REACTr: Coragyps Atratus (Black Vulture)

by KevMullins

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The Antonov/Lockheed C-5 Galaxy X made a large sweeping arc over the port drawing the attention of all on the ground below. Her massive Olympia VTOL engines roared under the strain of the great black leviathan as she circled to land.

“What the hell was that?” the tech asked turning to Nick.

“Trouble,” he replied. Nick knew exactly what that jet represented, though he’d not seen one since the war. “That’s a REACT mobile command center.”

“Shit just hit the fan, eh bossman?”

“In more ways than you can even imagine. Backup all your data, send it to me on an encrypted channel… I’ve got a bad feeling about this.”

“Will do, anything else?”

“Yeah, I don’t care how but, keep everyone out of this area, K?”

“Yes sir.”

The tech no more finished speaking before dispatch was paging Nick on the com. A Major Morris was demanding that Nick go to meet him… yesterday.

“Uh oh Nicki,” Stahl said gleefully as he turned the corner, “looks like you’re the Agency’s new bitch.”

“Piss off cocksucker,” Nick replied.

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. REACTr: Coragyps Atratus (Black Vulture)

    John Perkins' Buddy Icon John Perkins

    Posted 3 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    This is some excellent dialog. It flowed very well, and was fun to read. Bravo.
    On a side note, after seeing VTOL hit your story as well as Jon’s I had to look it up. I had no idea that it was a real thing. My inexperience with sci-fi maybe?
    Should be “you’re the Agency’s new bitch.”

  2. REACTr: Coragyps Atratus (Black Vulture)

    KevMullins' Buddy Icon KevMullins

    Posted 3 months ago

    You make a good point John… for anyone who doesn’t know, VTOL stands for Vertical Take Off and Lift. Think Harrier Jump Jet.
    VTOL has been around since the 80’s. Using vectored thrust the plane can take off, hover and land vertically.
    While I’m at it, the C-5 Galaxy is the largest jet heavy lift plane we make. The USSR Antonov, even bigger. They are larger than a football field. Now making one of those hover… pure fantasy. :)

  3. REACTr: Coragyps Atratus (Black Vulture)

    thebetweenspace's Buddy Icon thebetweenspace

    Posted 3 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I agree with Perkins the dialogue was fantastic, particularly that last exchange between Stahl and Nick.

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