Jade crept aboard the nearest transport and set the flare down in the front, just under the control panel. “The flare’s on a two-second timer, so you have time to look away before it lights up. It takes a few minutes before it sets off the carrier, so you also have plenty of time to move on to the next few before the first one goes up.”
She showed Cyclad how to set the fuse, and the two left the transport just as the flare started to burn. They sprinted through the building to their next target. “Here,” Jade said, “you try this one.”
Cyclad worked much more slowly that Jade, both because she was less sure what she was doing and because her manipulators were not used to such delicate controls. But she was a quick study, and got the settings exactly right the first time. The flare was sput
