Galactar (Savage Stars Book 3) by Anthony James

Author:Anthony James [James, Anthony]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-22T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Within thirty seconds of the first shot being fired, it was clear this was a concerted effort by the Lavorix. The first few died quickly, but those coming after managed to keep the passage doors open and they fired from positions of cover.

Unfortunately for the aliens, they were limited by the bottleneck of the passages, which cut their firing angles significantly. Not only that, they faced a determined, ruthless and prepared defence in the form of the human and Daklan squads. Recker bellowed orders. Vance and Shadar backed him up, ensuring the soldiers concentrated their fire where it was needed most.

Recker pictured the engagement in his mind. Nine of his twenty soldiers were on the opposite side of the wraparound console, covering the security station’s other exits. Six more were on this side of the room and exchanging fire with the Lavorix. The remaining five were effectively trapped because they were close to the doors through which the enemy were attacking.

“Move back!” said Recker. The wraparound console wasn’t ideal cover, but it was better than none and he urged the soldiers to make for it. “Gantry, where’s that MG-12?”

“Lock down the left door!” bellowed Shadar, the harsh volume of his order making Recker’s earpiece vibrate.

“Rocket out!” said Ipanvir.

A missile screamed from the tube of the Daklan’s launcher into the left-hand tunnel. Even before it detonated, the three soldiers by the wall were running – either to reach positions of cover or to avoid incineration when the rocket exploded.

Raimi was handy with a rocket launcher, but Ipanvir was a master. The Daklan landed a tight-angle shot against the far wall of the next room, filling the space with plasma fire. The extreme edge of the blast sphere was channelled along the passage and roiled eagerly into the security station. Recker’s helmet sensor registered the spike in temperature, but neither he nor any of the other soldiers were harmed, while any Lavorix in the room were certainly carbonized.

Recker kept low and walked backwards around the perimeter of the wraparound console, keeping his rifle trained on the doorway and passage twenty metres to his left. He could see orange-enhanced movement in the second room, but with each step, the Lavorix’s firing angle decreased. The pinging ricochets and the constant dunt-dunt-dunt made it clear the aliens were spraying blind shots around the corner without showing enough of themselves that they made easy kills.

Drawl threw in another grenade, bouncing it off the side wall. It detonated in a flash and he hurled a second with equal accuracy.

“Their attack stalled,” said Recker. “If they’ve got the numbers or explosives, it won’t be long before they start pushing again.”

“What’s the plan, sir?” asked Vance, calm as ever.

“We’re not leaving. Not yet. We’ll plug in the data cubes on the far side of this console and hold the enemy until we’re done.”

“Yes, sir.”

On the comms, Recker spoke to the soldiers he’d left to guard the other rooms and ordered them to reinforce the security station. No sooner

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