Orbital by bill zhao copyright 2017 Bill Zhao Table of Contents act one (earth)

The instructions on the shield suit were basic. Derek was able to put it
on with little effort. “Here” said Marcus as he tossed him a T0-RC
Shotgun. “To the range!” The two stood in front of the same stall. “Hit
this, mate” said Marcus and a large humanoid figure rose up at the
middle of the range. “Well, don’t be scared. It’s a scarecrow for god’s
sake! Derek pulled the trigger on the shotgun and was almost
immediately propelled to the floor. “That had A LOT of recoil, Marcus.
I don’t think I’ll be using that particular gun.”
“
Alright then, toss it over here” Derek did as told but the instant he did so,
he has hit by a tremendous force that propelled him to the other side of
the room. “Dude, what… the…FUCK!? Was that? You don’t just shotgun
someone at point blank range”

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“
Mate, calm down. I was just trying to see how you take it. Especially at
that range. I mean you’ll be dealing with professionals. Trained soldiers. So
learn to deal with it. And stop being such a whiny bitch.”
Derek picked himself back up and uttered a single word under his
breath. “Douche”
“
What was that?”
“
Nothing.”
“
Okay… so from what I’ve observed, no more of the Torsec for you.”
“
The what?”
“
The shotgun. It’s what we call it. Now we move on to assault rifles then
machine guns then directed energy weapons then…” Derek never would
had thought that the first chance he got to shoot guns would also be when
he got sick of them. Now he just wanted training to be over. And get on
with his damn life. “So… um more shoo ng?”
“
Yup. Then we’ll teach you close quarter’s combat and unarmed offence/
defence. We don’t have too much me. Our ride to the moon will be ready
soon and we’ll take the first chance we get. The galaxy is at stake. And you
are the key to saving it. So what’s the point if you’re not ready? What
happens when all else fails and it’s all up to you? What happens when we
die and you are the only one le ? What happens then, huh? You just gonna
give up and wait for death? No. You will fight because I will train you and
you will never give up un l your last breath for humanity gives. You will live
and USOC will fall. If not, humanity will be pulled back into a me of
slavery and corrup on. Earth will become a prison world. USOC is the Nazi