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serve as the vanguard for a more concerted attack by a DCMS
regular unit. If resistance was heavy, UkawaтАЩs company would do
as much damage as possible against the day a full scale assault
could be brought against the world.
Ukawa didnтАЩt know what kind of resistance theyтАЩd find.
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But he did know how to find out.
He pushed his Thug forward in a fast walk, leading his command
lance through the high mountain field, the passage of the тАШMechs
setting the ground atremble. Ukawa knew the footfalls of the great
machines wouldnтАЩt carry far in the thin mountain air.
But theyтАЩd carry far enough.
Especially when you factored in the heat signature of the lanceтАЩs
fusion reactors against the frigid environment and the fact that
they were following the main road, which itself paralleled a dark
forest. They were bound to attract attention.
Which was just what Ukawa was counting on.
UkawaтАЩs fire lance was creeping up an isolated mining road
that cut through the forest and intersected the main road less
than four klicks from their current position. If the enemy attacked
now, UkawaтАЩs fire lance would set the forest ablaze and force the
Davions to choose between inferno and a toe-to-toe slugfest with
the medium and heavy тАШMechs of his command lance.
And to top it all off, his scout lance was hidden in the foothills to
the north, ready to race in and hit the enemyтАЩs flank.
Ukawa had offered his enemy four vulnerable тАШMechs. Now all
they had to do was take the bait.
The Hunchback on UkawaтАЩs left suddenly stopped, gazing out
over the field that stretched away from the forest.
тАЬChain Three, this is Chain One. Why have you stopped, over?тАЭ
тАЬIтАЩm not sure,тАЭ said the idiot piloting the Hunchback. Ukawa knew
his people by the names of their crimes. To him the Hunchback тАЩs
pilot was War Profiteer, but with an effort of will he dredged the
manтАЩs name out of the sludge of his memory: Roger Something. It
wasтАФCulkin. Hai. Culkin.
тАЬCulkin! What do you thinkтАФтАЭ
тАЬI think someoneтАЩs moving.тАЭ The man raised the Hunchback тАЩs
arm, pointing. тАЬThere, to the left.тАЭ
ProfiteerтАЩs words sent a chill wriggling down UkawaтАЩs spine.
Movement. Ukawa triggered his command channel, the order to
fall back a tickle on his lips, when the shrill warble of an alarm
filled his cockpit.
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Fire control radar.
тАЬInbound,тАЭ he shouted.
He turned in time to see the orange glow of missile launch