It was Earth.
Asia was just coming into view … and it was untouched. There was no immense scar cut across through Japan and into China. He blinked. How … ?
And in that moment, as his brain pieced together the what – or more accurately, the when – the Weapon fired.
The massive energy beam stabbed Earthward, right into the Pacific Ocean where it began its slow, inexorable crawl toward land. Someone was screaming – it was him, he realized – and the smell of ozone and seared flesh filled the air as Xindi reinforcements spilled into the primary core from other entranceways, their weapons shrieking. There were too many of them…
Azar was the first to die – a dozen disruptor beams converged upon him, tearing through his armor and cooking him alive. He tried to scream, but the air around him wa
