Colonization by Aer-ki Jyr

Author:Aer-ki Jyr [Jyr, Aer-ki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-12-04T16:00:00+00:00

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December 21, 2190

Jason yanked Eli down behind a barricade by the neck of his uniform a moment before three stingers flashed overhead and splattered a couple meters to their right.

“Higher elevation,” he reminded his Clansman.

“Thanks,” the second gen Archon said, crawling along the embankment extra low to not repeat his mistake. He held a shield strapped over his shoulder and a stinger rifle in his left hand as he worked his way forward along the low wall behind Jason as the rest of their 15 Clan members fought it out at range with Clan Humungousaur on a ‘capture the flag’ trial tournament on a course referred to as the ‘Ravine.’

Each team had a flag towards the top of one side of the ravine, which tapered down into a small flat section running across the middle as if it were a creek, but what it really was was a kill zone. 25 levels rose up on each side, none with any connecting stairwells or ramps and only a series of staggered barricades providing any cover. Jason and Eli had started up top on level 22 with the rest of their Clan at their flag position and had moved down to level 2 while the others sniped at the Humungousaurs, trying to pick a few off before they had to move in closer and battle it out hand to hand on the other Clan’s side.

The ravine wasn’t straight either. It meandered like a snake, cutting off the view of one end to the other. Jason and Eli had very slowly made their way toward one end of the course, then moved back to the other, dropping down at random spots and so far avoiding getting hit, but the stinger splatters to their right indicated that the Humungousaurs hadn’t lost track of them.

Jason crawled to the edge of one of the barricades, seeing a two meter gap to the next and a drop-off to the next level on his left through the gap. A solid white wall of firm padding ran along their right, forming the base of the level above them and offering only a few meters of maneuvering room on the level, making each a very long, snaking street.

Shifting his shield up onto his left shoulder Jason set himself then jumped forward, feeling an immediate impact on the barrier as he flashed across the gap and crashed down on the other side, starring up at the high ceiling of the sanctum chamber that orbited Mars. He flipped over and pulled his shield back to him, seeing several new paint splatters added to it. Last time he had dropped down to the next level one gap down while Eli had drawn fire…now it was time to mix things up again.

He nodded, setting himself as he looked back in Eli’s direction. Capping his head with his shield, Eli brought his rifle up and poked it through the gap above the barricade as stingers hit his position immediately.

As Eli fired back a few wild

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