Do not make him angry

Yesterday, MINIMCOM reappeared, seemingly from the dead, just in the nick of time to act as the cavalry when it came to Rome and Rei's safety. Captain Keller thinks he has the advantage both with the fake virus containment vessel and with Aason and Binoda being held captive. Unfortunately for him, he was dead wrong on both counts:

     Rome cocked her head, trying to infer what he meant. The livetar turned and faced Captain Keller. He spoke but used his EG lifters as a super-PA system so that his voice thundered over the crowd.
     “I do not appreciate you holding weapons aimed toward my family,” he said, pointing up to the extrusions on the fuselage. “These cannons can and will slice all of you in half before you can blink.”
     The troops behind Keller backed away several feet, spreading out as they moved. Keller looked at their formation and shouted back, “I knew those two were lying. You, spaceship. You’re forgetting. I still have this.” Keller raised the aluminum canister into the air. “And with all these rifles, I feel certain we can kill Rei or Rome before you get all of us. Besides, Rome knows we still have her mother and child. She won’t let you do anything to endanger them.”
With a whoosh and a pop, two more livetars appeared to Rome’s left, a tall white one and a shorter gray one. The small gray one walked up to Rome with an oddly stiff gait.
     “Hello, Mommy,” a little voice said, issuing from the mouth hole. Rome bent over, looked into the eye holes and found Aason’s eyes staring back at her. She clapped her hands and stood up. She peered into the eye slits of the OMCOM livetar and saw her mother’s eyes peeking out from behind them.
     MINIMCOM leaned over and whispered in Rome’s ear, “I took the liberty of picking up your mother and son on my way over here.”
     Rome hugged the two-meter tall livetar again. “I don’t know what we would ever do without you,” she said.
     Not exactly understanding what was transpiring, the myriad troops shuffled uneasily. The two guards standing next to the little group took a step back and raised their rifles taking dead aim at Rome and Rei.
     The livetar shook his head and wagged his finger at them. Two sounds, like a zzt, zzt, issued from the cylindrical cannons and the two laser pulse rifles were sliced in half. It took the two guards a moment to comprehend what had happened. Frightened, the soldiers dropped the useless hardware and backed away, joining the larger group.

It is clear that MINIMCOM has the ability to disarm the crowd. It is time for Keller to play his final two trump cards.