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    2-4 Cavalry: Weeds of Gold
    2-4 Cavalry: Weeds of Gold
    2-4 Cavalry: Weeds of Gold
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    2-4 Cavalry: Weeds of Gold

    By Eric Johnson

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    The unit is sent to the planet Lisbon in case of negotiations between the government and the rebellion goes wrong.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEric Johnson
    Release dateMay 5, 2013
    ISBN9781301100644
    2-4 Cavalry: Weeds of Gold
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    Eric Johnson

    Eric Johnson is a veteran who served in the US Army. He currently lives in Baltimore and spends his time to write stories based on his experiences as well as using current events to focus on counter-insurgency as well as other related topics. He also writes limited erotica and steampunk short stories on occasion.

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      2-4 Cavalry - Eric Johnson

      2/4 Cavalry: Weeds of Gold

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      Eric Johnson

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      2/4 Cavalry: Weeds of Gold

      Copyright © 2013 by Eric Johnson

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      This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or places, events or locales is purely coincidental. The characters are productions of the author’s imagination and used fictitiously.

      Weeds of Gold

      This is based on the Hammers Slammers miniature tabletop game scenario which can be found at http://www.hammers-slammers.com. NOTE this will NOT be using the Hammers Slammers universe, but with my universe instead.

      Friesland, October 4, 2739

      They did what sir? Captain Juniper exclaimed as she read the report on her datapad. Having been pulled from her Troop ‘oasis’ which was FOB Blessing, she was kind of glad to be back in Moshtar if only for this briefing. And what an objective it was, the Kelp mining facility on Lisbon was under siege by Spanish forces. The facility mined raw minerals by straining them through the local breed of Kelp which resulted in a profitable income by using the strained metals for use by the Lisbon, and consequently Spanish rulers. Only this time the farmers and workers had enough complaining of low wages and poor working conditions and rebelled. The Spanish government wanted the factory back in order and without a cost in deaths or conflict. Even though as she skimmed through the briefing she felt that it wasn’t going to happen. Miracles could happen and the rebels would back down… but most rebellions never ended in simple negotiations.

      There was a riot at the Kelp manufacturing facility on the planet of Lisbon today, near the city of Sokol, General Van Der Kut said as he read the report as well as the news coming out of Lisbon. It concerned him the Spanish military, or more exactly the GOE (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales), didn’t have the manpower to reclaim the facility and therefore called a favor with the mission. It was a big one but he knew that the Cav would be good for this one, although it was out of their normal operating parameters. Though they were Kommando they were still considered a ‘line unit’ by some in his circles and

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