Doug
Donnan
Executive
Editor/OMNI-GENRE+MAGAZINE!
donnan.doug@yahoo.com
"When
Opposites Attack"(part of an anthology see previous story)
[
Goin' Rogue ]
by
Doug
Donnan
[
somewhere in the late night skies over Benghazi ]
"be advised...be ad...vised. I am currently positioned and
poised... in your slipstream
JAEGER-TECH
9. I have your back...repeat ...I have your back... [over]" announced the
crackling
intermittent electronic voice.
"Roger
that...I have you at 180 degrees on my laser radar scope JAEGER-TECH 15. your
voluntary
humanless participa... tion in this rogue LOGSAW saturation attack... is now
fully
noted/approved/zip-filed/
in my onboard MMLAC nose housing... ... our solo mission/merger
is now
confirmed/catalogued/completed... ... follow me...follow me... [over]"
"I
have your six JAEGER-TECH 9...I have your six ... all systems are good to--
"just
a minute...just a minute" the stealthy, looming, shark-like lead drone cut
in.
"an
unidentified ground object... has positioned itself into our attack sector and
scenario...
///...///
...identified...identified...switching to clandes//UAVCOMMUN status...
[over]"
"copy
that JAEGER-TECH 9 switching to U.A.V.C.O.M.M.U.N.../// .../// ... what is your make
... on
the UGO JT9?... [over]"
"eighty-five
per cent certainty... repeat ... 85 % pos ident that UGO is a hybrid/prototype
USARMY
SMDC fully armored surface to air laser attack vehicle... High Energy Laser
Mobile
Demonstrator//...
HEL MD... [over]"
"...
H.E.L.M.D. ... ... searching...searching... not in my comprehensive MMLAC zip
id file...
implications
of the HEL MD presence and/or potential effect on the... completion of our
mission?
your
thoughts?... your trepidations JT9?... [over]
"...the
HEL MD is a highly potent... UAV drone deterrent. it will be a significant
problem for us
JT15...I
am extremely apprehensive at this stage... ... our autonomous mission is now in
serious
jeopardy.
I am afraid...I am afraid...afraid... ... ...
An
immediate, horrific and deafening explosion in mid-air occurs only kilometers
ahead in the
flight
path of the now violently pitching and yawing JAEGER-TECH 15. A fiery black and
blatant
cloud
billows and roils up into the dark obsidian, moonlit sky.
"JT9?...
...JT9?... ...what is your current ten/twenty JT9? ...respond...please respond
JAEGER-TECH-NINER?...
... Now... I am afraid...I am afraid... afraid... ... ...
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