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The planet's night side was mostly just a big black patch that blotted out the stars behind it, but Anna saw a thin crescent of blue as they approached the terminator. There were tiny pulses of light in the distance. Explosions or weapons' fire? She could not say which.
She angled the shuttle upward, away from the planet, and saw a momentary flicker of green. When the window zoomed in, she realized that it was more than just a flicker. It was a bloody storm.
A cluster of automated fighters had surrounded the LMS Destiny, and they were pummeling it on all sides with particle weapons. Her instruments said that the Destiny's shields were holding, but all it would take was for one shot to break through.
Pressing her lips together, Anna felt her eyebrows rising. “Work is never done,” she
