in the deep sky's Abyss

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My bad apple (6)

A/N, i feel like this chapter is like a rotten apple on my tree, and frankly i think i'll completely rewrite this one.

Trigger warning: implication of genocide, descriptions of torture, and gore.
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The landing was rough. The ship lost main engine power, and comms. It was badly damadged.

Gregorovitž stared at the screen with the data of the planet:

Size: medium. circumference: ~72 000 km. diameter: ~23 760km
Atmosphere: non-breathable.
Planet type: earthlike, forest.
Day / night cycle: 43 hours.
Population: ~760.
Allegience: Imperial confederacy.
Governement type: - - -

"we don't have enough fuel to get off the planet, captain" the quartermaster informed

"i have eyes, i can see the fuel gauge" (GŽ)

"we never doubted that." the repairmaster anwered the captain.

"just made an observation." the armorer added.

"well, don't state the obvious again, Gentlemen." Gregorovitž retorted.

"radio emmisions detected. Approximately 230" a bridge-crewman.

"get some buckets on someones heads; and make them scope that out" (GŽ)

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Max had been one of the few unfortunate to get chosen for the recon team.

He was given a Blaster carbine with a folding stock.

"how does this even work?" he asked, voice muffled by the helmet

"simple. point it at something, then pull the trigger, then you either get shot by the enemy or the enemy drops dead" a crew-woman adviced

Max loaded the blaster. 75 shots in a magazine, good enough for him. He just hoped for a laser rifle, that way he wouldn't have to worry about the enemy taking cover.

Alex haunted Max's thoughts. He couldn't get his boyfriend out of his mind. That was   until he heard a cracking sound. When he looked down he saw a skeleton smiling at him. His thoughts flew to his boyfriend, and he stumbled backwards.

"who's this poor bastard?" solomon spoke.

The bones still had some rotten flesh on them, and some pieces of sand coloured armor on them. An imperial astro-marine.

"there's others too"

There was many burned corpses with the same sand colour armor. They had been piled together.

When the group got to the top of a small hill, they saw the camp of the androids.

"are those people?" Max whispered

"replicas, look just like us. Can get nice and close, so they can slit ya' throat" someone answered, Max didn't care who it was.

"Let's get back, before they spot us." solomon suggested

"' are you a coward, old man?" a young crew member spat.

"no, i am intellegent. If you can' t see the difference between cowardice and being smart, you should just enlist for the army" solomon responded.

The man insisted on staying and observing them. Two others of the group of eight decided to stay with him. The five others returned to the ship to report on the threat.

"he is blinded by dreams of greatness and glory. This job offers none" Solomon talked with anger in his voice.

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Alex woke up. He remebered what happened but stopped panicking when he saw his girlfriend resting her head on his hand.