The Alpha Protocol
“...repeat! This is Sentinel Vane, Bunker Beta. Eurasian sector. If
someone listening to the Eden network... the Alpha protocol has cleared the sky,
but it deactivated the damn shields! We are unprotected!”
In the background of the transmission one heard a striking, good-turistic roar,
that let me freeze the blood in the veins. It didn't sound like the hounds of
Consortiums. It sounded like an army of rabid, mutated beasts.
Kael bent over the console. “Here Commander Kaelen speaks of Bunker Alpha.
Vane, how is your status?"
A rough, unbelievable laugh went through the noise. “Alpha? With all the gods,
you live. Commander, the consortium is history, but the Ash Warlords
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