by Thomas Webb
Ramsey’s mind was already working. “I’ll need holo maps. Building schematics, and any known security measures,” he said. “Give me anything you’ve got on this place. I also want all that intel your people pulled on Lima, Hale, Mallory, and ASI. Once I get my hands on it, I can have a team wheels up in forty-eight hours.”
“Check your holo messages,” Steen said. “Data’s already been sent.”
There was a knock at the door.
Steen grinned. “Oh good. My eleven o’clock is here.”
The two suits returned, holding a young Andarian girl between them. Her gaze darted around the room. She looked at Ramsey, her dark eyes begging for help. He looked away, unable to meet them.
“Well?” Steen said. He made a shooing motion at Ramsey with his hands. “Time for you to go, Ramsey. Good hunting.”
It was a clear dismissal. Ramsey turned on his heel and left without another word. He did his best to ignore the pleading gaze of the Andarian girl.
“Love the new face by the way,” Steen called from the Billiards Room. “It suits you.”
The door closed on Steen’s laughter as Ramsey walked down the hallway. He’d have to shower for a week straight before he could even begin to feel like he was clean again. How the hell had he ended up in bed with the likes of a creep like Steen?
He left the Atwood Club, fighting to get the image of the Andarian girl out of his brain. Instead, he focused his thoughts on the upcoming operation. The next thing he knew he was already planning the infil. It was time to eliminate a major thorn in his—and in ULS’s—side. Then maybe he could see to restoring some of his honor.
But before that, he needed to see to ASI.
It was time to end this.
The Separatist Wars Continues. . .
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You Can’t Keep a Good Marine Down
Did you know that Trace Hale once did a stint in the brig?
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Also By Thomas Webb
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In the Clockwerk Thriller Series
“Vince Flynn’s political thrillers meet the creative technology of Jules Verne.”
Stalemate: Clockwerk Thriller – Book One
Clockwerk soldiers, airships, and aether bombs have ground the War Between the States to a stalemate. Can Colonel Julius Montclair find a way to end the bitter conflict?
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Precipice: Clockwerk Thriller – Book Two
Colonel Julius Montclair, youngest airship commander in the Union fleet, is the only man with the experience and skill to go behind enemy lines on a secret, deadly mission. Only this time he’ll be forced to confront the ghosts of his past . . . ghosts that still have the power to kill.
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Colonel Julius Montclair, crushed by the weight of his own actions, has abandoned his command and fled into exile. Can his allies find him in time to answer President Grant’s call for help?
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Glossary of Terms
2IC - Second-in-command. A title denoting the second-highest authority within a certain group, team, or organization.
AI – Artificial Intelligence. The simulation of human intelligence in machines that are programmed to think like humans and mimic their actions. The term may also be applied to any machine that exhibits traits associated with a human mind such as learning and problem-solving.
APC – Armored Personnel Carrier. An armored military vehicle designed to transport personnel and equipment in combat zones. Compared to other infantry fighting vehicles, APCs generally have less armament and are not designed to provide direct fire support in battle.*
(*During instances of black site prisons coming under attack, please disregard latter portion of definition.)
Civvies – Civilian clothing
EAS – Acronym: End of Active Service. Conclusion of the period of active duty commitment for a member of the United Nations military.
EOD – Acronym: Explosive Ordnance Disposal. A military role involving specialized training. Explosive Ordnance Disposal techs are specially trained, equipped, and integrated to attack, defeat and exploit unexploded ordnance, improvised explosive devices, and weapons of mass destruction.
ISR – Acronym: Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance. Refers to functions and principal elements of United Nations defense capabilities, and includes a wide variety of systems for acquiring and processing information required by Earth security decision makers and military commanders.
MARSOC – Marine Corps Special Operations Command. The Marine Corps component of United Nations Special Operations Command. Its core capabilities are direct action, special reconnaissance and interstellar internal defense. MARSOC has also been directed to conduct counter-terrorism and information operations.
Oscar Mike – Acronym (military phonetic alphabet): On the Move.
POA – Acronym: Plan of Attack
QRF – Acronym: Quick Reaction Force. An armed military unit capable of rapidly responding to developing situations, typically to assist allied units in need of such assistance.
ROE – Acronym: Rules of Engagement. The internal rules or directives among military forces (including individuals) that define the circumstances, conditions, degree, and manner in which the use of force, or actions which might be construed as force, may be applied.
S-2 – Refers to “Staff Function Two,” or a unit’s Intelligence and Security shop.
Special Activities Division (SAD) - The Special Activities Division (SAD) is a division of the United Nations Intelligence Agency responsible for covert and paramilitary operations. The Special Activities Division’s duties include but are not limited to any and all high-threat clandestine and covert operations. SAD often selects former service members from various branches of the U.N. special operations community (such as Delta, the 13th French Parachute Dragoon Regiment, Indian Navy Special Forces, Navy SEALs, The Royal Thai Army, Polish GROM, and the United Kingdom’s Special Air Service).
Stockade – Military’s equivalent to jail. “Stockade” is the term used by the Army and Air & Space Force. “Brig” is used by Navy and Marine forces (Brig is, incidentally, the correct term