Emergence 3.0
A Novel – In One Page Per Day
Day 341, Friday
December 7th, 2018
Chapter Five: Movement
Everything is in motion.
Pilots of both small craft and large, and combat marines in mechanized
battle gear study these principles day in and day out.
They drilled for it.
The text books informed them that ZeroG tactics had to be developed
according to the following understanding: in the vacuum of space, when you are
maneuvering and not subject to gravity, where there is no resistance,
everything is in motion, everything is spinning, including the combat matrix.
The battlefield could not be conceptualized on a two-dimensional axis,
on a horizontal and vertical plane.
It was a five-dimensional matrix that including the three dimensions of
space, along with those of time and mass.
There is no straight line between you and your objective. Without the
assistance of computerized telemetry, the pilot would have to be able to do the
complex math in their head, in an instant, on an unconscious level.
Pilots were bred for these traits, but even so, in the intensity of
battle, when the mind is flooded with the chemical signals for fear and rage,
it was extremely difficult.
There is no clear path. The pilot had to trust their gut, their instincts.
Every object in the vicinity was tracked, data was constantly pouring
into the onboard systems of individual craft, analyzed and simplified.
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