"Kevin Killiany - Battletech - Encouter at El Giza" - читать интересную книгу автора (Killiany Kevin)

тАЬScuttlebug to Beetles,тАЭ Jake said into his helmet mic. He quickly
advised the two other tanks, which lacked his command scanner,
of the situation as J. Edgar plunged back into the high grasses.
тАЬDig perimeter, best speed,тАЭ he concluded. тАЬLet Captain Peregrine
know youтАЩre there.тАЭ
Barns and Trace acknowledged. It would be long minutes before
they got thereтАФthe Vedettes could make about seventy-five kph
over the undulating prairieтАФbut Peregrine Junior might appreci-
ate having a couple of medium tanks in the hole. If they got there
in time.
тАЬTeddi.тАЭ
The driver nodded again and angled the hover tank into a shal-
low arc that would place them between the University expedition
they were protecting and whatever was advancing on One Gamma
Lance. Her record said she had driven transports before being
drafted into the IrregularтАЩs infant armor platoon. Watching the
purple prairie flash past, Jake suspected the solidly-built sergeant
was a frustrated aerospace fighter pilot.
тАЬMadre di Dios!тАЭ Alejandro FuentesтАЩ voice cut through the gen-
eral chatter on the scanner.
тАЬI see them,тАЭ Clint acknowledged.
тАЬBut sensors donтАЩt,тАЭ the Hussar pilot responded. тАЬI canтАЩt get a
weapons lock.тАЭ
тАЬMalfunction?тАЭ
тАЬThen I got it, too,тАЭ Dora Campbell cut in. тАЬComputers canтАЩt ID,
targeting canтАЩt lock.тАЭ
Jake cursed under his breath. The turret of the J. Edgar was less
than knee-high on his old Grasshopper. He was used to a com-
manding view of the battlefield. Down here in the grass, rolls of
earth a BattleMech could traverse without breaking stride cut him
off from the unfolding situation.
тАЬOne Gamma Able to command,тАЭ Clint broadcast. тАЬFour un-
known medium тАЩMechs, no visible markings. Grid piper-four-two,
vector incoming, closing at seven-zero kph, estimate thirteen min-
utes to perimeter.тАЭ
тАЬThermals in the grass,тАЭ CampbellтАЩs voice was calm. тАЬWe got
infantry, too.тАЭ
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Jake nodded to himself. CampbellтАЩs Vulcan was well able to de-
fend itself against most infantry threats. In this grassland, a тАЩMech
with a flamer had little to fear from ground troops.
тАЬOne Gamma Able to command,тАЭ Clint repeated. тАЬRespond.тАЭ
Jake kicked the scannerтАЩs gain to maximum, but heard nothing
but static on the general channel. He keyed his mic.
тАЬMierda!тАЭ
тАЬScramble, Dro,тАЭ Clint ordered. тАЬItтАЩs got your number.тАЭ
Before Jake could ask, FuentesтАЩ Hussar crested the rise ahead,