Today is the 318th day of the year. 10 fun facts about the number 318.
The year 318 was a common year starting on Wednesday. known at the time as the Year of the Consulship of Licinianus and Crispus. In this year, Emperor Constantine the Great renamed the ancient Roman town Drepana as Helenopolis, after his mother Helena, and was given the title Brittanicus Maximus, for successful engagements in Britain.
The Airbus A318, is an airliner in the Airbus A320 family. It’s the smallest of them and is nicknamed the "Baby Bus". It carries 107 to 132 passengers and has a maximum range of 5,750 kilometres (3,570 miles).
Area code 318 is the telephone area code for the northern and central parts of the U.S. state of Louisiana.
London bus 318 runs between North Middlesex Hospital and Rookwood Road.
In Genesis 14, Abraham takes 318 men to rescue his brother Lot.
318 Magdalena is a main belt asteroid discovered by Auguste Charlois in 1891 in Nice. It may be named for Mary Magdalene, who in legend travelled to Southern Gaul and is the patron saint of Provence.
A 318 tee is a type of pipe joint used in plumbing.
The A318 is a road in Surrey which connects Chertsey and Byfleet.
The Roman numeral for 318 is CCCXVIII.
In Binary code, 318 is 100111110.
Beta
(Combat Team Series #2)
Steff was abducted by an evil alien race, the Orbs, at fourteen. Used as a weapon for years, he eventually escapes, but his problems are just beginning. How does a man support himself when his only work experience is a paper round and using an Orb bio-integrated gun?
Warlord is an alien soldier who knows little but war. When the centuries-old conflict which ravaged his planet ends, he seeks out another world where his skills are still relevant. There are always wars on Earth, it seems. However, none of Earth's powerful armies want him.
Natalie has always wanted to visit England and sees a chance to do so while using her martial arts skills, but there are sacrifices she must make in order to fulfil her dream.
Maggie resorted to crime to fund her sister's medical care. She uses her genetic variant abilities to gain access to the rooms of wealthy hotel guests. The Ballards look like rich pickings, but they are not what they seem. When Maggie targets them, little does she know that she is walking into a trap.
Hotel owner Hamilton Lonsdale puts together a combat team to pit against those of other multi-millionaires. He recruits Warlord, Natalie, Maggie and Steff along with a trained gorilla, a probability-altering alien, a stockbroker whose work of art proved to be much more than he'd bargained for, a marketing officer who can create psionic forcefields, a teleporting member of the landed gentry, and a socially awkward fixer. This is Combat Team Beta.
Steff never talks about his time with the Orbs, until he finds a woman who lived through it, too. Steff believes he has finally found happiness, but it is destined to be short-lived. He is left with an unusual legacy which he and Team Beta struggle to comprehend; including why something out there seems determined to destroy it.
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