>>5124054The woman declared coldly, you were caught off guard. An Emperor Class Phobos. You only knew of two, only two had ever been reported in service. Dreadnaughts dense with armor and weaponry, both rumoured to be insane killing machines. But almost everything was a damned rumour. You had heard enough. Nodding your understanding you stood up. Snapping to attention and saying farewell. Unshackled for the remaining hours on base you decided to have some fun and cut loose. Who knows what rigors you'd be faced with in Kahva. Floating back the way you had come the entire world felt light, almost as if you took too deep a breath you'd float away.
Gliding on your second wind, you found your way to the firing range. The place was deserted so early in the morning, knocking against the chain link fence that separates the armory from the small locker room. You waited, impatiently tapping your foot. A woman appeared from the back room, face clearly not expecting anyone this early. Quickly checking out your side arm and rifle, you went about going through safety checks and without any hurdles you stood in lane. A box of rounds for each weapon, gingerly typing in 200 meters into the ranging pad. A deep orange hologram flickered into existence. The excitement lulled as you spent a few minutes loading the magazines for your FG511. The FG511 is a rather compact rifle, the ergonomic fore grip and subsonic rounds making it especially lethal in close quarters.
Well just as lethal as any other gun that existed, but it was a little less likely to deafen you. From full auto, to semi and even burst fire. The weapon's range was limited by it's short barrel. The break action Tyrant 53 pistol only holds l eight rounds in the cylinder so you settled on loading it after. Shouldering the weapon you sent a few rounds down range, half arsed as you got comfortable. Orange glass shattered as a round clipped the hologram in the leg. Quickly it reformed into the shape of a man. The taste, the smell and roar of gunfire was like cold water to your long overheated system. Everything seemed to fall into place as you continued firing.
