The Outlaw (Phantom Server: Book #2) by Andrei Livadny

Author:Andrei Livadny [Livadny, Andrei]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Cyberpunk, Space Opera, Colonization, Military, Space Fleet
Amazon: B01728IKC2
Publisher: Magic Dome Books
Published: 2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00

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My men had given us some space. They’d taken up positions by the cliffs, keeping an eye on the area.

“I have a proposal to make,” I said. “Firstly, have all your quest chains been updated?”

“Yeah,” Vandal didn't seem overly enthusiastic. “Help Kathryn to find the artifact capable of creating an oasis of life on board a space station.”

“The reward 'unknown, varies'. Is that all right with you?”

“It's probably worth it,” Foggs agreed. “How far to her ship?”

“Three miles as the crow flies. Here's the map,” I forwarded them our new route that led toward the forest and around a hill, then ended in a large clearing.

“She'll sell us out,” Vandal said.

“What makes you think so?”

“Just a gut feeling. There's a catch there somewhere.”

“It's not going to be easy, if that's what you mean. The orbital strikes have triggered mob migrations,” I said, then repeated Kathryn's story about the death of her raid.

“Does that mean this location is now unpredictable?” Foggs asked.

“It is. The plain is the most dangerous area. I hope that the forest isn't as bad; in any case, it'll cover us from flying mobs. I'll try to talk Kathryn into not repeating the same mistake she already made. She should leave the rover where it is and use the ship instead to fly over the location and scan it. If we use the antigrav and fly low, the Dargian artillery might not even notice us.”

“Fair enough,” Vandal agreed. “I'm not looking forward to hiking thirty miles back across the mountains.”

“Count me in,” Foggs said. “It's not as if we have an option. But we need more guns.”

He was dead right there.

I contacted Kathryn. “Meet you at the rover. We need to get some more weapons. The buffs are on you: Intellect and Stamina.”

“No objections to exo, I hope?”

“I don't think so.”

“No problem there, then. Plenty of that stuff lying around.”

“What's your plan?” Foggs asked me as we walked back toward the rover.

“I have a few abilities I want to try,” I opened my characteristics tab and added my two available XP points to Replication.

“And this Stamina buff, is it for you to stay awake? Your metabolic corrector isn't up to it anymore, I suppose. You be careful, Zander. You might regret it.”

“I'll be all right,” I slapped his shoulder. “Thanks, anyway. But we do need some normal guns now, that's for sure.”

We reached the rover. Kathryn handed me a cartridge with some exo. I clicked it into my suit and waited for the metabolites to kick in, then began the replication process. Now I could create four nanite colonies which meant that I could replicate them four times every twenty-four hours.

With a flash, the air filled with Molecular Mist. Kathryn's eyes narrowed in surprise. She probably never heard of this ability before.

I brought a large rag and spread it on the ground. “All the weapons and techno loot, just throw it all down here.”

Foggs and Vandal lay down their recent trophies: the broken Dargian sniper's rifle

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