Revanche

E (PROSE: Mission to Galacton)

Jan 10th, 2019
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  1. 'Locate possible drilling sites,' the Dalek Section Leader ordered. 'Boreholes will be sunk towards the core of the planet so we can energise the fuel source it contains.'
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  5. Soon afterwards the caverns shook again as the Daleks sent robot drills deep into the crust of the planet.
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  9. 'Seven sites have been located. Robot drills have penetrated to a depth of over one mile below planet surface.'
  10. 'Satisfactory, the Dalek commander pronounced.
  11. 'Recall all Daleks not directly involved in drilling. Prepare enrichment energiser capsules to be inserted into the drill holes once complete.'
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  15. In the darkness of the drill shaft, something stirred. A faint glow of blue light. Systems that had shut down as the Dalek Attack Squad Leader plummeted into the depths of the shaft came back online. The blue glow of the Dalek's eye moved as it looked round and took stock of its surroundings.
  16. It had landed upright, on a shelf of rock far down the shaft. Its systems were badly damaged, its casing scuffed and dented. It was trapped miles below the ground, deep in a hole that ran almost to the molten core of the planet.
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