Its skin is so dark that it reflects no starlight at all, and only the infrared beam from Reyes’s 207helmet brings it into full relief against the frozen ground. It’s a Lanky, but smaller and stockier, and it takes her a moment to realize that it looks like the ones that ambushed their squad—shorter than the Lankies she knows, with a broader build and more powerful limbs. It’s just a tiny bit slower than the recon vehicle, but it’s ahead of them, and it’s on an intercept course.
