Foothold by Aer-ki Jyr

Author:Aer-ki Jyr [Jyr, Aer-ki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-04-24T16:00:00+00:00

6

Steve and three other skeets shot across the fungi forest a few meters over the tree tops and released another salvo of plasma streamers into the base shield. The first portions of the vivid blue streams impacted and absorbed, then the shield finally succumbed and let the last bits pass through. One hit a building and the other three missed clean into the sky, then the skeets were pulling off at random angles to avoid flying over the exposed base.

“Shield is down,” Steve announced to the other pilots. “Target the generator then get clear. We have rocket infantry inside that need taken out before we hit the walkers. Pick on the heavy turrets from range until we’re clear for strafing runs.”

A small flash appeared in Steve’s peripheral vision as he banked to the right and gained a bit of altitude. When he circled around and glanced back at the base another of the perimeter defense turrets was smoking, though he hadn’t seen any fighters hitting it. He assumed it must have been the infiltration team as he looked for the shield generator, located near the interior LZ and low to the ground, meaning he was going to have to get devious in targeting it.

Just then he saw a pair of skeets strafe the base from the far side, dipping down into a hail of rocket fire and pummeling the shield generator with scatter gun and streamer fire…with him wondering what in the world was the pilot doing using a scatter gun on infrastructure. Steve lost visual track of them behind several buildings, then the pair rose up and raced back into the sky, one of which was smoking heavily but still under control.

“Shield generator destroyed,” Brad reported.

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