The Amethyst Guardian

The Sky-flyer came into view over the rise, bristling with armaments. Weapons had been outlawed after the last war on Earth but Elyse had seen pictures of the wounded. Its nose lowered and multiple streams of grey photons spurted on either side of her.
She had only two choices, stay and be destroyed along with her research, or jump from the side of Far Mountain to save her work. It was really no choice at all.

The New World sought to abolish the mistakes of Earth's last war. But the colonists...