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“Massive explosion on the port side,” Pierre announced. “We have a massive explosion on the port side of the target Ghostrider.”
“What the hell did you do?” Someone shouted at him. Holly?
“I fired the laser at the barrel of the M102 howitzer as we agreed. My goal was to take out the sight camera along the barrel.”
“How hot would the barrel have become?” Miranda asked in the strangely analytical way that told him what had happened.
“They were already firing at the gun’s maximum rate. If they fired a round into a hot barrel at the same moment I was heating it with the laser… The round must have exploded as it was leaving the breech.”
“Flames now,” Rosa pointed.
“Oh s**t!” Pierre could only watch in horror. “They’ve got a real fire over there. A bad one.”
