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."General Horner calling.""Put him through." Mosovich sighed."Afternoon, sir.""I notice you don't say 'Good afternoon,' Sergeant." The AID threw up ahologram of the officer in the distant headquarters and he had his habitualtight, grim smile locked down."Tell me what's going on.""Full tilt bug-out boogie, sir," Mosovich said."We're heading up into thehills to try to swing down and take a look at them as they pour past or, if itgoes the way I'm figuring, try to E&E out to the west.TheAID says they're pouring through one hundred thousand an hour and that matchesmy rough guess of the ones I can see.And we saw flying tanks; the AIDs havevisuals on them now.I don't see the corps rallying either, sir.And there's aSub-Urb just to the north; I'm afraid that's going to be on its own, sir.I'lltell you the truth, sir, I don't like it at all.""Neither do I, Sergeant Major," Horner replied."Normally this corps would bePage 197 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlbackstopped at some point, but this area." He shrugged."There's also thefact that, apparently in support of this move, thePosleen all up and down the eastern seaboard are pushing at all the passes,gaps and roads, everywhere.There's even a small incursion that has made it into the Shenandoah betweenRoanoke and Front Royal.Iexpect other small incursions as things go by.For that matter, I wouldn't besurprised if we lost more than one Sub-Urb in this campaign; we've never beenunder a full court press before.""That's.not good," Mosovich said."Among other things, we've got a lotof industry in theShenandoah, don't we?""No, it's not good," Horner agreed."The area that they are in actually hasthree SheVas; unfortunately all of them are under construction and none ofthem are armed; we're looking at losing them half built, which is four monthsproduction down the tubes.Move as you see fit, Sergeant Major.If we need youat a particular point, I'll call.""Can I ask what you intend, sir?" the sergeant major asked diffidently."Inthis area, I mean.""I'll probably try to plug the hole," Horner said."Eastern Command is movingunits to close the roads out of the area; there's a recovering division eastof Knoxville that is being spread out and pushed forward.But, realistically, the Gap is like the bottom of a funnel; once you get outof the gap, there are roads in every direction.Closing all of them againstthat much Posleen pressure is going to be hard; better to close the Gap againand deal with the landers if and when.""Plugging the hole will be.difficult, sir," Mosovich said, shaking hishead."Whatever unit is in there is going to be hit from four directions atonce; there's probably still over five million Posleen down inGeorgia trying to force their way up, there's going to be nearly a million attheir back, there's landers in the air.Just about anybody wouldevaporate like spit on a hot griddle.With all due respect.""You're right, Sergeant Major," Horner said with a very tight smile."Justabout anyone would."CHAPTER 26Shall we only threaten and be angry for an hour?When the storm is ended shall we findHow softly but swiftly they have sidled back to powerBy the favor and contrivance of their kind? Rudyard Kipling"Mesopotamia" (1917)Newry Cantonment, PA, United States, Sol III1405 EDT Saturday September 26, 2009 adMike touched the next e-mail in the queue, which was from Michelle, hisyoungest daughter, and the message flashed up on his hologram.Michelle hadbeen evacuated off-planet, along with over four million other Fleet dependentsfrom a variety of countries.The ostensible reason for this was to free up theFleet personnel from worrying about the security of their children.However,since only one child was taken per Fleet "family," the recognized reality wasto create a pool of humans in case Earth was lost.WhenMike was feeling really cynical he wondered if they were also hostages toensure the good behavior of the Fleet [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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."General Horner calling.""Put him through." Mosovich sighed."Afternoon, sir.""I notice you don't say 'Good afternoon,' Sergeant." The AID threw up ahologram of the officer in the distant headquarters and he had his habitualtight, grim smile locked down."Tell me what's going on.""Full tilt bug-out boogie, sir," Mosovich said."We're heading up into thehills to try to swing down and take a look at them as they pour past or, if itgoes the way I'm figuring, try to E&E out to the west.TheAID says they're pouring through one hundred thousand an hour and that matchesmy rough guess of the ones I can see.And we saw flying tanks; the AIDs havevisuals on them now.I don't see the corps rallying either, sir.And there's aSub-Urb just to the north; I'm afraid that's going to be on its own, sir.I'lltell you the truth, sir, I don't like it at all.""Neither do I, Sergeant Major," Horner replied."Normally this corps would bePage 197 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlbackstopped at some point, but this area." He shrugged."There's also thefact that, apparently in support of this move, thePosleen all up and down the eastern seaboard are pushing at all the passes,gaps and roads, everywhere.There's even a small incursion that has made it into the Shenandoah betweenRoanoke and Front Royal.Iexpect other small incursions as things go by.For that matter, I wouldn't besurprised if we lost more than one Sub-Urb in this campaign; we've never beenunder a full court press before.""That's.not good," Mosovich said."Among other things, we've got a lotof industry in theShenandoah, don't we?""No, it's not good," Horner agreed."The area that they are in actually hasthree SheVas; unfortunately all of them are under construction and none ofthem are armed; we're looking at losing them half built, which is four monthsproduction down the tubes.Move as you see fit, Sergeant Major.If we need youat a particular point, I'll call.""Can I ask what you intend, sir?" the sergeant major asked diffidently."Inthis area, I mean.""I'll probably try to plug the hole," Horner said."Eastern Command is movingunits to close the roads out of the area; there's a recovering division eastof Knoxville that is being spread out and pushed forward.But, realistically, the Gap is like the bottom of a funnel; once you get outof the gap, there are roads in every direction.Closing all of them againstthat much Posleen pressure is going to be hard; better to close the Gap againand deal with the landers if and when.""Plugging the hole will be.difficult, sir," Mosovich said, shaking hishead."Whatever unit is in there is going to be hit from four directions atonce; there's probably still over five million Posleen down inGeorgia trying to force their way up, there's going to be nearly a million attheir back, there's landers in the air.Just about anybody wouldevaporate like spit on a hot griddle.With all due respect.""You're right, Sergeant Major," Horner said with a very tight smile."Justabout anyone would."CHAPTER 26Shall we only threaten and be angry for an hour?When the storm is ended shall we findHow softly but swiftly they have sidled back to powerBy the favor and contrivance of their kind? Rudyard Kipling"Mesopotamia" (1917)Newry Cantonment, PA, United States, Sol III1405 EDT Saturday September 26, 2009 adMike touched the next e-mail in the queue, which was from Michelle, hisyoungest daughter, and the message flashed up on his hologram.Michelle hadbeen evacuated off-planet, along with over four million other Fleet dependentsfrom a variety of countries.The ostensible reason for this was to free up theFleet personnel from worrying about the security of their children.However,since only one child was taken per Fleet "family," the recognized reality wasto create a pool of humans in case Earth was lost.WhenMike was feeling really cynical he wondered if they were also hostages toensure the good behavior of the Fleet [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]