>>11124640A couple clicks further down the road the Captain's spidey senses kick in again; an ominous low rumble in the air and a shaking of the ground beneath his feet raise further alarm bells as his hits the dirt hard, scrambling under the only patch of green foliage for dozens of meters around.
None too soon, as a line-ahead formation of Tan tanks bursts from the wilderness at the side of the road and roars across, a handful of troops struggling to keep pace with the clanking machines. By sheer luck the Elite Force man's hide happens to be just beyond the end of the tank line, much closer than the soldier would've liked but leaving him safe and undetected once again. The gasps, groans and curses he hears from the Tan grunts informs him that he's stumbled into a training exercise of raw recruits, clearly not enjoying being put through their paces. The Captain grins and watches them fade into the distance before getting to his feet and pressing on.
>Sector Twilight XIII is just ahead, to be continued...