REACTr: A Taste of Something Smuggled In

by KevMullins

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The vehicle accelerated to 200 mph as it entered the NetWay. A blaze of blue lights streaking in the rain.

It linked with the other cars, directing them to clear a path, then it punched up to 300 mph and began to weave, wildly in and out of traffic. None of the other drivers even noticed… just another day on the NetWay.

“Sup Chief?” Nick asked.

“Nasty situation. It’s a mess on a container ship inbound from Japan. Got your whole team en route,” the man on the monitor replied.

“Sounds like a job for the port authority, not Advanced Cybercrime.”

“Illegal nanotech, military grade, possibly REMORA and outlaw cybernetics… some heavy duty shit. In other words, cut the crap Nick and get your ass down there.”

“Yes sir.”

Images from the officers already on scene began to fill the screen along with information about the ship. From what he could see, it really was a mess.

REMORA , Nick thought.

He was definitely not going to have a good morning and it’s definitely going to be a long day.

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. REACTr: A Taste of Something Smuggled In

    John Perkins' Buddy Icon John Perkins

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Cool. Good pacing and nice sense of action in here. Though, I still think you could have introduced the chief in this one.
    Also, before Pyro gets in here to beat me to the punch, “not Advanced Cybercrime?” is a statement, not a question. And it should be “and get your ass” down there.
    Finally, ever since the Furby was released, I thought they should implement a similar system in cars. They should all talk to each other, so that was cool to see you use something like that here.

  2. REACTr: A Taste of Something Smuggled In

    JLaughter's Buddy Icon JLaughter

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I’m looking forward to see where this series goes, Kev. John’s got a handle on all the editing, though, so that’s all I have to say.

  3. REACTr: A Taste of Something Smuggled In

    JLaughter's Buddy Icon JLaughter

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    And I’m sure I’m probably just asking for a spoiler, but I didn’t know (and still don’t, really) what “REMORA” was, and apparently all I can find is that it’s some kind of fish, and also a music project by some guy named Brian John Mitchell. Whoever that is. I’m assuming that REMORA is neither fish, nor Mitchell Music.

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    KevMullins' Buddy Icon KevMullins

    Posted 2 months ago

    @John, Good catch on the edits, the Advanced Cybercrime used to be part of a sentence but I changed it and forgot the punctuation. You for your is a bad habit of mine… do it all the time. I had the idea for the NetWay for a long time. Embedded markers in the road along with a central network and local area info share between cars would prevent lots of wrecks… in you’ve ever driven Houston rush hour traffic, you’d understand.

  5. REACTr: A Taste of Something Smuggled In

    KevMullins' Buddy Icon KevMullins

    Posted 2 months ago

    @JLaughter – glad you are enjoying the series… I’d be lying if I didn’t admit to being inspired by BagMan. :)
    The definition of REMORA will come a little later… but I’ll give you a hint I was thinking more of the fish.

  6. REACTr: A Taste of Something Smuggled In

    Ana Cristina's Buddy Icon Ana Cristina

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    The pacing is fantastic here, great action and details.

  7. REACTr: A Taste of Something Smuggled In

    KevMullins' Buddy Icon KevMullins

    Posted 2 months ago

    Again, thanks Ana. I rewrote this piece about 1,000 times to get the pacing down… actually I wasn’t really happy with it when I posted.
    As always, I do appreciate the comments from everybody.

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