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Drones were flaming out. They were failing. They were falling out of the sky. Up high, in their wing-suits, the Eagle Squad fliers were just helpless emasculated spectators. Then their navigation systems began malfunctioning, victims of redundancy overload. Their wing-suits caught fire. Boone watched the world come to its end as he thundered through the atmosphere, falling hundreds of metres per second now, at terminal velocity. He could scarcely breathe. | Drones were flaming out. They were failing. They were falling out of the sky. Up high, in their wing-suits, the Eagle Squad fliers were just helpless emasculated spectators. Then their navigation systems began malfunctioning, victims of redundancy overload. Their wing-suits caught fire. Boone watched the world come to its end as he thundered through the atmosphere, falling hundreds of metres per second now, at terminal velocity. He could scarcely breathe. | ||
As he drifted into unconsciousness, falling towards a burning planet, | All around, klaxons blared. Red lights flashed. As he drifted into unconsciousness, falling towards a burning planet, Boone’s last thought was to take that small crumb of comfort that the end of his final, fatal fall might come in time to avoid seeing the total destruction of the planet that he loved. Boone could just about make out his DVA, a faint, crackling message, a last ray of lost hope: Boone! ... Boone! ... Come in Boone! | ||
Georgie slapped | Georgie slapped Boone hard across his face. “BOONE. WAKE UP. We are mobilising.” | ||
Opco Boone bolted up out of his bunk. His eyes were like saucers. Just the bare, elephant spunk grey of the Eagle Squad’s dormitory walls. | Opco Boone bolted up out of his bunk. His eyes were like saucers. Just the bare, elephant spunk grey of the Eagle Squad’s dormitory walls, and Georgie standing over him. | ||
“Jesus, Boone, you were in deep!” said Georgie. | “Jesus, Boone, you were in deep!” said Georgie. | ||
The kid [[E.J.P Barbarazza|Barbarazza]] ran by, hauling on his differentiation fatigues. “Come on, Boone! We’ve got a live one!” | |||
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