Noah's Story: Marine Tanker (The United Federation Marine Corps' Lysander Twins Book 3) by Jonathan P. Brazee

Author:Jonathan P. Brazee [Brazee, Jonathan P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Semper Fi Press
Published: 2017-04-26T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

“I’ve grubbing got you,” Noah said, hitting the tag command as his AI registered the myriad of details about the vehicle that would enable it to locate and target it if given the command.

The small armored car had too many transmitters on it. He was sure this was the elusive command car for the Novie forces facing them. He felt it in his bones.

Noah had spent the last seven hours registering armor, geographic points of interest, and weapons systems. Already, he had 71 targets, all prioritized. Theoretically, he could trigger a combat sequence that would hit all available targets, in order, without him being part of the process. All he would have to do would be to initiate it. Combat rarely worked out so neatly, but even if he didn’t trigger the auto sequence, his display would keep track of all of his target, alerting him when any of them were picked up by his sensors.

His targeting display still amazed him. As a driver, his display had been primitive in relation to his new one. At full data input, the flow of information was simply too much to comprehend, which made the option to go full auto a nice safety valve. But he also had the option to cut back on what was displayed, so he could keep the info blast at manageable levels.

He’d been searching for command and control targets all day, and as the armored car slipped back into defilade, he felt a moment of victory.

It would have felt better if he’d been facing the Peters, however. They were the ones who’d targeted Alpha Company. But the platoon, along with the first sergeant, were facing the Novies. Second and Third Platoons, along with the skipper and the XO and 150 meters behind him, were facing the Peters instead.

Noah could pick up the Peter targets on his display as they were registered, and if he spun his turret around, he was sure he could spot some as well. But First Platoon’s job was to present a united front against the Novies.

With their infantry, either side could bypass the Marines to the flanks. Fifteen tanks just couldn’t cover the frontage. Even when the Marine mechanized company arrived, they would still be hard-pressed. But as the skipper had briefed them, their presence was more symbolic than anything else. As an individual unit, they were too small for the mission. But as a representative of the Federation, they cast a much bigger shadow than their mere numbers.

As far as the Alpha casualties, Intel’s point of view was that the Marines had not been specifically targeted—they’d just been caught in the crossfire.

The whizz of an artillery shell passed overhead, as if in emphasis to his thoughts. Noah waited, and the round landed somewhere back in the Peters’ area. Supposedly, both sides were in a truce, but no one would know it with the harassing fire that kept passing overhead.

Noah reached into his thigh pocket and pulled out an apple. It was the

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