"Jeff Kirvin - Unification Chronicles 4 - Exiting Eden" - читать интересную книгу автора (Kirvin Jeff)

тАЬGreat. YouтАЩre going to drive while I distract our two friends back there. As soon as they
leave you alone, head straight for the landing pad and get yourself and the others on that last
shuttle. Once youтАЩre all on board, run to the cockpit and punch the button marked тАШAutopilotтАЩ.
ItтАЩs already programmed to take you back to Envoy.

тАЬGot all that?тАЭ

Mike nodded again, doing his best to make himself look composed and in control.

тАЬYouтАЩll do fine, Mike,тАЭ Jack said, hurling the transport around a sharp corner to give Mike a
few seconds to take the controls. Once the older man sat down behind the wheel, Jack lurched
over to the side hatch. They were very close to the security building.

тАЬIтАЩll see you on the Envoy,тАЭ Jack said, then he jumped.

As soon as he was clear of the transport, Jack sprinted for the security building. He didnтАЩt
have much time. The once stark white buildings of the compound were a dingy gray, and
many of them were missing large chunks of plasticrete. The place was empty, a ghost town.
The Saurians had done an effective job of defending their territory.

He reached the security building and hurried inside. His armor was where he left it, and he
donned it with practiced efficiency. In under a minute, Jack underwent a transformation from
harried man to confident metal demigod. He grabbed the most powerful weapons he could
carry. Armed with a small shoulder-mounted rocket launcher, a plasma rifle and a rifle-sized
rail gun, he stepped back onto the street. Elapsed time from his exodus from the transport: 77
seconds.

Jack homed in on the sounds of weapons fire. The transport was three blocks away, the two
Saurians in close but frustrated pursuit. MikeтАЩs inexperience with piloting was working in his
favor, as the colonist haphazardly hurled and caromed the transport around the wide streets
with frenzied unpredictability. The Saurians couldnтАЩt draw a steady bead on the weaving
vehicle.

LetтАЩs give them something else to shoot at. He loosed a missile salvo for the Saurian on the left,
and a few high density iron slugs magnetically accelerated to supersonic speeds by the railgun
for the Saurian on the right.

The effect was immediate and exactly what Jack had hoped. Both Saurian machines pivoted
and addressed the new threat that had pierced their rear armor. The transport forgotten, they
advanced on him.

Jack keyed his helmet radio. тАЬKillian to transport! Do you read me, Mike?тАЭ

тАЬYes,тАЭ came the tentative reply.

Jack backpedaled, making sure he kept the SauriansтАЩ attention, and fired of his plasma rifle
to keep them interested. He noticed it didnтАЩt do as much damage as the kinetic weapons. тАЬI
think IтАЩve got their undivided attention,тАЭ Jack said into the radio. тАЬHead for the shuttle and get
everyone on board. After you leave IтАЩll make my way to the dropship and meet everyone on
Envoy. Got all that?тАЭ