Chapter 7:
Superior Firepower
(cont...)

A spike in the background static of transmission warned of an intercepted Smoke Jaguar communication. "It is too quiet. What are they doing? All posts check in!" Though the clarity suffered, Connor placed it as Star Commander Drevin, the on-site officer. Sorenson had intercepted a few transmissions between this Drevin and Ratache Osis. Drevin was desperate. Desperate men were dangerous. Desperate Clan warriors, Sinclair had learned, were doubly so.

"I can’t raise Epona," the corporal called out over the common frequency. Too much rock in between." One of the MFBs began a tight three-point turn to head back the way it had come in. "We need to get around the side of this mountain quickly, or we’ll lose her."

Connor shook his head. He couldn’t have Sorenson panicking now. "Calm down, Corporal. Stop that MFB." He waited as his order was carried out. "Now think, Thomas. You got us this far. Your first plans have been upset, so come up with something new. We’re 200 meters or so from our target. Figure it out." There had to be another way. Just because Connor couldn’t see it, no reason Sorenson shouldn’t be able to. The man was an analyst. "It’s what you do best. Do it."

Dominic paced his Puma in a tight square. Working off nervous energy no doubt while the intelligence analyst tried to puzzle out a new way through. Sinclair waited with muscles beginning to cramp with the tension. He was gambling again, and this time every second lost placed Epona Rhi that much further from any support. Finally, "Can’t be done, Lieutenant. I’m sorry. No way you can blast through, and your ’Mechs are not made to climb like that. You need an elevator or a ramp. A ramp!"

Connor allowed himself a tight smile. Sorenson might just as well have yelled "Victory!"

"You aren’t 200 meters from your target, sir. You’re six meters. We need to get you onto that conveyer bridge and into the first extractor chamber." Data scrolled over one of Sinclair’s several auxiliary screens. "Target the following supports beneath the conveyer bridge."

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