RED LIGHT BYTES: The #7 Special
365 Is Riding High Into The 25th Century!
Overview
Willkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome!
Don’t worry, we won’t drop the whole lyric sheet in here, but yes, it is time again to spill the beans on the whos, whats and wheres of the exciting seventh issue of 365 Infantry for Winter 2023. And while we won’t be doing our big-summer-blowout style of RLB special for the winter, we did save room for a Western-inspired tale, so stay tuned!
But without further ado…
365 Infantry #7: What to Expect
Originally Published on IronAge.Media
Life in the fast lane has never been wilder, weirder or more thrilling than in the ongoing adventures of the 365th Infantry! From the crumbling streets of the metropolis Haven to the lawless world of the Wastelands, these hell-raising, high-octane hounds and their many friends and foes are ready and raring to go in five brand-new stories, and an exciting audio adventure, starting December 18th!
In The War, Chief Nic Ridgefield takes to the skies in the maiden voyage of the Infantry’s latest game-changer: a fully-restored light attack aircraft, made airborne for the first time in centuries. While demonstrations are underway, the war machines of A.C.E.S. and the insidious Black Country are marshaled in an all-out assault against the Force. Will Chief Ridgefield be blown out of the skies? Will Knox and his team be overwhelmed by their powerful enemies? Find out in “Day of the Dragonfly!”
VII. Day of the Dragonfly
The time was ten of 12, the place was the driving range behind Base. It was the only field large enough for what was to take the Force from ground-based infantry to an air-supported offensive. The Cessna A-37 was trucked in under cover of darkness from the labs at Am Base Alp…
In The Hunt, the discovery of a Colosseum guard leaves Valentina and her hunters wary. While Marcus recovers from his latest episode, the white wolven leader tries to learn more about their latest catch, stonewalled by the android’s programming. It is only after a strange vision in the desert that she comes to realize the devastating power of the machine in “Insidious Prey!”
VII. Insidious Prey
Reflected in the black eye of the beast's head was the warrior who had slain it. The warrior whose shivering body now lay on a cot, tended to by the woman he loved. Were it not for the beat of his heart and the odd twitch of hand or paw, Marcus would’ve been a dead hound by any other metric.
Meanwhile, life ain’t easy for the punk with the souped-up Bug. In The Urban Avenger, Lita is gunning for a quick vacation with her lawman lover Nic. Just when she’s all packed up and ready to go, a call for justice comes over the phone. It’s a nonstop run to avenge a paralyzed hound’s family, escape her meddlesome new “friend” from A.C.E.S, and make it over the borderline in “All in a Night’s Work!”
VII. All In A Night's Work
If ever there was a night to remember, this was it. The night she blew out of town with one thing on her mind: her dear Nicky. Lita was slamming together pint-sized suitcases full of the stuff she needed for a desert vacation. Her garb, some records she wanted to share, some utilities to keep the Red Devil going. She was saddled wi…
On the flip-side of the action is the fun had by Haven’s live-in vigilante and her hard-rocking cowboy in the latest chapter of The Speedfreak Files! A young Nic Ridgefield has big plans for a proper do-nothing day with Lita while she’s in town. The only thing stopping him is a never-ending supply of no-good crooks! Can the harried Speedfreak make it all work out? Find out in “No Rest for White Hats!”
VII. No Rest For White Hats
And just like that, there she was. Me and the boys had hauled in the last of our gear for the night’s show, and like a regular 007, she had slipped onto that bar-stool between bringing the Marshall stacks and the guitars. And before Harry could finish saying, “and here we go,” I was all over her.
Meanwhile, in Tales from the Front Lines, a different kind of love flowers when timid solar joint waitress Jane Swanson finds herself stranded on the side of the road, helped out by a friendly giant of a hound named Buck Sterling. What starts as a surprise friendship blossoms into a tender romance, relayed with slice-of-life charm in “Those Sterling Hours.”
Those Sterling Hours
I’d hedge a bet that most lovers meet one of two ways: they screw first and ask questions later, or someone picks up someone off the side of the road. Could be a crime, an accident, a meet-cute, or in my case, car trouble. Everyone loves to talk pretty about the Bug, but when you’re driving a stock-standard Super Beetle like I was…
In for the finish is none other than the hero of the Wasteland airwaves, Alan Firedale: Desert Delinquent! In their very first two-parter, Alan and Goldie are having fun working for the Institute for Desert Phenomena. The good times of testing experimental tech come to an end when a devastating discovery is made: none other than the devilish General Langdon himself is crusading across the desert, destroying all in his path! What brings the tyrant out in the open? What’s his latest scheme? Can Alan and Golden Cloud stop him before it’s too late? Never before has the danger been as red-hot than in “The Cypress Fires!”
Episode 5 - The Cypress Fires (Part 1)
VOL. 1 OF THE ALAN FIREDALE SOUNDTRACK OUT NOW! Confusion abounds when black sites under the watchful eye of the Institute for Desert Phenomena are blown to smithereens by none other than General Langdon himself, in person! Alan and Goldie seek out the General, only to find a random path of carnage, leading right to the heart of a devastating discovery. Can the daring duo stop the mad tyrant & his mysterious scheme?
What’s got you most excited? Let us know in the comments below!
Byte of the Week
We all know that Duellists are an odd bunch. Wild driving wolves who challenge anyone on wheels to a race, and anyone fool enough to accept the challenge knows their very lives could be on the line. But what happens when this modern idea of a duel meets the traditional idea of one. Such is the case in “True Duel”
In one corner, a proper modern Duellist. A red wolf with an upturned hot rod who is pissed that his latest race ended in a crash. In the other, a black-furred cowboy who never asked for the action to begin with. At an impasse, the cowboy proposes they settle the score like a real duel: two guns, twenty paces, and the quickest hand wins.
True Duel
They stood as mountains in the face of each other. Unwilling to move, to retreat. Both wolves had just clambered out of their wrecks, each having rocked the other’s ride to hell and back in a vicious race. “Codebreaking sonofabitch,” the red wolf scowled. “Call that a fucking duel!?”
Thank you all for a wild 2023, and we hope you enjoy the latest in the ongoing fight for freedom and fine pulp entertainment next week. May God Bless You and This Force. One last tune for the road…