Looking Glass 4 - Claws That Catch by Ringo John

Author:Ringo, John
Language: eng
Format: epub

“Serious improvement, Eric,” Captain Zanella said, nodding at the results. “Serious improvement. The use of Bravo team was . . . Oh, hell, it was damned brilliant.”

“Thank you, sir,” Eric said stoically. He'd checked on similar runs by the other officers in the company and found that, despite the CO's pronouncement, they lost the engagement on Runner's World on average 80% of the time, losses ranging from losing a full platoon to the entire company and attachments. And that average included the CO. Eric had gotten to the point where the engagement was becoming childishly simple. Of course, he wasn't about to tell the CO that he'd gotten advice on fighting crabpus from a Cheerick.

“Are you sure the blades on the armor work that effectively?” the CO asked. “Closing seems . . .”

“Well, sir,” the lieutenant said, “if you can't punch them on the snout, step on their toes. It works, sir. I've punched them myself.”

“How's the homework?” the CO asked.

“I'm four days ahead,” Berg answered. “I considered taking a break, but if I continue at the current pace I can be caught up at least one week before we reach the mission area, which will give me time to get back in shape. Right now I'm sorely out of reg for PT.”

“Don't exhaust yourself, Lieutenant,” the CO said. “Gung-ho will only carry you so far.”

“Wasn't planning on it, sir,” the lieutenant said. “I'm not even close to tired.”

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