The trip from the landing field to the coast took approximately half an hour. As they approached the beach they could see the Lithuwaan defensive lines. Running parallel to the shore as far as could be seen in either direction was a wall of coral rising right up to the water’s surface. Every few hundred meters along the wall was a guardhouse with defensive weapons to stave off a Grosstem underwater attack. There were gates in the wall through which the Lithuw could launch their own vehicles of war.
The buses stopped at the base of the wall. “I am sorry, but we can officially go no further,” the Lithuwaan driver apologized to Bred. “The Grosstem attack persists. It is frequently this way when an eclipse occurs. The low tide exposes more of our territory and allows the enemy to make encroac
