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“Get down, you idi—” Clarissa started, but whatever else she was about to say was drowned out by the gunfire

Chapter Sixteen: Singh

As he stepped out of the office co up The thin line of blazing full-spectruht that ran down the center of Medina’s habitat dru streak across his vision, and filled his eyes with tears Like looking into a sun, if instead of an orb several light minutes away, it was a line drawn in the sky and very close

“Hold on a et his vision back

“Copy that,” the Marine replied, then said, “we’re oscarteams for cover to station ops”

It took Singh a moment to realize that most of that was co but respect for the Marines under his command and for the security they provided, but they did love their jargon and code names A moment later he’d shaken reen afteri

“Okay, I’m ready”

“Copy that,” the Marine replied, and pointed to a parking area about fiftyLieutenant Kasik was hurrying toward hi a monitor that had been extended to its full size Hewith exertion

“I have the initial defense reports,” Kasik said, handing the h

“Excellent” Singh scrolled past a spreadsheet of incomprehensible numbers “I hope there’s a summary?”

“Yes, sir, and the tech group is waiting for you in station ops to answer any questions But the initial findings are very exciting”

“Tell me”

“What we can see,” Kasik said, “is the ring systey froas”

“We knew that,” Singh replied with a frown

“But … the energy released was orders of y the central sphere absorbed The ring system amplified it Exponentially If the factor is consistent, we can create predictive models for input versus output very quickly”