Chapter 32Even as Hester began planning how to deal with Vronic and his supporters, matters were taken from her hands by the natives.
Jion’s estimate might have been offhand but it was all too accurate. The technology that Vronic had passed to the natives more than tilted the balance of power that had for decades separated the major tribes.
Armed with it, the hawks amongst the Eastern Bloc leadership emerged to centre stage and stood triumphant over their more moderate comrades.
Using guidance and surveillance systems far beyond their most advanced technology, their troops smashed their way through neighbouring countries in days while the defenders found themselves powerless. They stood by radar equipment that refused to function, and died in tanks and aeroplanes that were being destroy
