Gritting her teeth, Anna shook her head. “Well, now…that confirms it,” she hissed. “Whoever's in there, they're up to no good. Charge the shield emitters but keep weapons powered down for now.”
“Aye, ma'am.”
Anna snorted.
“What? It sounded like the thing to say.”
When they got within a hundred metres of the castle, Anna brought the shuttle to a halt and used the gravitational drive to hover about fifty feet above the ground. The other shuttles settled to a stop as well, one on either side of her. Slight magnification gave her a good picture of the fortress.
Two men in black clothing were standing on the castle's side wall, one pointing at her while the other gesticulated wildly. There was a third making his way to the nearest cannon. This might end badly.
A few quick taps at her cons
