Templeton took the hit like a champion and let his assailant have it in the face with the steel-knuckled glove on his left hand, sending the man backwards over his own chair.
The man was taking a while to get up, so Templeton spoke casually, "Now it's not that I mind you forgetting me while I was gone. But that keel I made you was supposed to be part of an exchange, and you promised me parts next time we met." He dropped to the side as the man threw a punch with a roar, and gave him...
“So,” said McDermott, turning down the radio a bit. “Vampires; evil or misunderstood?”
Julian Bennet kept his eyes on the dark, winding road, but pondered the question. It was going to be a long drive – best to keep the mind occupied. “In general or by definition?”
“By definition.”
“I guess that depends on who's writing them – what sort of reason or source for them existing the author uses.”
“Don't dodge the question, Bennet.”
Bennet had known McDermott...
The 1st Ranger Enhanced Battalion (REB, nicknamed the Rebs) was the first unit in the US Military to go public with its use of the M-36 series of Individual Battle Platforms (IBP), an advanced suit of mechanical armor designed to protect the soldier while offering both maximum mobility and a platform for carrying multiple weapon systems. It is essentially an 8-foot tall robot that each Ranger operates from the inside. It was developed through cooperation between WamTek and Northeast...
