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War Machine by Andy Remic
Science Fiction
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In a time of post-Singularity and FTL travel, Combat K are elite and murderous combat squads trained by the Quad-Gal Military specialising in interrogation, infiltration, assassination and detonation. Their gameplan is simple: to end The Helix War, which had raged across galaxies for a thousand years.
Ex-soldier Keenan, a stocky battered war veteran, addicted to Jataxa spirit yet still horribly efficient at his job, is working as a private investigator on a planet at the peaceful fringes of the Quad-Gal. Following the death of his family, Keenan is riddled with guilt and self-loathing, and carries a need for revenge which consumes him. When a prince from Jervai Province offers him a case on a dangerous colony world in exchange for clues that may lead to his family's murderer, Keenan is dragged from his self-pity. However, to have any chance of success he must gather together his old military unit, a group who swore they'd never work together again...
Through the tribal jungles of Ket, the mean chaotic streets of The City, the mission leads the squad to Teller's World, a Dead World, and home of the extinct God Leviathan... and there Keenan will find answers to his deepest nightmares... and face an ancient, evil terror older than The Four Galaxies.
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By: Andy Remic
OK, thanks for the feedback. I'm the first to admit I am not the best orator in the world, but I give it a good shot :-) And I've been considering dropping the backing music; anybody else have an opinion on this??By: Baxter
Interesting start. I'd like to recommend: Different "voices" for different characters. It gets a little hard to follow when there is no inflection or tone difference when different characters are speaking. Also I would cut the music to beginning, end and chapter changes. It gets a little distracting.
Chapters
| Title | Description | Date Created |
| War Machine Prologue (25.73 MB) | Combat K are pinned down on a jungle world during a pivotal mission to shut down a shield reactor. However, not only do they encounter a dangerous metal AI, they soon discover their squad has been betrayed... | Oct 31, 2008 |
| War Machine Chapter 1: Guilt Trip (32.25 MB) | In which we meet our hero, Keenan, and he receives a job to retrieve the Fractured Emerald. We also meet Franco Haggis, incarcerated in a mental institution with electrodes clmaped to his bits. | Oct 31, 2008 |
| War Machine Chapter 2: Excision (17.44 MB) | In which the wily Franco, ex-member of Combat K, affects a daring breakout from the Mount Pleasant Hilltop Institution... pursued by the ruthless Betezh. | Oct 31, 2008 |
| War Machine Chapter 3: A Violent Interlude (27.87 MB) | In which we meet Pippa, beautiful graceful, feminine, psychotic, muderous, and far more deadly than the male. | Oct 31, 2008 |
| War Machine Chapter 4: Scissor Sister (31.54 MB) | In which our heroes visit The City, an insane mish-mash of amoral technological building gone mad. The City had no written rules, laws or taxation on immigration, trade, import or export. The City welcomed smugglers, robbers and illegal traders: they were rich. The whole ethos of The City was that of free will, free trade, free speech. It wasn’t exactly anarchy, but to the casual eye – and especially to one who had never before visited – it was a damn close approximation. Either of Anarchy … or Hell … depending on one’s individual standpoint and ethos. Our heroes come searching for guns. Lots of guns. | Oct 31, 2008 |
| War Machine Chapter 5: Cityslickers (32.4 MB) | In which our heroes explore the urban hedonism that is... The City. | Nov 18, 2008 |
| War Machine Chapter 6: Red Zone (26.72 MB) | In which Franco runs into a lot of trouble... | Jan 6, 2009 |