Ammonite Planets (Omnibus): Ammonite Galaxy #1-3
“Their pilots were waiting for him.
“Bamonte is dead,” one of them told him “I saw his pod blow up right in front of me. There is no way on Sacras that he could have escaped.”
Six nodded. “And the other shuttle?” he asked.
They shrugged. “We know nothing about pod five. Diva was piloting it. She was assigned the northernmost ship, and after the explosions began it was very hard to track anybody. No-one knows what has happened to her pod. We assume it either exploded or was brought down. Her chan...ces of survival are very slim.”
“And what about New Kwaide? How many missiles got through?”
They looked uncomfortable. “None of Diva’s reached Kwaide. One of Grace’s …” The man who was talking looked rather ashamed. “I was unable to stop mine, and the same goes for Samoso here. And one of Bamonte’s got through. His shuttle pod stopped the other.”
“You were only able to stop four in total?” Six felt dispirited. “That means that – what? – six got through?”MoreLess
“Bamonte is dead,” one of them told him “I saw his pod blow up right in front of me. There is no way on Sacras that he could have escaped.”
Six nodded. “And the other shuttle?” he asked.
They shrugged. “We know nothing about pod five. Diva was piloting it. She was assigned the northernmost ship, and after the explosions began it was very hard to track anybody. No-one knows what has happened to her pod. We assume it either exploded or was brought down. Her chan...ces of survival are very slim.”
“And what about New Kwaide? How many missiles got through?”
They looked uncomfortable. “None of Diva’s reached Kwaide. One of Grace’s …” The man who was talking looked rather ashamed. “I was unable to stop mine, and the same goes for Samoso here. And one of Bamonte’s got through. His shuttle pod stopped the other.”
“You were only able to stop four in total?” Six felt dispirited. “That means that – what? – six got through?”MoreLess
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