the lasers will auto guide themselves to their targets. It’s very useful when you’re outnumbered and behind cover. You just take the time to lock onto your targets. It can lock as many as you want. Then you can fire blindly. It doesn’t have perfect accuracy, but when you’re under heavy fire it will thin the attacking crowd rapidly, even if you stay behind cover. It has three small explosive charges as well.”

“And I thought my own blaster had all the bells and whistles I needed,” said Ryonna with a smile.

Alix smiled back. “Your blaster is very powerful and the binding energy shot is great. I wish I could have that on any of my weapons, especially for a mission where I must bring someone back alive.”

“What else?”

“I propose we both wear my latest acquisitions. Latest in smart body-armor protection. It’s made of a morphing alloy similar to the liquid metal of the MR-227.

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