Nanotroopers Episode 19: Mount Kipwezi

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by Philip Bosshardt


  ***ANAD is reports ready in all respects…charging disrupters, carbene grabbers and pyridine probes at initial position…what is the nature of the threat, Base?***

  Winger watched as a translucent dome of mist formed up over their heads, popping and flashing like a miniature thunderstorm.

  “Unknown, ANAD, but we should—“

  “Skipper! Watch out…that tree behind you--!”

  Winger whirled at Singh’s warning, just in time to see a screw pine tree trunk that seemed as solid as rock before began to dissolve and break down. In seconds, the stump was surmounted by a cloud of bots, billowing up and out, moving toward him.

  The ANAD swarm had barely begun to replicate when the first collision came. Like a lighted snake writhing in mid-air, the line of engagement twisted and corkscrewed over their heads.

  “ANAD, configure Defense One now!”

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