Advent (Paperback)

Chapter One

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.

YOU MUST BE WONDERING WHY YOU'VE BEEN ASKED TO COME OUT INTO THIS HEAT. IT'S NOT QUITE AS HOT AS CHRISTMAS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, BUT IT'LL WARM YOU UP!

I'VE ASKED YOU HERE SO WE CAN UNVEIL THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN OUR WAR AGAINST TERROR ...

A MACHINE THAT WILL HAVE FAR-REACHING CAPABILITIES, ONE THAT CAN TURN A SINGLE SOLDIER INTO A PLATOON, AND A SINGLE PLATOON INTO A BATTALION.

SINCE THE WAR ON TERROR BEGAN, OUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER WITH ALLIED NATIONS TO DEVELOP TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL HELP US END THE THREAT OF GLOBAL TERRORISM, WHILE KEEPING OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM SAFER FROM DIRECT ASSAULT ON FOREIGN SOIL.

WITH THE AID OF ROBOTICS EXPERTS IN JAPAN, AS WELL AS OUR OWN BIOMECHANICAL EXPERTS HERE AT HOME, A HYBRID TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED THAT WILL CHANGE THE FACE OF THE ARMED FORCES FOREVER.

WITHOUT FURTHUR ADO, I GIVE YOU ...

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