Momentum

Fail to react to a Flux Radar ability in half a second? A sniper might shoot you. Through the walls. Overlook a hidden team of Shock Troops? You'll get stabbed fifteen times before you realize they've already left. Get touched, however briefly, by a rare Mastermind? You'll betray everything and everyone. It'll feel like it was your idea. Ben Exeter was unemployed when he was handed a uniform and a rifle. He's already convinced himself he'll be the most badass soldier who ever lived. He'll soon learn that teamwork beats heroics, training beats talent, and simple, well-executed plans beat convoluted ones. The world keeps finding new ways to fall apart. Polite, but terrifying aliens. Cunningly manipulative AI. A fertility plague yet to be cured. Things nobody's named yet... Ben's been given access to a secret government project known as the Flux system. Four stats going from F to S. Fifteen abilities. How complicated could it be? Turns out there's already an established meta. It's unforgiving. He's also been given something more valuable: a community of kind, smart, ambitious teammates who believe the world can be restored through self-improvement. What's more, the captain's a Flux prodigy, and he'll pass on the tricks you won't find in any field manual. What to expect: Characters who genuinely care about each otherA physics-based, quantified, shonen-inspired power systemDon't worry. I keep track of the numbers so you don't have to. Unless you really want toMinimal romanceOver 100,000 words written so far