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Jumbo ten was pulling out of the ranks.
“J-10, LOCK ON YOUR TIER: SWING TO ZERO STRESS. FALL IN, J-10!”
Jumbo Ten swung farther out of the advancing line, whirled and looked to the rear. He had been in
the se-cond wave moving toward the battle-scarred plain be-low. The third was crushing the very stones
as it roared down the hill, an irresistible force, ten thousand tons of alloyed steel careening madly on to
meet with the im-movable object of the enemy front.
“J-10, ARE YOU DAMAGED? CHECK YOUR SYS-TEMS AND MAKE REPORT
He had to get away. For the moment, they thought he was simply malfunctioning. Before the truth
seeped through their thick skulls, he would have to act. At most, he had only seconds to reach some level
area and cant back, bringing his rockets into proper position. Escape was essential, for he had suddenly
realized he was not a machine.
The tumult below made the plain a bad bet. Laser cannon erupted like acid-stomached giants,
belching forth corrosive froth that even the alloy hulls could not withstand for any appreciable length of
time. Forty Jum-bos were clashing already—twenty on each side—and a hundred and twenty would be
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