Chapter 12The squad was dressed smart intheirdark blue uniforms. Every soldier snapped to attention and saluted.They all held their silver laser rifle. All had shiny computersbandson their wrists. Goggles atop of their silver helmets. The twodozensecurity people from the ship wore burgundy uniforms. We providedthem with our extra laser rifles. I wasn’t sure how good they wouldbe on the battlefield. No doubt they were brave, but many wereinexperienced in the type of battle the Raiders were used to. Butonce we bounced into the past, we would split into smaller squads,with at least one Raider in each. I didn’t want security peopleleft alone to make mistakes. I stepped up on the smallplatform.
“Ladies and gentlemen, as you know, Idon’t give long speeches.”
“And we appreciate that, sir.”
“I’
