We were on our own.
“Okay,” I said. “Let’s put this together. The Portal is too small to put a pinky through. Nobody’s coming to help us. I’m sure we could open the airlock, but they won’t open the inner door until we surrender.”
“They’ll stun us on sight,” Gunfire said.
My hands burned. Memories of the fight in the suit repair lab flashed. I needed two deep breaths before I could speak. “I would.” I chewed my lip. “We can’t win like this, so we need to change the rules.”
Gunfire paused. “You’re talking sense.”
My mouth was dry, and my heart beating too fast. “Is there anything we could damage that would help? There’s the farm, but emergency supplies would carry them for a month no problem. Losing the extraction plant wouldn’t do anything but make the embargo permanent.” I tried to sn
