You gaze at the vast expanse before you, taking up a pair of binoculars to look over the horizon inside one of the bunkers.
“Not bad for two months.” You remark.
“Seen worse.” Garrick, as usual, dismisses the compliment.
“Though, I’ve got one question.”
“Aha.” He takes out his usual flask.
“Wouldn’t it have been better to clear up the area around the farm ?”
“Not for defence it wouldn’t have.”
“I’ve got to disagree with that. The flatland, while giving good vision, is not really perfect for landings and vehicles. I was hoping those hills would help out a little.” You grumble away.
“An issue easily solved with a good artillery barrage and light mortar shelling. We place down some AA emplacements, and those transports will fall right out of the sky.”
“Except we don’t have that yet.”
“Then we better get on it, sir.”
“I just think this has weakened our position.”
“The enemy will want to land there, and not behind our lines. Plus, with our bunkers in place as they are, we have the height and range advantage in any similar exchange. Besides, we scooped up what shit iron remains on this rockball alongside other things. I’d say, about <span class="mu-g">4 standard units of common ore</span> worth. Purity’s non-existent so the corp saw no reason to mine it. And we really shouldn’t be relying on this method and good luck holding.”
“Good luck ?”
“The mining equipment, the lives of the workers. Things are going swimmingly, until they are not. And then you have to file a week’s worth of reports in an hour, since you still have to set up the FOB or the CO will have your ass on grater, sir.” He nods at you, offering the flask.
“I’ll drink to that.” You state taking it and taking a swing.
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<span class="mu-i">Log: David Hardrada
Date: year 11 month 11 day 11 since arrival
Title: Underground storage
Stellan finally came in with his flyby report of the ice giant and its moons. About as bad as expected, he kept sending out what few drones he had to look around and tried to run scanners best as able. Throughout all of it, he was able to find one unnatural looking undergounrd location near the corp HQ we had explored previously. Deep underground and it will take some digging to crack open, but it is there. From his report though, it is a small cache, all things considered on a terraforming scale.
Signing off, David Hardrada.</span>
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