[ WP ] Tell me the middle of a sci-fi epic . No beginning or introduction to the setting or characters , nor any context to what 's going on , and no resolution of any kind .

Tarmac crawled along the eternal flat land, his busted foot dragging. The shattered Univax weighed like a fifty pound Retrolinker, useless for the time being. Unable to give up, he forced every cell in his body to push harder, willing himself forward. 
 
 Steadily the Draconain maneuvered across the desolate landscape. The edge was in sight. He would follow the wall until it became a way out. He did not know what to expect after that, but it was n't Tarmac's way to think, it was his way to act, even if crippled in battle. Especially then. 
 
 He heard a million tiny tappings that grew like incoming thunder before pounding in his ears. A massive slimy Cent-i-roach-i-pede was bearing down on him, pincers dripping venom, jaws opening and closing hungrily, its prickly eyes sizing him up.
