And not a moment too soon either, for Kendrick had apparently finished conferring with his superiors and shut down his own com. He positioned himself at the front of his men in a broad-legged, arrogant stance.
“Hand over the traitors and prepare to be boarded,” he said, practically brimming with smugness. He lifted his hand and the Republican troopers — all two dozens of them — aimed their rifles.
In response, Anjali pushed herself away from the crate to aim her own plasma rifle squarely at the Republicans, idly hoping that if they were going to fire, they’d do it soon, because her wounded leg was just about to give out underneath her and she really just wanted to lay down and rest. Of course, she preferred to do that while still alive, but it was a testament to how injured she really wa
