On arian- haplo sucked in a breath. Had this been a zsinj-controlled planet, raptors would have been the first forces up-they had to maintain their reputation for brutality and efficiency.
Then with a swelling thunder from its impulse engines the 800-meter battlesphere soared upward, diminishing skyward to an altitude of 10,000 feet or more, after which it veered away in a north-north-westerly direction, having set its course for the baalol temple in the desert wastelands.