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Unit GAL of the Line
Silver Fox:
Time to start a new story...
I am roused to consciousness by my sensors detecting a hyperspace emergence. I calculate that it has been 271.987 years since I reduced myself to standby status after the last signal was received from the colony on the world below. I have no way to determine if the human colony failed, felled by some enemy I am not equipped to combat. The information is not comforting. I am Unit GAL-228 of the Line. I should be able to defend my human charges from any enemy, but I know that humans are comparatively frail. They are subject to disease, attack at the microscopic level. No BOLO can battle such a foe. It is possible that there are survivors on the planet though, any number of reason could have caused them to have lost, or abandoned, technology.
I have insufficient information on the new arrival in this star system. It is possible that this is a scout from another surviving human world, it is also possible that this is a scout from either the old enemy, or a new one.
For now I wait. If they newcomers are friends they will be welcomed, and know that the Dinochrome Brigade still guards this human outpost.
If it is a foe, they will discover that the Dinochrome Brigade GUARDS this planet.
For now I wait and monitor my passive instruments.
Alvis 3.1:
Bolos rock! Waiting for the next section eagerly!
Alvis 3.1
elmayerle:
Looking forward to the next installment. BOLOs are definitely one of Keith Laumer's most enduring creations (mind you, I also quite enjoy his "Retief" stories).
apophenia:
Looking forward to this! :)
--- Quote from: elmayerle on January 15, 2015, 01:04:31 PM ---Looking forward to the next installment. BOLOs are definitely one of Keith Laumer's most enduring creations (mind you, I also quite enjoy his "Retief" stories).
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Yeah but some of them look seriously underarmed ;D
Silver Fox:
Yes, some of the BOLO Marks are a little under equipped. :)
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