The Huralon Incident by E A Wicklund

Author:E A Wicklund [Wicklund, E A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-25T22:00:00+00:00

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The IMF-94 Hot Potatoes screamed over the countryside at Angels six, six-thousand meters above the rolling countryside. They had slowed down to Mach 8 to allow weapons release. So close to the surface, they enabled their Varatassi fields, which suppressed their sonic boom. Flying at such high speed so low in Huralon’s atmosphere, the sonic boom would’ve blasted the countryside, bursting eardrums, shattering windows, and killing small pets. The Varatassi fields prevented announcing their presence so vigorously.

Candless took a moment to observe the scenery on the screens. At such a low altitude, the terrain details blurred. Only the symbology, projected directly into the crew’s visual cortex via Iris, made any sense out of the mad rush of visuals hurtling towards them.

“You still on that APC, Trang?” said Candless.

“Like white on rice.”

“Do they see us yet?”

“They know we’re here, but they can’t lock...crap, they got us.”

Alarms blared.

“Missile inbound,” called Trang. “Break. Break!”

Candless yanked the shuttle through a looping barrel roll before pitching the craft hard. Franny brought her broad belly into the wind, slamming into the air and slowing dramatically before she nosed down into a screaming dive.

The harsh maneuver alone could have shook the lock of many missiles, but in modern warfare, one never counted on should work. Small microwave weapons mounts, relatively weak at 780 kilowatts, popped out from Frannie’s armored hull. The defensive weapons, catching the inbound missile in terminal phase, ensured the weapon had no option to dodge when they fired. The weapon’s seeker head began to cook. In milliseconds, the missile went totally blind.

“Stay frosty. More missiles inbound,” called Trang. “Break. Break!”

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