IV | View to a Kill“My lord, the charge is complete.”
Valdus looked up from his map table and smiled. “You see? And we are still here—with our limbs included. You worry too much, old friend. And the focusing of the beam?”
“I have adjusted the apex angles of the prisms so that the wave front should converge on the ferryman alone,” said Lector. “But I must warn you, sire. The plasma core is only marginally stable; should any single constant become variable once the weapon is fired ... the results could be catastrophic—especially if the shields of the gondola create a mirror effect.”
“There will be no mirror effect,” said Valdus. “Lieutenant Crith, how long until they are out of range?”
Crith ground his binoculars. “They are moving slower than anticipated, my lord, although at this distan
