Advent
Chapter One
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE,
100 MILES NORTHEAST OF
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.
LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN,
THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES.
THANK YOU ALL
FOR COMING.
YOU MUST BE WONDERING WHY
YOU'VE BEEN ASKED TO COME OUT
INTO THIS
HEAT.
IT'S NOT
QUITE AS
HOT AS
CHRISTMAS
IN THE
MIDDLE
EAST, BUT
IT'LL
WARM
YOU UP!
I'VE ASKED YOU HERE SO
WE CAN UNVEIL THE LATEST
DEVELOPMENT IN OUR WAR
AGAINST TERROR ...
A MACHINE THAT WILL HAVE
FAR-REACHING CAPABILITIES, ONE
THAT CAN TURN A SINGLE SOLDIER
INTO A PLATOON, AND A SINGLE
PLATOON INTO A BATTALION.
SINCE THE WAR ON TERROR BEGAN, OUR
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER
WITH ALLIED NATIONS TO DEVELOP
TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL HELP US END
THE THREAT OF GLOBAL TERRORISM,
WHILE KEEPING OUR
MEN AND WOMEN
IN UNIFORM
SAFER FROM
DIRECT
ASSAULT ON
FOREIGN SOIL.
WITH
THE AID OF
ROBOTICS
EXPERTS IN
JAPAN, AS WELL
AS OUR OWN
BIOMECHANICAL
EXPERTS HERE AT
HOME, A HYBRID
TECHNOLOGY HAS
BEEN DEVELOPED
THAT WILL CHANGE
THE FACE OF THE
ARMED FORCES
FOREVER.
WIT ... read full excerpt from Advent ebook
