Chapter Seventy-Seven - Dead Samurai Tell No Tales
Chapter Seventy-Seven - Dead Samurai Tell No Tales
"Samurai are our saviours. Our heroes. The people we follow, the madmen and women who force the world to change.
And sometimes they die."
--President of the United States, Silver Hoop's eulogy, 2035
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The Family squad ahead of me landed in an open roadway. Three quadcopters coming down with military-grade precision in the centre of an intersection with their fronts turning so that they formed a sort of triangle.
I brought my mech carrier up and into the centre of that formation, then let the clamps go. There was a heavy thump as my mech landed, but I was strapped in well enough that I barely felt it.
The choppers' opened up aIt the rear and disgorged three fireteams out onto the road. These were men and women in all-black armour, with just a few small patches for identification.
I felt like I was getting used to working with soldiers, but these people moved differently.