The troops fired steady shots from the center of the lift. Mobile aerial turrets whisked around, trying to evade shots and still fire. A’zyren dropped each turret with a single shot. Medics attended to the wounded in the middle of the formation.
Gabriel marched to Magnus, grabbing him by the shoulder.
“Why the f**k don’t you use your hand cannon and clear the skies above?” he asked.
“For one thing, those are some small targets. Second, the explosion would destabilize the antigrav stream raising this lift. So, if you want us all to plummet to our doom, that’s a brilliant idea,” Magnus stated sarcastically. “Mordekai, try gaining access to the automaton defence system from the console you’re accessing.”
“Negative, Lord Void. This system is isolated fr
