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SACRED DUTY
Waiting was the hardest part of any plan.
They'd picked oh-two-hundred hours to launch their assault, but shortly after midnight the door rasped open. Startled out of her...
Caribou, Military, Moon, Reindeer, Sci-Fi, Space, War
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail
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SOLDIER GRAY
They'd been given a stack of field rations at what Imogene's stomach said was dinner time. But that was hours ago, and neither Bruce nor Aaron had returned.
Imogene gnawed a...
Caribou, Military, Moon, Reindeer, Sci-Fi, Space, War
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail
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RETURN
An abandoned rifle lay in the dust, but Imogene didn't dare stop walking to retrieve it. Colonel Bychkov and one of her men with a sniper rifle were watching from the rim of Borda's...
Caribou, Military, Moon, Reindeer, Sci-Fi, Space, War
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail
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FRIENDS, RODENTS, COUNTRYMEN
Less than an hour after the colonel left them, the cargo compartment's already dim lights went dark. They were too far away for the blinding white flash of the...
Caribou, Military, Moon, Reindeer, Sci-Fi, Space, War
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail
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ROADSIDE ATTRACTION
The Armor Corps sergeant knelt, studying the dusty ruts left by a group of vehicles. Two sets of track diverged here, one heading into a steep-walled canyon on the left,...
Caribou, Military, Moon, Reindeer, Sci-Fi, Space, War
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail
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SHADES OF GRAY
The new members of Sergeant Lauren Porter's squad received a motley assortment of scavenged armor and equipment. Imogene was glad she only needed a new rifle. Poorly fitted...
Caribou, Military, Moon, Reindeer, Sci-Fi, Space, War
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LOST AND FOUND
Time didn't matter on the dusty abandoned road. Imogene's chronometer ticked off the hours, but in the weeks-long lunar night, they were nothing but numbers. When she and Bruce...
Caribou, Clean, Female, Male, Military, Moon, No-Yiff, Reindeer, Sci-Fi, Space, War
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail
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PANDA PROBLEMS
"--the hell do you think you're doing?" The Sergeant's words floated into Imogene's mind. Foggily, she wondered what she'd done wrong this time. Her head hurt, and as she blinked...
Caribou, Military, Moon, Reindeer, Sci-Fi, Space, War
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail
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IN LOVE AND WAR
Things were starting to fall together, Imogene thought as she took her armor down from its pegs. A black heart outline around her initials now enlivened her breastplate,...
Caribou, Military, Moon, Reindeer, Sci-Fi, Space, War
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail
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STARLIGHT STARBRIGHT
Imogene couldn't tell if any of the survivors were Josh. Furred heads bobbed in the water, too tiny on the bar's screen to identify. Edging forward, she stared up at the...
Caribou, Military, Moon, Reindeer, Sci-Fi, Space, War
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail
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BLACK AND WHITE
The metal target swung as the bullet hit, and Imogene allowed herself a grim smile. It might not have fur or yellow eyes, but the target was the right shade of silver-gray. Her...
Caribou, Military, Moon, Reindeer, Sci-Fi, Space, War
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HART THROB
Imogene spent the following day with the demolitions department, learning how best to blow things up in vacuum. Without air to transmit shock waves, a lot of conventional devices were...
Caribou, Military, Moon, Reindeer, Sci-Fi, Space, War