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I'wen

No

I a, untrained as a soldier, and as a child I'm someone these men expect to protect but never listen to But they never expected to listen to Mazer Rackha to find hi to save hi care of me

Bingwen had been watching the monitor with the rest of them, when the lens on the barracks roof showed the iht flare of the nuclear explosion, followed by the mushroo of Captain Wit O'Toole, Mazer Rackha their Chinese drill sledges under the impenetrable shield that surrounded the lander, and then set off the nuclear device If they had not reached their objective, they wouldn't have set off the nuke

But did they set it off as planned, with a timer that allowed thees and get clear of the blast zone? Or did they set it off as a suicidal act of desperation, barelyaway?

That was the uncertainty that filled the barracks now, six hours after the explosion Should they wait for O'Toole, Calinga, and Rackhao forward to try to assess the effectiveness of the attack?

Bingould be useless on such a reconnaissance ned for a sht-year-old fra He had scrunched up the arloves, but the accordion effect forced hied and waddle when he walked When it was tiould be left behind--and they would be right to leave him

Meanwhile, though, Bingas useful for the only kind of recon that was possible right now--by radio and computer All the MOPs were trained on all their hardware, and were very good at i hatever was at hand They had antennas on the roof as soon as the explosion was confir confirmation from their own sources in faraway places that all Formic activity around the nuked lander had ceased

What Bingas good for wasthe Chinese radio frequencies As the only native speaker of the southern Chinese dialect and the best speaker of the official Mandarin tongue, Bingas the one e they were picking up

And even as he listened, he was using one of the holodesks they had found at this base to scan the available networks to see as being said aroups