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The gondola succumbed to the missing rails below, losing all stability and control, and rosing on the sawed and bloated metal below in a festival of fire, sparks, smoke, and tiny explosions occurring all over its surface.
John and Sergey tried to leap away with the thrusters in their Paladin mechs, but the superspeed of the gondola and the kinetic force accumulated were stronger than their resisting force; both lost control and hit the pillars connected to the walls around.
Everyone aboard that hadn’t fallen adjusted their suits or tried to leap away, but it was too late. The railed vehicle collided on the circular stop ahead, making the place rumble in a deafening explosion that shake off the whole structure around.
“Goddamnit…” John tried getting up. His biosignals
