[No artillery, then. Mira took a moment to blast the Kroot's head in. At this close range, a lasgun was more than powerful enough to turn the creature's skull into a bloody mist. Then she listened to Nelia's bad news.]
Twenty dreadnoughts and two battalions of tanks? I'm down to two lascannon teams for anti-armor-
[There was an explosion.]
-ONE lascannon team for anti-armor weapons. If those things get near us we're going to get annihilated!
[Death was something she was prepared for. Even the tough Cadians knew the life expectancy of a Guardsman on the battlefield, and it wasn't long. But there was a difference between dying in a battle, and dying in a massacre.]
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[No artillery, then. Mira took a moment to blast the Kroot's head in. At this close range, a lasgun was more than powerful enough to turn the creature's skull into a bloody mist. Then she listened to Nelia's bad news.]
Twenty dreadnoughts and two battalions of tanks? I'm down to two lascannon teams for anti-armor-
[There was an explosion.]
-ONE lascannon team for anti-armor weapons. If those things get near us we're going to get annihilated!
[Death was something she was prepared for. Even the tough Cadians knew the life expectancy of a Guardsman on the battlefield, and it wasn't long. But there was a difference between dying in a battle, and dying in a massacre.]