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.And got taken out by a companyof Screaming Meemies.We've got a SheVa it now, two from what I hear.""Yeah," Ryan said unhappily."I'm still jumpy about some of the stuff that theLurps reported.There were indications of a massive ingathering, but thislooks like it's about the size of a single globe force, maybe four or fivemillion.They've hit us with that before and bounced.I just.I dunno.""Same old same old," Brandt said with a shrug."Fine by me.""Just.keep your eyes open," Ryan said."I'm heading back to HQ; that'swhere I'm supposed to be anyway.""Okay, have fun," Brandt said with a grin."I'm gonna be busy killing Posleenanyway.""Been there, done that," Ryan muttered as he walked out of the command center."Got the scars."Ryan wandered out the way he had come in, noting in passing that the level ofactivity in the hallways was increasing and that the automatic cannons on thetop level had opened fire.He tromped down the stairs to his Humvee and shook his head as the first ofthe Gatling guns opened up.Next month they had planned on rebuilding the wireand stake obstacles to the front of the wall, but it looked like that wouldhave to wait.He quickly drove through the serpentine road, slowing whenever groups ofsoldiers, who should have already been in place, crossed the road to theirdefense positions.There was a steady stream of vehicles heading to the Walland the secondary defenses and half the time he felt like he was fightingagainst a salmon run.Twice MPs waved him off the road to let groups throughin the opposite direction, but after a half an hour he finally reached themotorpool on the west side of the corps headquarters.As he mounted the steps towards the former school he noted that thegreen-and-blue "hill" to the east was starting to shake and he looked to thesouth.Sure enough, landers were coming in view.Oh, this should be good.Chapter 23Mountain City, GA, United States, Sol III1113 EDT Saturday September 26, 2009 ad"I feel.uncomfortable watching the assault from a place of safety,Oolt'ondai," Cholosta'an said.They were both observing through vision screens the progress of the assault.The lead companies, including Balanosol, had been for all practical purposeswiped out.There might be a few members of the surviving oolt that had beenlead oolt'os, but none of the Kessentai had survived.Page 185ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlThe humans were devilishly effective at finding and engaging the Kessentai,but the mass assault had masked a greater danger; among the "political units"were Kessentai and cosslain who had "taken a leaf"as the humans would say and were sniping the anti-Kessentai defenses.The first to be removed were the automated cannons on the top.Once the typehad been identified their detectors were easy to spot and Kessentai hadengaged them, using manual sights since the automatics were overloaded byfire, from beyond the effective range of the human weapons.Once those were reduced the slaughter of Kessentai lessened, making the attackmore coherent, but there were still other guns engaging the Kessentai.Thesewere engaged in order; the front rank Kessentai were now close enough to bringtheir oolt to bear and that added to the effect.By the time the fourth rankof the assault was in range of the miniguns all of the upper rank heavyweapons had been engaged and destroyed.Most of the guns were recessed, but ifenough plasma is pumped into the hole it doesn't matter."Ah, well, that relative safety will be reduced soon, eson'sora," Orostan saidwith a snap of his mouth.The losses had been heavier than anticipated, including among the "political"Kessentai; the human heavy"sniper" weapons had been engaging them as the automatics were engaging themass assault."But I think we have their attention well and truly fixed on thefront door, do we not?""Indeed, Oolt'ondai," the younger Kessentai said."And now?""And now, we slam the door," Orostan answered, waving to a subcommander
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