Territory Nouveau 11: Face Adversity

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Vettel had drawn sentry duty again. He always hated guard details. He would just end up standing there for four hours, boring himself half to death. At least the rotating patrols got to move around a little. Got to pilot an anchor, like he’d signed up to. Got to see the sights, if in fact there were any sights to see on this godforsaken rock.

Miranda was always so damn bleak. Year round it was always the same grey flatland, the same blue-grey sky, surrounded by the same awful, choking fog. Even on the best of days you could hardly make out the hulking, behemoth form of the planet below on the horizon.

Kowalski had also drawn the short straw, he noted as the other Jovian joined him at the forward post. He raised his free hand in greeting, relaxing his grip on the rifle slung over his shoulder. Kowalski adjusted his mask, stepping past the safety line that seperated the clean air of the base from the polluted atmosphere.

“Best settle in, V,” he said, voice distorted through the facemask. “Looks like another day of fuck-all.” The footfalls of an approaching anchor thundered in the distance. Vettel didn’t have to look to know it was Jovian. He could tell by the sound of it now.

Yep. Another day of nothing.

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In today’s episode, we step through the fog and creep through the smog of the Mirandan surface and make our way to a place from Bete’s past: the heavily-guarded Jovian facility where they intend to find one Doctor Morgen Xade. We sneak through the front lines, have some trouble with the front door, and crawl our way to (relative) safety.

This week on Play By Podcast: Territory Nouveau 11: Face Adversity

Play By Podcast is Michael Collins (@arealwriter), Leon Barnes (@SlapKatZ), Liam Higgins(@liamhiggins97), and Max Coe (@_NotMyDivision_)
Cover Art by Ariel Corrales (@arielcorrales_)
Music by Cody Ojea (@CodyOjea)