“Yeah.”
“To save the universe?”
“Something like that.”
He just grins. “You know I’m always ready for a fun gig.”
Your teams work fast, Safina prepping the connections, Landre readying the weapon cores while his subunit prepares the corridor with mines, and Journ’s subunit readying the SPEAARs and other defenses.
But they aren’t fast enough.
“Sir,” Noura calls, “armor approaching the facility’s main power core. Is your backup ready.”
You cut a glance to Safina who just shakes her head with a scowl.
“Negative,” you respond. “We need more time. You’ll have to engage.”
“Understood. We’ll hold them as long as we can.” The recon subunit doesn’t have the firepower to stop the armored assault walkers, and you both know it.
But there isn’t another choice.
“Make their sacrifice count,” yo
