Planetfall

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The technician was done, which was good. Nole ordered the men into an arrow-head formation for movement over the ash plains between their current location and the Malborough Core's perimeter and the way down below. They were moving at a light jog, with the Recon Unit loping along in the centre of the formation just behind the tip of the arrow.

Nole wondered over what might have happened to tip the precarious balance that had settled over the battlefield and how that was going to affect the situation down on the ground on Leeds. However, if there was a Kusari planetfall, his men would be ready to repel or counterattack as the invaders landed.

Nole kept his pace, but lifted his gaze to the night sky. The smog cleared for a moment. Just enough time to reveal a firestorm of sparks and flashes darting across the night sky like shooting stars. He shivered inside his armour. This was it. This really was an invasion - not something distant and detached that happened out of sight and mind a long way away.

Then there was a blinding light from above, as something massive entered the atmosphere, lighting everything below like a sunburst. The formation floundered, then hit the floor as a massive sonic boom thundered across the area, the flaming comet plunging downwards. Finally there was an explosion and the earth rolled, further shaking the men of A Platoon.

Then the radio crackled again. A disbelieving Pile Comms officer relaying the grim news. "The Destroyer Haida is down Sir. They're all dead..."

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