Wings of Hell by David Sherman & Dan Cragg

Author:David Sherman & Dan Cragg [Sherman, David & Cragg, Dan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: General, Fiction, Science Fiction, Life on other planets, Military, High Tech, Space Opera, Marines
ISBN: 9780345501004
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: 2009-12-29T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Among the lead elements of the gator fleet to arrive in orbit around Haulover was the construction starship CNSS Wedge Donovan, which immediately landed its construction battalion and their heavy equipment. The navy engineers selected land next to Beach Spaceport for an expeditionary airfield. Not that they had an easy time securing the land. Haulover Chairman of the Board Smelt Miner, the closest thing Haulover had to a head of state, wanted to charge top credit for the land, and refused to allow construction to begin until he was paid a sizeable deposit. Vice Admiral Geoffrey Chandler, the gator fleet commander, wasn’t about to delay construction of the airfield just because some pipsqueak of a local dignitary let petty greed cloud his judgment. Chandler promptly ordered a light armored infantry battalion, one of the first ground combat elements to arrive with the fleet, planetside to convince the civilian authorities to let the construction begin even before proper negotiations on a lease began. Mr. Miner backed off as soon as he realized that the light armored infantry battalion was fully capable of defeating the entire military, such as it was, and police forces of Haulover without breaking a sweat. Miner was somewhat mollified when Chandler told him there was a chance that ownership of the airfield would revert to Haulover at the conclusion of anti-Skink operations.

Chandler didn’t mention that it was at least equally possible that the airfield would form the core of a permanent Confederation military base on Haulover.

At any rate, the navy construction battalion had the airfield ready for use by the time Lieutenant General Carano briefed his major element commanders on the coming operation.

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