Dark Shadow of Revenge (Opus X: Fleet of One Book 2) by Michael Anderle
Author:Michael Anderle [Anderle, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9798885412155
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2022-03-09T16:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
Cyrus stood in the cargo bay of the Argo in his tac suit, inspecting his rifle. Kat frowned at a helmet atop a crate before nodding at Jade, whoâd chosen a bright yellow tac suit for her outfit of the moment.
Kat didnât have much reason to complain. Jade couldnât accompany them in nanocloud form, but it was hard to shake the feeling that the AI was somehow mocking them.
Theyâd gathered to decide on their final tactical plan. Itâd been less than two hours since their meeting with Agent Zubiri.
Jade hadnât reported anything unusual from the police or the militia. Her long-range scans of the unassuming building had revealed an uptick in deployed bots but no other obvious activity. She hadnât risked flying her drones closer, at Katâs direction.
âIâve integrated the nav programming on your PNIUs with the blueprints,â Jade explained. âEven if they jam you, theyâll lead you to the storage rooms as long as the current owners havenât radically restructured the interior.â
âWeâre not sure whatever they have is in a storage room,â Cyrus replied. âIf itâs special, they might have somewhere elseâa safe, maybe.â
Kat nodded. âThatâs true, but itâs a good start. We can check other rooms as necessary, and we canât assume we wonât meet resistance.â She brought up a data window with one of Jadeâs feeds and magnified the image of a six-legged security bot armed with a stun rod. âThere are a lot of bots there for a place that is officially all but closed. What Iâm not seeing is a lot of drones.â
âBots are easier to preprogram for defense,â Jade observed. âThey also have less of an annoying tendency to fall on people when theyâre destroyed.â
âThatâs what Iâm thinking. That also means the insurrectionists know theyâre going to have trouble giving orders on the fly, which all but guarantees theyâre going to use heavy jamming.â
Cyrus set his rifle down. âHave you spotted any heavy-duty security bots?â
Jade shook her head. âAll Iâve seen is standard, low-end, mass-produced models armed with stun rods.â
Kat motioned at the data window. âThey could be hiding others inside, though itâs a lot harder to smuggle and hide a Torch Dragon than a few guns. If they were smuggling that kind of thing here, Zubiri would know.â
A wireframe hologram of the security bots appeared, with a section near the center of the body highlighted in red. The image rotated.
âA single high-velocity armor-piercing round through that location should disable this model,â Jade explained. âThere is no evidence of extra armor on these bots, but given the number of access vents, I would assume a large number of them are available.â
Kat replied, âWe donât want to end up swarmed. Weâll have to rely on distraction.â
âIâll help with drones and bots as best I can,â Jade announced. âAn attack opposite your entry point should accomplish what you need.â
âGood thinking.â Kat gave her an apologetic look. âThereâs a good chance youâre going to lose a lot of your new toys.â
âI care far less about the destruction of property than Lanara,â Jade replied.
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