Bolo Brigade by William H. Keith

Author:William H. Keith [Keith, William H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Science Fiction
ISBN: 0-671-87781-X
Publisher: Baen Books
Published: 1997-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

The Sh'whiss probe had already completed its primary mission. It had been lurking in this system's Oort cloud when it had recorded the passage of the fleet of twenty-three ships inward to the fourth planet of this star. It had used a tight-beamed FTL transmission to alert the Malach Packfleet, then carefully worked its way toward the target world, its rather single-minded robotic brain programmed to learn as much about the target planet's environment and defenses as possible.

During its atmospheric entry, it had arranged to pass almost directly over the large lake where the human fleet had landed, duly recording the vast sprawl of tents and make-shift buildings. Now, it rested at the end of a deeply plowed, still-smoking furrow in the woods southeast of the camp, a jet-black, triangular airfoil with a large dome on its upper surface. At a whispered electronic command, the dome slid open.

The device within was the heart of the ship, a Malach robot shaped like a tapered, black metallic egg or spindle. Struts telescoped from the top of the device, unfolded, unfolded again, and yet again, until the ends touched the ground, then levered the spindle up and out of its resting place. Four glowing red electronic eyes winked open around the perimeter of the thing's body; six spidery legs lifted it, an ebony pendant, well clear of the ground.

The human ships lay that way, about fifty t'charucht distant. Weapons and sensors unfolded from its sides, seeking targets.

With a mechanical whine, it began walking toward the northwest.

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