Chapter Twenty-Three
Erik slowed the Taxútnta MX 60 as they approached the transportation tower.
Several transports were docked on the expansive platform forming the primary launch area. Lower-level platforms provided access to other forms of regional transportation, but only the HSBTs launched from the top.
There was too much risk of collision otherwise.
Jia picked out the numerous not-so-concealed anti-air turrets arranged along the edge and body of the platform. A true wall was impossible atop a massive tower piercing the sky, and the government had long since learned its lesson in defending against terrorists, even if they were far weaker than they had been in decades past.
When cities grew toward the sky, they also grew more targets for the antisocial and dangerous.
The long sil
