The Allbright System - A Sci-Fi Progression LitRPG Story

“You can feel it.

“I don’t care what anyone says—when command announces a Battlefield Ace being deployed, the whole trench just… changes.

“Guys who were slumped against the wall five seconds ago are suddenly re-checking their mags. Marines that required a Medic just seconds ago, get a second wind. People stop talking and start moving.

“It’s like someone turned the dial up on the whole company.

“We know they’re going to hit the enemy harder than we ever could, so we damn well make sure they’ve got the breathing room to do it.”

Corporal Ilyana Serik:

"The enemy knows. You can see it when an Ace steps onto the battlefield.

“Their fire shifts, their lines bend. They throw bodies at the Ace’s position like they think if they just bury them under enough, the fight ends.

“That’s when the rest of us have to dig in twice as hard.

“The Ace is strong, no doubt, but never invincible. If the Republic concentrates everything on them, even the best won’t last.

“So we fight harder, hold tighter, because every second we keep pressure elsewhere is another second the Ace gets to tear literal holes through their lines…"

Sergeant Malek Ordo:

"The strangest part is watching the flow of the battlefield simply… change.

“You think you know where the line is about to collapse, you’ve got your maps and your estimates—then the Ace appears, and everything just shifts.

“The enemy diverts, flanks twist and turn, and suddenly that weak point you were about to reinforce doesn’t even matter to the enemy anymore.

“The fight’s abruptly orbiting around one Marine’s position.

“It’s dangerous as fuck, but also… undeniably freeing.

“Because if you’re not in their sector, you know the pressure’s lighter. You know you can hit harder, move faster, because the Republic’s eyes aren’t on you; They’re staring at the Ace."

Corporal Jace Hunn

“You instinctively start treating the battlefield differently, y’know?

“It’s not just about stayin’ alive anymore, or even killin’ all the enemies—it’s about keepin’ them alive as well now.

“Once an Ace is deployed, you find yourself suddenly pushin’ harder, takin’ more shots, tryin’ to keep the enemy pinned; even more so than usual. Because you just know… They are both your best shot at gettin’ out of this alive, but also the most vulnerable person on the entire Emperor-damned Battlefield.

“After all, one thing is always true: They can’t do their job if we’re not keepin’ their flanks clear.

“You can think of them like the sharp tip of a spear—capable of inflictin’ brutal, downright lethal wounds on the enemy—but… a spear’s nothin’ without the shaft behind it, guidin’ its strike and makin’ sure there is follow-through rather than simply snappin’ upon contact.”

[UHF News Net – "Echoes of the Frontline: Battlefield Ace deployment", PFC866]