2-4 Cavalry

A military science fiction book that is based on David Drake's Hammers Slammers series. It features a collection of short stories that I wrote to design a futuristic vectored-thrust unit acting as mercenaries.

A futuristic rendition of Operation Rock Avalanche by Battle Company, 1st of the 503rd. It was an after story from A New Hope. Based in the universe created by David Drake (with his permission). This book is an "additional" story set in the same timeframe as the "A New Hope" ebook story and intended to be part of the timeline, but due to space I had to make it a separate story.

Continuing from A New Hope the Troop is sent to Kearse to hunt General Malik.

2/4 Cavalry is sent along with a blower unit to Devkin to crush a rebellion. The story is based off of the "Thunder Run" scenario presented in the "Hammer's Crucible" miniatures book from the official Hammer's Slammers miniatures site. The scenario is typical Hammer's Slammers action, with some good tank action along with the unit's own brand of causing mayhem to fulfill the contract.

After the unsuccessful attempt of the unit and the Texians to capture General Malik, the unit is eventually deployed to Talis, a forested planet where a republic has broken away from the main planetary government. Hired to support the Golden Eagles, a crack tank mercenary regiment, the unit heads to the planet in a more "conventional" tank setting rather than a couner-insurgency one.

After the events of Eagle Hammer, a month later the Troop is sent to the Thai Defense Zone to put down a growing insurgency that threatens the Thai way of tolerating religion. Note it does have some religious themes involved but doesn't delve into the subject and doesn't form a debate on that touchy subject. It's purely fictional and does not have any speculative work involved. 18 and over only

After a mis-calculation on an orbital drop, two Leopards from the Troop fight their way back to friendly lines. Of course it was a mixup but the Freelanders didn't think so when they ambushed the tanks and now they're on the run through the mountains to survive.

For ten years the European Space Union has been at war with the Muslim Coalition and now things are starting to come to a close. Kush will be returned to its former masters, while Mashara will go to the European Space Union. 2/4 Cav is sent back to Mashara to help effect the handover while dealing with another enemy: military politics

The unit is sent to the planet Lisbon in case of negotiations between the government and the rebellion goes wrong.

The unit is sent to pickup Iqbal Hasheed's "war cabinet" at the request of the Kobata government.

Since the end of the war with the Muslim Coalition the European Space Union has returned to looking at conducing anti-piracy strikes in order to secure its border better. The unit is sent on one of these missions, and as always, brings its unique flavor of tactics to the battlefield. But when they find out more information, it’s time to also bring home a dealer who can help end the pirate scourge.

In this short story (less than 11K words) a research scientist leaves for a nuclear devastated planet for research, a squad from the unit is sent to retrieve her. "Clean and crisp rescue mission. The political talk wasn't bashed over the head and the characters were realistic." -Beta reader

Continuing after the events in Book 12: The Lost Planet, Operation Arrow highlights the unit's deployment as part of a mercenary unit designed to fill the coffers for the Dutch Protectorate. With this the unit delves deeper into the known human occupied planets and sees more than it bargains for as well as fighting the same fight or learning new things as they conduct missions

After their stint as mercenaries, the Troop is sent back to Friesland to help remove the holdouts left on the planet.