Hunter Wars Omnibus Edition (Books 1 - 3) by SD Tanner

Author:SD Tanner [Tanner, SD]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-07-10T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Let’s go hunter huntin’ (Gears)

He, Ip and Pax were flying over the two bases they’d set up in the Marine supply base and on the narrow strip of land on the Naval base. It’d been over two months since TL, Pax and Captain Ted found the locations and a lot had changed. They sourced more living containers and set up both sites like Forward Operating Bases, fully contained and self-sustaining. Thanks to the containers, the sites were fully functional with power supplied by both solar panels and generators. Desalination containers provided a water supply and other containers provided kitchens, showers and toilets. Banks of containers with bunks formed comfortable enough living quarters. The living conditions at the Marine supply base and the Naval base were not as luxurious as the ship, but the bases were just as safe.

The Marine supply base was only connected to land by a single, easily defended bridge. The narrow strip of land at the Naval base was only connected to the mainland by a short stretch of land. As Pax had suggested, they put up double stacked containers across the land. During the day they used a crane to lift two containers out of the way to create a road in and out of the Naval base. As a last resort, both bases had transport ships docked and if they needed to retreat from the land, they could easily sail out to open water. However, there’d been no major assault on either base by the living or the hunters.

Both bases came with a good supply of ships, weapons and helicopters. They both had fuel depots, but they continued to scavenge aggressively to maintain supplies. Nelson sent scouting parties out as far as three hundred miles from the bases and they left signs up to 500 miles away letting people know they could join them. Gerry set up a repeating message telling people the location of the bases and that they would be welcomed.

The response to their advertising was immediate and almost overwhelming. In the past few months some eight thousand people made their way to the bases. Added to the five thousand people that joined them from the boats, there were over thirteen thousand people split across the three locations. The island had over two thousand people and the ship had nearly a thousand people. The Marine supply base had about four thousand people and the Naval base had around six thousand people. Receiving, processing, transporting, feeding and training people was now a major undertaking. It was well beyond anything Pax could manage but, with so many people, they implemented a team structure and the workload was well distributed.

Peering out of the crew window of the bird, Pax said, ‘We’ve come a long way, bro’.’

He didn’t disagree, but he was still far from satisfied and grumbled, ‘Not far enough.’

Something hit him in the head and he looked around sharply.

Pax was frowning at him and said crossly, ‘Yer never goddamn happy, Gears. Doncha ever

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