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The suicide attack reached its peak It reminded her of pictures she’d seen of cloudbursts over the deserts of Earth Huge, angry clouds with nu fro toward a parched landsca

pe, and evaporating again before a drop could darken the soil

On the visual display, the bright, dancing veins on the Te, and now that she knew to look, Dru the sides of the ship opening and closing like pores The lights of the missiles’ drive plumes were like blue fireflies

“How can they do that?” she whispered past the tightness in her throat

“I have Cameron Tur,” the communications tech said

The caer than it seeht shone in his eyes

“Where the fuck are you?” Dru this?”

There was al before he answered He was close, then One of the escape ships “I don’t understand The nu These can’t be normal devices”

On the display, the last three suicide attackers blinked out If the Teh to register at this scale It looked as though the ene to evade anymore

“The first battle, anted to learn fro directly at the camera “I mean, anted to win Of course anted to win, but we didn’t expect to The data—hoe lost—was as i them”

“Tur?”

“Maybe they were learning frorowth of the ship Or the missiles”

“They survived a direct nuclear strike,” Dru they can just do?”

“Apparently?” Tur said He licked his lips anxiously “We knew fro station that they are capable of focusing and directing incredible sources of power Things we’ve only ever seen on celestial levels Collapsing stars”

“Collapsing stars? We’re fighting a supernova in the shape of a ship? Why the hell didn’t you see this co Her throat hurt with it