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

The last NorthCo soldier through the shaft yelled out “they’re right on
our tail!” as soon as orange spherical devices started to float down.
“
Get down!” yelled the Admiral as the elevator sha lit up in a ball of
flame. The fire died as soon as it came, but by then it had already
disintegrated two of the NorthCo soldiers and le the sha with a gaping
spherical hole s ll glowing orange.
“
Corporal Higgins” ordered the Admiral “leave a surprise for them”
“
Yes, sir!” the soldier replied as he went back to presumably set charges, or
mines in an cipa on of USOC’s speedy arrival.
Derek boosted through to the back of the deck, and sure enough there
was a full row of escape pods. More than enough to evacuate the
entirety of Derek and the Admiral’s remaining soldiers. They hurried
over to the back. All nine of them. An explosion occurred not far
behind them, it shook the ship. USOC were coming. The Admiral
boosted over to the control panels and gestured for an engineer. “Power
these up. Quickly.” Derek however, pressed down on the control panel
and it lit up immediately.
“
All pods are individually powered by stored solar energy as well as
associated control objects” mu ered Derek.
“
Alright then” said the Admiral “let’s get out of here!”
The men took point, allowing Derek, the Admiral and the trunk to go
in first. “You’ll have to load that box in separately!” ordered the
Admiral. “It’s too big.” Just as he said that, USOC soldiers dropped
into view and fired upon them. NorthCo defenders returned fire,
picking off a good couple from cover. Footlockers and steel desks
provided good cover from the fire, but it wouldn’t hold for long, not
against the overwhelming USOC forces. “Keep shooting!” yelled the

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