“Unfortunately, the turret gun can only fire in one direction at a time.”
“Our strategy will be to deal with the Enemy at maximum distance. The turret gun will concentrate its fire on the group of Ants to the west, as that is the most potentially dangerous. The rest of us must deal with the groups to the North and Southeast.”
“Zur!” I interrupted. “Is it not true that the swivel guns on the skimmers have a greater range than our hand blasters?”
“That is correct, Commander.”
“Then if we array the skimmers…”
“Commander!” Mahz’s voice came to me.
“Rahm here.”
“Instruments indicate digging. There is a tunnel in progress to the Southwest.”
CHAPTER TWELVE
“Request, Commander.”
“Yes, Zur?” I beamed back.
“If opportunity presents itself, I would like your permission to dispose of Kor’s body personally.”
“What method would you propose?”
“I would use my hand blaster to obliterate her body.”
“Explain.”
“She was an exceptional Warrior. She deserves a better end than serving as Ant food.”
“Permission granted…providing opportunity presents itself. We do not want to prematurely display the power of our weapons.”
“Of course, Commander.”
Trust Zur to think of details like that under the most adverse situations. Then again, Kor’s body was on his side of the fortification. He and Krah would have little to do but stare at it as we waited for the attack.
Our position was tenuous at best. The tunneling from the Southwest had stopped about thirty meters out. The other three groups of Insects had not moved, though another pack of Leapers had joined the group to the Southeast.