Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier-ARC (pdf conv.) (51 page)

TAR BABY — SOC Slang for elemental automatons. See Elementalist definition above.

TOC — Tactical Operations Center.

UCMJ — Uniform Code of Military Justice.

USTRANSCOM — United States Transportation Command. is one of ten unified commands of the United States Department of Defense. The mission of USTRANSCOM is to provide air, land, and sea transportation for the Department of Defense, both in time of peace and time of war.

WHISPERING — Terramantic magic used to control the actions of animals. This is prohibited by the US Code. SOC Terramancers are not permitted to Whisper.

WIA — Wounded in Action.

WITCH — Selfer slang for a Negramancer. Male Negramancers are sometimes called Warlocks.

XO — Executive Officer.

Praise

Also by Myke Cole

Title Page

Copyright

Acknowledgments

NOTE

Maps

Part I: Measure of a Man

Chapter I: Tide Comes In

Chapter II: Sea Change

Chapter III: Stress Test

Chapter IV: Orientation

Chapter V: Closed Session

Chapter VI: Short Rations

Part II: Taking Home

Chapter VII: Last Rites

Chapter VIII: Outside the Wire

Chapter IX: Tracking

Chapter X: Quarry

Chapter XI: Tunnels

Chapter XII: Meet the Gang

Chapter XIII: Bait and Switch

Part III: Cross-Purposes

Chapter XIV: In Command

Chapter XV: Lead from the Front

Chapter XVI: Boots on the Ground

Chapter XVII: Move Out

Chapter XVIII: Field of Fire

Chapter XIX: Thieves

Chapter XX: Bad Man

Chapter XXI: FOB Sarpakavu

Chapter XXII: Audience

Chapter XXIII: Off the Pitch

Chapter XXIV: Homeward Bound

Chapter XXV: Talking Points

Chapter XXVI: Jailbreak

Chapter XXVII: Relief

Chapter XXVIII: Rear Guard

Glossary of Military Terms, Acronyms, and Slang