Shekalane just stared at him, completely sobered from what she was beginning to feel a moment before. She shook her head slowly. “How will you do this thing? How will you cause the dragger’s shields to be lowered?”
As she spoke he used his knife to pry the green stone (the original homing beacon) from the ring; he held up a new one, a near-duplicate of the first, slightly darker. “This is a shield bomb. Its primary components are a shield generator and a highly directional explosive. To use it you have only to point its face at the target, like this ...” He demonstrated. “... and shake it three times, which will activate a timer. You must shake very hard. The bomb will blast outward, away from you ... killing everyone within fifty feet, and causing the ship’s shields to go into emergency
