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machine.
Urza was glad to see that the ray cannon itself was
unharmed.
The other gunner had never been human. A vat-grown
monster, its body configuration was arthropodal. Beneath a
red skull piece lurked a round mouth set with in-curved
fangs. Its four forward appendages were poison barbed, and
they lashed out to strike Urza. The reach of those things
told of their unnatural origins.
The first jab caught Urza in the side. He had been too
distracted, admiring the weapon. Now he was focused.
Stingers the size of bull horns cut through power armor,
sank into his side, pierced viscera, and met in the middle of
him. Their fangy tips pumped venom.
Any man would have been killed. Perhaps that was why
the O-shaped mouth wore a leering grin. Urza, however,
was no mere man.
He ripped the stinger from his flesh. It was agony but an
agony he could survive. He yanked the creature's arm out
by its roots. Poison jetted from one end and bug-gore from
the other. Urza jabbed the stingers into the Phyrexian's
astonished mouth. Poison pumped. The gunner thrashed
briefly before slumping beside its partner. Urza flung the
dead arm away.
Almost as an afterthought, Urza reshaped his flesh,
squeezing the venom out of him. His viscera and muscle
regrew. Even the power armor repaired itself, now a mere
projection of his mind. As long as the planeswalker could
think, he could heal.
With a single almighty yank, Urza broke the ray
cannon from its mounting. The huge weapon cracked loose
from the walkway. It weighed an easy ton. Clutching the


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gun, Urza floated away from the cruiser. He slowly turned
the cannon about, so he could engage its fire controls.
With a mere touch, Urza understood this machine. His
eye glinted in the crosshairs. His hand compressed the
trigger.
Red plasma blazed from the barrel, first taking out
others guns like it. Next, Urza aimed at engine banks, at
power stations, at stabilizers. It was short work with the
single cannon to cripple the third cruiser. The massive ship
began to sink.
Urza set his feet on it and paused to breathe. He did not
need to breathe, but it helped him think. This ray cannon
would prove very helpful. He would ride the cruiser to the