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In hindsight there would be much better ways to have dealt with this problem. Of course, nothing could beat the experience of clandestine operations. Abele had seen far fewer missions of this type than she cared to. Now as her squad was dragged through space, all of them strapped to what was essentially a tank of gas and oxygen. It was both thrilling and sobering to know that an asteroid at any moment could smash their little setup to pieces or obliterate any one of them.
Finding the installation hadn't been hard, it was an asteroid that was hotter than the rest and a clever scout had done his work splendidly. She could even see the hangar area now with a freighter was squeezing into the crater of a base.
"Impact, 5 minutes, we're right on track."
She gripped the SMG that was tightly fastened to her chest and felt the combat knife there as well. Everything she could need was on her person right now, her suit was even fitted with a cloaking device: military issue and brand-spanking-new. This mission wasn't only to deal with a problem, it was a field test for the new cloaking devices. If the tools proved useful then they would become something more than a rarity in SOLAG and other special forces. Maybe they would get workable shield generators one day and stop having to wear armor.
Finding the installation hadn't been hard, it was an asteroid that was hotter than the rest and a clever scout had done his work splendidly. She could even see the hangar area now with a freighter was squeezing into the crater of a base.
"Impact, 5 minutes, we're right on track."
She gripped the SMG that was tightly fastened to her chest and felt the combat knife there as well. Everything she could need was on her person right now, her suit was even fitted with a cloaking device: military issue and brand-spanking-new. This mission wasn't only to deal with a problem, it was a field test for the new cloaking devices. If the tools proved useful then they would become something more than a rarity in SOLAG and other special forces. Maybe they would get workable shield generators one day and stop having to wear armor.