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Exiting Eden [Unification Chronicles #4] [MultiFormat]
eBook by Jeff Kirvin
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eBook Category: Science Fiction
eBook Description: Major Jack Killian and the crew of the Envoy discovered humanity's first extrasolar planet, which they named New Eden. Shortly after landing, they found evidence of another sentient life form on the planet. Jack accompanied the captain of the Envoy to meet the aliens, an avian race resembling a large-brained cross between a velociraptor and a turkey. The aliens attacked as soon as they saw the humans. Now Jack and his team have to evacuate the colonists or die trying.
eBook Publisher: Solo Media
Fictionwise Release Date: September 2006
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Words: 4654
Reading time: 13-18 min.
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Robyn and her Marines did their best against the aliens, but their best wasn't doing much good. They'd each managed to distract one of the alien machines who didn't seem to care what they attacked but that still left two following the transport. She couldn't take down her machine quickly enough to attack the ones following the transport, assuming she could kill it at all.
The machine in question brought its foot down hard, nearly stomping Robyn flat. With a thought, Robyn activated her jumpjets and rocketed over the Saurian mech. From above, the avian shape was more obvious, and the dorsal side seemed to have less armor than the front. She fired her plasma rifle as she arced down with gravity, drawing only a scorched black scar on the back of the machine.
Robyn rolled as she landed, coming up in a crouch and shooting at the knee joint of the mech. She saw a satisfying burst of sparks, then had to roll to her side to avoid a stream of autocannon fire from the mech.
She saw another blast of fire hit the mech in the "arm," just above the autocannon. Private Girish bounded into her line of view, dodging the attacks of the mech with effortless grace.
"I got mine, Lieutenant," she heard his voice over the tacnet. "Let's finish these assholes and get back to camp!"
She jumped up and ran around the thing's legs, firing as she went. She was doing damage, but not enough. The only thing she had going for her was that with Girish jumping around, bouncing off cockpit, back, autocannon like an armored gnat, the mech's pilot wasn't working too hard at shooting at her.
She dodged a giant metal talon as the mech nearly stepped on her, then saw her opening. Lying supine, she raised her plasma rifle and fired at the underside of the mech, where the legs met the torso. She heard a loud crack as something weakened and snapped, then the mech began to topple.
As the cockpit of the mech smashed into the dirt, Girish bound up again to jump on its back.
He never landed.
Girish was ripped to shreds by autocannon fire. He didn't have time to scream. Robyn peeked around the fallen mech to see another running her way. The legs didn't move that fast, but with a stride that long, they didn't have to. She could see the small armored form of Sergeant Jabari trailing after it.
"Get under it!" Robyn shouted to Jabari. "Hit the hip joint!" She used the crippled mech as cover and opened fire on the newcomer.
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