Chapter 15 exceprt

"Nothing you do can protect us. We’re here to stop these people from taking over our land and our homes, we aren’t here to live long lives. We’re here to fight, and if need be, die for our families, and our people. If we live, it's God's mercy, if we die, we did our job."

Fulcrum

The Fulcrum weapon system is an energy based, short range weapon, with maximum tested range being two miles. Developed by the Silent Spear arm of The Cartel, it proves to be a focal turning point in the Coalition-Confederation war. It's compact design and nearly limitless energy source, in the form of a small fusion generator, provide the Fulcrum operator with unparalleled fire power on the field. A single shot is more than enough eliminate a single light armored vehicle. For heavy armor or tank like vehicles, multiple shots are required.

The Fulcrum was not deployed till after nearly six months of engagement, due to the fact that the facilities it was originally being developed in came under aerial bombardment from Coalition aircraft. The Cartel moved all it experimenting facilities underground as soon as they could, but the production line only created one hundred Fulcrums before being taken over by advancing Coalition soldiers. The Cartel members in charge of the facility succeeded in removing all examples before enemy troops arrived, and destroyed all records and blueprints of the weapon to keep it from their hands.

The weapon was a success as far as weapons go, it accomplished what it was designed to do, but by itself it was unable to win the war.

Direction Defined

I have finally figured out what's going to happen in my story. First things first, the name has changed from Vertical Ridge to Fulcrum, with a subtitle being "Unveiled"
or "Vertical Ridge." The reason for this change is due to the fact that the weapon that wins the final battle (of the book) at Vertical Ridge (a landmark) is called the Fulcrum.

So I've gotten pretty much all the general aspects worked out, I even know a *few* of the particulars. I'll have to do another "rewrite" as a final edit before I have my good friends do a real edit, (the latest chapter I've written outclasses the rest of the story in quality, so the rest will have to be brought up to par before editors get into it.)