(eng) L. D. P. Samways - Space Recruits 01 by Dropship One

Author:Dropship One [One, Dropship]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

New opportunities, the forest, Tribeca Planet

We were all about to move out. The mood was heavy and the weight of battle was starting to crush many of our spirits. But fortunately, the presence of a new helping hand was welcomed, even if most of us weren’t too sure on the validity of the guy’s story. It didn’t really matter though. If he was lying about his origins, then the worst that could happen is that he’d end up with a bullet in the head. That’s just how things worked around here. Especially now – especially with the shit-storm that this mission had turned into.

Besides, it’s not like he’d gain anything from lying. As far as we knew, the Marine Core were the only operational human deployment team on the planet. As for stragglers, or civilians, this wasn’t exactly the best place to be an outer-space expat. Most people preferred to live in places where you weren’t in danger of turning into a tentacle-spewing-octopus-man if you drank from the local water reserves.

“What’s the holdup? We moving out, or what?” the guy asked, standing next to me, holding his weapon weirdly.

Yep – this guy wasn’t trained at all. You could tell that from a mile off. But hey-ho, off to slaughter we go and such. Times were hard, and we needed as many hands on deck as possible, so to speak. Another man, with another weapon, would help us defend ourselves against any enemies that we came across. And seeing that since I’d set foot on this forsaken rock all I’d seen is enemy after enemy, the likelihood that we’d need this guy in combat was high. We needed every man we could get.

“I don’t know, but you know what they say – patience is a virtue,” I replied, checking my railgun for blockages. The air was dusty and I didn’t want my weapon jamming in the heat of battle.

“Yeah, whatever you say pal,” he said, staring at me and the big gun in my grips. I could tell that he was a little jealous of my gigantic weapon, whilst he was stuck holding the equivalent of a pea shooter. But it would do damage, so that’s all that mattered.

I turned to face the front and saw Spooks standing around doing nothing. Well, I say doing nothing, but I don’t really know if staring off into the distance counts as something… So I walked up to him, leaving Mr. Pea Shooter behind. I didn’t care to ask for the guy’s name, as far as I was concerned, the fewer people I knew by name, the less their inevitable deaths would affect me. Spooks didn’t spot me coming, or he just didn’t care. Either way, I decided to ask as to what was the hold-up. Most of the guys were ready to go, but it seemed as if he’d just zoned out. Seconds before, he was raring to go, but now he was just standing there, confused. He was starting to make a habit out of confusion.

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