“Dozer, how’s it going?” Dash asked over the radio.
“Good, so far. Only light resistance.”
“Great. We’re just outside a large room. Scans show more than a hundred people inside. They’re bunched together, but if they’re armed we’re gonna struggle to deal with them. There’s no way around without backtracking an awful long way. It looks like you can come at them from the side.”
“Hang on…”
Dash waited, knowing Dozer would be studying his display.
“OK Sarge, we can be in position in two minutes. Hold tight till then.”
“Will do. Warn your troopers these might not be pirates. If they’re prisoners I don’t want any accidents.”
“I’ll tell them. Dozer out.”
Dash brought the troopers he led up to speed, issuing the same warning about prisoners. The mission had two main aims – to clo
