TALL TALES

[Grier]

Back on Crimson 1 Drs Wellham. Pederson and Webke were pondering the same problem they had on earth, how to break the Martian craft protection after Spring had told them about the new cigar shaped Martian craft and how it was impervious from their EMP laser weapon.

Wellham: Well friends it is back to the old drawing board. What have their scientists done differently to their other craft to improve security against an enemy attack to the extent that our laser pulse virtually bounces off. Peter said there was no dome/shield, so the secret has to be in the construction of the crafts body.

Pederson; It is baffling Richie. Our Danish team broke the first phase but were unable to finish it as you Australians did.

Webke: Richie you will have to run us thru how you mastered the problem last time, he said in his gutteral Bavarian accent.

Perter replied "If this new Samarkian shield enhancement is within the embedded structure of the new Samark craft, I'd love to see even a little sample of that Material as no doubt Dr Wellham would too. Good luck Richie."

 

[Richie]

but I bet they' couldn't affect more than 10km deep, as a guess

Then you'd be wrong buddy. The latest Yank one penetrates app 65 metres thru rock. But hey this is make believe so we can use whatever depth we want.

Tex tells me Crimson Stalker 1 contains 4 GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP)n14K kilo bunker busters with a 22 K kilo warhead that penetrates and drills to a depth between 250/300 m Peter.

Yes Richie I was reading that they are guided using a combination of GPS and an inertial navigation system that impacts the surface at high speed while using a specialized steel alloy casing to that providess the drilling function. The Yanks used them in the Middle East in 2000 to weed out two ISIS despots that had hidden WMDs underground.

Cpr Roberts raised his hand to stop and put fingers to his eyes pointing forwards. Pulling out his scope along with his Sergent Freeman they noticed movement ahead in a field of giant Mushrooms, ...
Waiting quietly they saw better what the movement was. Giant maggot like creatures, about a dozen headed sideways towards a copse of Mushrooms and then they saw the Shepards, bipedal like beings holding 'shock' sticks
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..., and aided by 4 giant Ants and further back a Samark warrior astride a giant Spider with glowing red eyes.

The giant Maggots were soon feasting on the field of Mushrooms encouraged to feed by the l

Shock sticks were no match for lasers and the bi pedal 'maggot' aliens let out an ear piercing scream as they were hit. Wallace then arrived saying, well done corporal, did you see where they came from?"