Sungrazer by Jay Posey

Author:Jay Posey
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Science Fiction
Publisher: Angry Robot
Published: 2017-07-03T23:00:00+00:00

SEVENTEEN

“It’s good kit,” Thumper said, lying on her belly next to Lincoln, sharing what she’d found about the weapon he’d asked her to ID. “Not exactly standard issue for CMA military, but that’s only because it’s higher-grade than standard. Only reason it doesn’t look expensive because it’s all so well-used.”

“So these guys are funded and experienced,” Lincoln said.

“Could be a rough ride,” Thumper answered.

Lincoln had backed off a couple hundred meters from the airlock that Mike had designated as his emergency exit and found a place to set up shop while he had waited for the rest of the team to arrive. Now he and Thumper were providing cover while Sahil and Wright closed the final distance to the facility. Mike’s emergency exit was about to become their route for free admission.

“Get an estimate on numbers?” Lincoln asked.

“Based on power usage and what little we could get from the skeeters, I’d guess twelve to fifteen. Main building’s got six floors total, but I think they’re only running the upper two. Maybe the third for storage or something. The heat differential’s pretty big in that gap, so if anybody’s working on that third floor, they’re doing it in a coat and gloves. None of the outbuildings are powered at all, except the garage. Those two people you picked up earlier, I’m not sure what they were up to, but they probably weren’t planning on staying for long. As far as I can tell, they’re keeping the activity mostly restricted to the main building.

“I didn’t get to do a deep mapping, but perimeter security looks pretty straightforward. Couple zone alarms, few motion detectors,” Thumper continued. “I don’t think they’re expecting too much trouble way out here.”

“The fact that they took any precautions at all says enough,” Lincoln said.

Some hundred meters away, Wright went flat to the ground, with Sahil dropping behind her an instant later. In the hard-shell of the facility, an exterior light came on at one of the corners of the main building, lighting up the whole place like a lantern. For a moment, Lincoln couldn’t help but wonder if they’d tripped some early warning system.

“Wright, you good?” he called in.

“We’ll see,” she answered.

“Thumper?” Lincoln asked.

“Grid’s still green. I don’t think they blew anything.”

Two figures emerged from the main building and trudged towards the garage.

“Mikey gave us a heads up,” Wright said. “He’s got tremblers near all the entryways.”

While Lincoln had been staring at a door waiting for the rest of the team, Mike had been busy skulking around inside “making some preparations”, as he’d called it. He hadn’t gone into details. When exactly he’d had time to get tremblers out, Lincoln didn’t know. The micro seismic monitors were sensitive enough to pick up vibrations from talking, footsteps, even breathing if it was heavy enough. They didn’t provide a lot of data to go on, but if you had them in the right place they were a handy way to keep people from sneaking up on you. It made sense that a sniper might take a pocketful of them everywhere he went.

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