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Teddi threw the tank over the low crest in another belly-dropping
leap, then pulled it into a button-hook turn that slewed into a side-
ways stop. Definitely aerospace.
Jake undogged the top hatch and eased it up a few centime-
ters for a quick look. Pushing back his faceplate, he brought his
field glasses to his eyes. Magnified to armтАЩs length, the hide of
the retreating тАЩMech revealed two smoking scars below the back-
wards-hinged right knee assembly and a third low on the rear
torso.
тАЬLooks likeтАФтАЭ
Pain seared through his skull. The sky beyond the тАЩMech dis-
appeared in a blinding flare. With a curse, he dropped the field
glasses, tumbling back into his seat.
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тАЬWhat happened?тАЭ
тАЬFlash blind,тАЭ Jake answered, trying to keep it matter-of-fact.
тАЬTargeting get anything?тАЭ
He heard a series of clicks as the driver toggled through tactical
screens that were normally his domain. White tinged with purple
against his lids, the afterimage of the flash was spread across the
horizon, with four streaks reaching up to the sky. Or down from it.
Orbital bombardment? Nothing he knew burned like that.
тАЬSomething hot,тАЭ Teddi said, тАЬthe whole prairieтАЩs on fire. Ground
zero atтАФтАЭ
Her voice broke off.
Jake pushed against his eyes as though pressure would help his
optic nerves recover faster and gave her time to process.
тАЬCaptain Jacoam,тАЭ Teddi said at last, all bravado gone from her
voice.
Her formality braced him.
тАЬThey took out the DropShips.тАЭ
Civilian ships. Unarmed.
With Second Company on board.
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Al-Ilb, Mosiro
Mosiro Archipelago
04 April 3067

Captain Ariel Peregrine looked out over the forests and rivers of
Mosiro.
The rivers were artful in the aesthetic precision of their curving
courses. The forests seemed to form a patchwork, as well man-
nered as cultivated groves of hardwoods or fruit trees.
From behind her vantage point on the wall of the university en-
clave, Ariel could hear the muted thunder of the waterfalls that
cascaded from the white cliffs that defined the northern edge of