Undead Marine by J.N. Chaney & Jonathan P. Brazee
Author:J.N. Chaney & Jonathan P. Brazee [Chaney, J.N. & Brazee, Jonathan P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Variant Publications
Published: 2024-06-29T00:00:00+00:00
1â Light bird: slang for a lieutenant colonel
2â SAR: Search and Rescue
21
Olivia nudged Paxâs foot, waking him. He groaned and turned over. The hard cement floor of the dilapidated supply shed they were using as housing did nothing for his tired body.
âLeave me alone,â he said before the rustling around him caught his attention.
He opened his eyes to see the lieutenant and gunny moving to the center of the shed. His brain fuzz immediately vanished as he sat up.
âWe going home?â Wolf asked.
The lieutenant waited until she had everyoneâs attention before she said, âIâve been in contact with Colonel Owusu. Our VIP is still alive.â
Pax raised his eyebrows and exchanged glances with Olivia. Either the Lemonâs Hold Guard were poor shots or the VIP hadnât been where he was reported to be.
âHe has also. . . Iâm not quite sure how to put this.â
âThe lieutenant colonel has said he intends to remain among the living, and that heâs now protected from more âinadvertent barrages,â is how he put it,â Gunny Akai interjected.
âWell, right. That about sums it up,â the platoon commander said. âSo . . .â
She touched her wrist, and a 3D map holo materialized in the center of the shed.
âThe VIP is located somewhere in this grid square.â
A box appeared, bordered in red. It was about a klick and a half by a klick and a half and encompassed some rough terrain.
âWe canât narrow it down any more than this.â
That didnât make sense to Pax. With any tracker, the location was down to half a meter at most.
âTo further complicate matters, there is significant pede activity in the area.â
âThey know the VIP is there,â Olivia whispered, pronouncing V-I-P as âvip.â
âThe command has decided that we need to go in and get him, so weâll be going with Plan C.â
âRescue or kill mission?â Byeon asked the question on everyoneâs mind.
âRescue, if possible.â
So, get him out if we can, but kill him if heâs going to be captured.
Pax was not happy about that possibility. He wasnât even sure he could pull the trigger if it came to that.
âThere are some changes, though. Thereâs already been some pushback because of the Banshee mission.â
That caught Paxâs attention. Pushback? That might mean that the top brass didnât know about the Banshee salvo. Maybe someone lower on the chain took the initiative?
âSo, this is going to be a minimal footprint. We are not going in full strength. The mission will be conducted with three two-person teams.â
There was an immediate murmur in response. Plan C had the entire platoon infiltrating in and covering the search area in a grid pattern.
Three teams? To find some officer in the middle of a bunch of pedes?
âThe three teams will depart in two hours. This is going to take some quick adjusting, so Iâm going to name the teams now. You six need to huddle up with the gunny and me to work this out. The rest of you, well, Iâve got nothing. Just stand by. Things could change in a heartbeat.â
She paused a moment, then said, âGunny, if you can announce the teams?â
âFirst Team.
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