Chapter 8
Twenty years earlier…
“Cover!” shouted Diego, the point man for squad Alpha.
Dash threw himself behind a large cargo crate as gunfire roared from ahead. They were partway across a large storage area littered with goods and rubbish.
Dash heard a scream to his right. One of the troopers was down, most of their head missing. Dash couldn’t tell who it was, just that they were from squad Charlie.
“Alpha, lay down suppressive fire,” he barked out. “Bravo, flank to the left. Charlie to the right. And for star’s sake, keep your heads down!”
As Alpha started laying down suppressive fire, the rest of Dash’s troopers started moving to the sides. Dash fought the urge to look himself, to add his own fire to the suppression. As commander it was important that he keep himself safe
