"I am aware of all of this. Start in fifteen seconds or the entire Earthward flank is going to collapse. You will be fine."

She wasn't sure Jacqli would be fine, but rule #1 of being in charge was you never let them see you sweat. She watched as twelve different units, Jacqli's included, crawled into seemingly innocuous positions.

Now it was only a matter of if the enemy's commander was as clever as she was.