Short Story Fridays: The Gate P.5- All Along the Watchtower

Tweet of the Day: Getting from notebook to novel- #2

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Part 1 Part 5     Part 8  Part 12a Part 12b Aftermath

Part 2 Part 6a  Part 9  

Part 3 Part 6b Part 10

Part 4 Part 7   Part 11

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-Unit 03 Status: Online.

-Time: 0457 hrs

-Location: Level 01, Arcology Ground Floor, 65 meters from abandoned storefront, location ID- Macy’s

-Data Feed Active

-Audio Filters: Enabled

-External Microphone Pickup Gain: High

-Multiple Heat Images exiting Store Front.

-Sensory Fusion- Audio/IR/Low Light Imagery:ID Unnamed Ground Combat Vehicle, Spider Configuration.

-Sentry Unit ID Match: Lockwood Arms International Hunter-Killer

-Active LADAR/SONAR Scans Detected

-Engaging Active Masking

-Active Masking Defeated

-Audio Signals

<Multiple Servo Motors + 4.46mm gunfire, short burst>

-Threat Level HIGH

-Engaged by combat units, classified as HOSTILE

<ALERT: UNIT 04 HIT BY INCOMING FIRE>

-Damage Assessment: Loss of Visual Acuity by 50%

-Retreating from target area

-Loss of direct visual contact

-Unit 03 Status Update: Operational but damaged

-New Orders: Remain within a square kilometer of target area until relieved

-Orders: Accepted

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Seems that I’m going for one long and one short when it comes to these posts. Hope it keeps my readers happy until next time. 😉

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