The Ibarra Sanction (Terran Armor Corps Book 2) by Richard Fox

Author:Richard Fox
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Publisher: Triplane Press
Published: 2017-08-25T06:00:00+00:00

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Gideon held the Templar sword and ran fingers down the blood groove. The rest of his lance stood in a circle with him. The Tonopah workers and family members clustered around two hauler trucks, helping former prisoners out of the dusty ore beds.

“Impressive construction,” he said. “A graphenium lattice inside the blade. Should be as hard to destroy as our armor.”

“Do you know the name—‘Morrigan’?” Roland asked.

“I don’t.” Gideon clicked the button on the hilt and the blade collapsed into it. He gripped it tightly for a moment, then handed it back to Roland.

“Then the Ibarras are making their own armor,” Cha’ril said.

“I doubt that,” Gideon said. “The Corps and Dr. Eeks tried long and hard to find a way to create a proccie that could take the plugs. The results were…tragic. Proccie neural pathways are too weak to take the plugs—which is to be expected when you create a mind in a computer while the body grows over the course of nine days. This Morrigan, she’s either a new recruit from Ibarra’s traitors or…”

“She was armor that defected with them,” Roland said.

“Armor Corps isn’t that big,” Aignar said. “The lieutenant should know that name, right, sir?”

“We had a spy active in the Ibarra camp until a few months ago,” Gideon said. “The spy said there were some…changes to the armor that went with her. We didn’t get much more than that, but it fit with what else the spy sent back. The Ibarras didn’t keep the Terran military and social structure after they left. They reformed with Marc and Stacey Ibarra as their supreme leaders, unquestioned loyalty, all of it borderline fanaticism.”

“How many went with the Ibarras?” Cha’ril asked.

“All the survivors from 3rd Squadron’s fight against the Haesh and a few others,” Gideon said.

“I thought 3rd Squadron was listed as missing in action along with…” Aignar touched a hand to his helm’s jawline. “…High Command lied to us. They don’t want the public knowing that armor can be anything but the heroic statues people think of in Memorial Square.”

“They are the Armor Corps’ shame.” Gideon pointed at Roland. “If you encounter them, you will not make friends. Combat conditions be damned. You bring them back for General Laran to deal with. Dead or alive. Am I clear?”

“Crystal, sir.” Roland brought the hilt down to his leg, where it mag-locked against his thigh.

Over the horizon, a dozen Mule and Destrier transports, flanked by fighter escorts, flew toward Tonopah.

“Fleet managed to get a few relay satellites into orbit. Captain Sobieski’s ordered the town evacuated,” Gideon said. “We’re going back to Auburn to link up with the rest of the company. Get to the air pad and box up. It’ll be cramped.”

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