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    Quantum Troopers Episode 20: Doc II
    Quantum Troopers Episode 20: Doc II
    Quantum Troopers Episode 20: Doc II
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    Quantum Troopers Episode 20: Doc II

    By Philip Bosshardt

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    Episode 20, Quantum Troopers. The nanotroopers return to Mesa de Oro shaken but unharmed from their experience with the Sphere at Kokul Gol. They spot a Red Hammer chief nearby and plant a spybot as the agent heads back to the cartel’s main base in Tibet. But something goes wrong with the spybot...it’s actually a nanobotic version of old Doc Frost, now pressed into a new kind of espionage. Now, Johnny Winger realizes his last link to old Doc Frost is in trouble. He devises a plan, insane and against all regulations, to rescue his bot friend. Winger and two other troopers travel as civilians to Tibet. There they encounter an entity that actually runs the cartel and that will change them forever.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPhilip Bosshardt
    Release dateFeb 17, 2017
    ISBN9781370664351
    Quantum Troopers Episode 20: Doc II
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    Philip Bosshardt

    Philip Bosshardt is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. He works for a large company that makes products everyone uses...just check out the drinks aisle at your grocery store. He’s been happily married for over 20 years. He’s also a Georgia Tech graduate in Industrial Engineering. He loves water sports in any form and swims 3-4 miles a week in anything resembling water. He and his wife have no children. They do, however, have one terribly spoiled Keeshond dog named Kelsey.For details on his series Tales of the Quantum Corps, visit his blog at qcorpstimes.blogspot.com or his website at http://philbosshardt.wix.com/philip-bosshardt.

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      Quantum Troopers Episode 20 - Philip Bosshardt

      Quantum Troopers

      Episode 20: Doc II

      Published by Philip Bosshardt at Smashwords

      Copyright 2017 Philip Bosshardt

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      A few words about this series….

      *** Quantum Troopers is a series of 15,000- 20,000 word episodes detailing the adventures of Johnny Winger and his experiences with the United Nations Quantum Corps.

      *** Each episode will be about 40-50 pages, approximately 20,000 words in length.

      *** A new episode will be available and uploaded every 3 weeks.

      *** There will be 22 episodes. The story will be completely serialized in about 14 months.

      *** Each episode is a stand-alone story but will advance the greater theme and plot of the story arc.

      *** The main plotline: U.N. Quantum Corps must defeat the criminal cartel Red Hammer’s efforts to steal or disable their new nanorobotic ANAD systems.

      *** Uploads will be made to www.smashwords.com on approximately the schedule below:

      Episode # Title Approximate Upload Date

      1 ‘Atomgrabbers’ 1-14-16

      2 ‘Nog School’ 2-8-16

      3 ‘Deeno and Mighty Mite’ 2-29-16

      4 ‘ANAD’ 3-21-16

      5 ‘Table Top Mountain’ 4-11-16

      6 ‘I, Lieutenant John Winger…’ 5-2-16

      7 ‘Hong Chui’ 5-23-16

      8 ‘Doc Barnes’ 6-13-16

      9 ‘Demonios of Via Verde’ 7-5-16

      10 ‘The Big Bang’ 7-25-16

      11 ‘Engebbe’ 8-15-16

      12 ‘The Symbiosis Project’ 9-5-16

      13 ‘Small is All!’ 9-26-16

      14 ‘’The HNRIV Factor’ 10-17-16

      15 ‘A Black Hole’ 11-7-16

      16 ‘ANAD on Ice’ 11-29-16

      17 ‘Lions Rock’ 12-19-16

      18 ‘Geoplanes’ 1-9-17

      19 ‘Mount Kipwezi’ 1-30-17

      20 ‘Doc II’ 2-20-17

      21 ‘Paryang Monastery’ 3-13-17

      22 ‘Epilogue’ 4-3-17

      Chapter 1

      Infinite Armies

      The role of the infinitely small is infinitely large.

      Louis Pasteur

      Sisal, Yucatan State

      Mexico

      October 27, 2049

      0600 hours (U.T.)

      When Johnny Winger was six years old, the family took a trip to Florida. He remembered the trip: the boardwalk at Daytona Beach, playing skeeball with his brother and sister, plunging his face into cotton candy balls. Mostly he remembered riding the Dragon’s Tail at Cocoa Beach. Now that was a coaster. You got on and jerked to a start and the whole world turned upside down. You were slung from side to side like a rabbit in a cat’s mouth. You had to squint in the wind. Up, down, side to side, your guts pulled up right out of your mouth…it was all any six-year old could ever want.

      That’s what it was like when you touched the Sphere.

      After the world stop spinning, Winger rested for a few moments, letting the sensations around him flood into his head. He smelled salt air, he smelled fish, he heard something like boat masts clanking and flags or pennants snapping in a freshening breeze.

      Then he opened his eyes, saw dimly some racks of twine and rope coiled and lined up along the stucco wall of some dilapidated warehouse and a sudden blur of motion out of the corner of his eye.

      The blur turned out to be Taj Singh.

      Taj…it’s you…

      Singh sat down next to Winger. Yes, sir…and Mighty Mite’s over here— he pointed to a bush nearby, where Barnes was getting up unsteadily to her knees.

      She brushed off dirt and mud. Where is here, Skipper…did we make it?

      Winger hauled himself to his feet, hanging on to a tree stump. They were near a fishing village—it looked like the Yucatan—and then he realized they had landed near the port of Sisal, on Yucatan’s Gulf coast. The odor of drying fish was now overpowering. Below them, a white-washed grid of stucco and plaster buildings was visible, and beyond that wharves and docks filled with fishing vessels of all types.

      I know this place, he decided. That Sphere dropped us about twenty kilometers from the base…I can’t tell about the time yet.

      At least we’re in the neighborhood, said Barnes.

      Singh watched crews sort out their nets and gear on the wharf, getting ready for the day’s work at sea. He tried focusing on one crew—their boat had Maria Segovia stenciled on her stern—and watched them drag equipment on board. He became curious at the approach of another man, clearly not one of the crew, walking quickly down from the pilothouse, dodging nets and tackle. Perhaps an owner. Or a broker.

      Then, with a start, Taj Singh realized he had seen the man before.

      Hey, isn’t that Jupiter down there?

      What—where?

      Singh pointed out the dock, toward one end of the wharf. The shorter man in the tan jacket, with the hat. The man was sporting a Panama style hat, slung low over his eyes.

      Taj, I think it is, said Barnes squinting in the sun. What the hell—

      They watched for a moment, as Kulagin stopped to talk with one of Maria Segovia’s crew. Something was exchanged—money, perhaps? There were gestures. An argument. A third man was called in.

      Winger watched it all. Jupiter’s still our target.

      Where’s Juno? Barnes asked.

      I don’t know but I have an idea. Doc, configure C-38. Prepare for launch.

      What do you have in mind, Major? Barnes was almost afraid to ask. She knew Winger often went with hunches.

      I’m launching Doc and configging him to operate as a spybot. If I can get him close enough, we can embed Doc somewhere on Jupiter’s person and keep the surveillance up.

      As Winger’s shoulder capsule port opened and the sparkling mist of Doc began issuing out into the humid tropical air, Jupiter, aka Dmitri Kulagin, concluded his negotiations with the crew of the Maria Segovia. He hoisted up a small knapsack and boarded the craft.

      ***Configuring C-38, Base…adding extra grabbers now…what is the nature of the mission?***

      Doc, I want you to replicate at one quarter rate, maintain C-38 and go to max propulsor. Steer heading— he made a quick judgment on direction, —one five zero degrees. You’re going to take a little trip, Doc.

      ***Base, this is highly irregular…inappropriate use of my capabilities and algorithmic routines…this master bot is optimized for analysis and deductions from correlating large quantities of data--***

      Doc, shut up, will you…you’re a spy bot for now. Maintain config and move out…that’s an order.

      Singh and Barnes weren’t jacked in to the coupler circuit so they could only hear one side of the exchange.

      The little guy refusing to do his homework, Skipper? Barnes asked.

      Winger watched the swarm form up over their heads and begin turning to the commanded heading. He keeps reminding me that he’s not designed for recon duty. But I don’t care…when he’s with me on a mission, he’s a nanotrooper whether he likes it or not. At least, my HERF gun doesn’t talk back to me.

      Singh eyed the distance. Can Doc make it to that boat in time?

      Winger gritted his teeth. I’m trying…Doc’s cranked up to max propulsor…unless we get a breeze going the right way, it’ll be close—

      So they watched anxiously from their secluded landing spot on a hill above the town of Sisal while an invisible cloud of dust mote-sized bots bore down on the wharf and the Maria Segovia. Doc was able to close the distance and filter his way onboard the craft when the crew spent extra minutes untangling and securing their gear, much to the displeasure of a greasy, bearded captain, who yelled and gestured at them in gutter Spanish.

      Vamos, idiotas, se muevan!

      With that delay, Doc made it to his target and soon enough implanted himself as errant

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