When it points in the direction of the distant SRA outpost, the source of the concussions is obvious even at this range. The camera’s magnification isn’t nearly powerful enough to spot the outpost, but it has no trouble picking up the four billowing mushroom clouds that are rising from the frozen plains far in the distance like angry specters. “Oh, fuck,” Isa says in a tone that’s almost reverent. “Are those nukes?” Harper asks. “They wouldn’t use four nukes so close together. They’d just use one warhead and dial up the yield. Those are kinetic strikes. Rail-gun shots, from the carrier,” Reyes
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Danger close.
