Jericho Missile Novels & Stories

Victor pressed the launch command. Deep beneath the ocean floor, the remaining twelve missile silos opened simultaneously. Massive steel doors slid apart in perfect synchronization. Inside the Whitmore Deep Facility, the AI voice echoed through the chamber. FINAL STRIKE SEQUENCE INITIATED Emma held her breath. Daniel leaned forward. Sophia folded her arms, watching the radar carefully. Lewis stood completely still. Outside in the dark ocean, twelve missiles shot forward through the water like silver spears. On the radar display, twelve fast-moving signals streaked toward the descending Covenant assault carrier.

The gunships launched at 5:28 AM. Twelve thermal missiles in a synchronized volley — the automated targeting executing the firing sequence that the gunships' combat protocols designated for high-density civilian shelter locations. The missiles were fast, which was a design feature rather than incidental. They covered the distance to the eastern cliff faces in four seconds. The impact was simultaneous across all six cliff sections, the twelve missiles distributed to maximize coverage of the fissure entrances. The iron network absorbed the impact at the terminal points.

"Two more at six o'clock! Missiles inbound!" Eli's cannons overheated, steam venting from cooling ports as the weapons cycled into emergency shutdown. Red warning indicators bathed his station in crimson light as automated systems prevented catastrophic overload. "Reloading! Give me thirty seconds!" They didn't have thirty seconds. The radar showed four missiles closing fast, their active seekers painting the VTOL with targeting lasers. James threw them into another desperate evasive pattern, but the missiles adjusted course with mechanical precision.

The more openly I enjoy him and the things he do to me, the happier he is. “Well,” he remarks as he bends over his open suitcase to retrieve a clean t-shirt. “I’m sorry I can’t give you a better one. I want to hit the road.” “What about this place?” Jericho pulls the shirt over his wet body, ignoring the way the fabric clings to his skin, and steps into a pair a boxer briefs before he discards of the towel. “Tor and the Deltas are busy setting up explosives throughout the compound. We’ll detonate them when everyone’s far enough away.”

Laser weapons contained plenty of tiny, delicate components, so they were also the weapons most prone to malfunction. They first tested the missile launchers, but everyone knew it was just a formality. The launchers were fairly low-tech to begin with as most of the advances in missile technology lay in the missiles themselves. The launchers only stored the missiles and kept them from exploding when they got bumped or something. Both the long-range and short-ranged missiles flew from the launchers without a hitch, and detonated against a cratered hill exactly as expected.

"I couldn’t agree more. That’s why I’ve decided to start the day with a display of our newest asset—the Surface-to-Surface Missile Type 1." The room fell silent for a brief moment as the weight of my words sank in. Lucas raised an eyebrow, his lion-like features accentuating his imposing presence. "You mean the Tier-5 anti-monster missile? Isn’t that… a bit overkill for this situation?" A faint chuckle escaped my lips. "It’s not about overkill, General. It’s about precision, efficiency, and, as Eliza pointed out, making a statement. Besides, we’ve yet to test this missile in real combat. What better opportunity than this?"

Charlie hummed in response and added, “My second request is that you must find a way to get me a few close-defense missiles and combine those close-defense missiles with the system I mentioned. I want to use the close-defense missiles to lock in tightly on the stranger as soon as he sneaks in. Once that is in place, we will chase him all the way! It must be a close-defense missile that can fire hundreds of rounds of artillery shells in a second for an all-round fire coverage!” Porter exclaimed, “Mr. Wade, can I remind you that a close-defense missile is not a machine gun? It’s a machine missile and can fire at an extremely high speed. You can think of it as a super large Gatling machine gun