Chapter 10I headed for the shuttle deck,which iswhere we keep our battle ‘toys’. They are actual mini-battleshipsand cruisers designed to be manned by our androids. They are inessence suicide vessels that directly attack enemy vessels and drawtheir fire. Our technicians can tell a great deal about anopponent’sforces after a fiery exchange with the Toys. The Toys are much moredifficult to kill than the name implies. When an enemy ship targetsthem, their sensors might see three or four or even fivebattleshipsspread out over fifty miles of space. Even high-tech sensors can beconfused by the camouflage. Due to Federation technology it willevenseem to the enemy sensors that one or more of the fake ships arefiring at them. They will return fire but hit only empty space.During the fake battle, ou
