The Lost Planet (Lost Starship #6)

by Vaughn Heppner

throat tightened, and she felt a pain in her chest. The decision was up to her. This was even worse than the time Admiral von Gunther had told her to flee the battlefield when Star Watch first

Decision is obvious—go for low hanging fruit first, thereby negating any extra fire power when confronting undamaged juggernaut. I might add that the extent of armaments of the undamaged juggernaut is ambiguous. This negates the conundrum faced by Valerie:

Maddox exited the gym, he began to tremble. It was for what came next. He hated it in a personal way. It was the worst thing that had happened to him as a youth. The brick left school with a brain injury. The rest of the Boy’s Home students had ostracized him after that. They knew he was different. Worse, Maddox realized that he was different from the others. He had gone to counseling with the dean. What Maddox didn’t know was that someone sinister had turned the dean. The dean had been a trusted individual, trying to help troubled youths. The dean had possessed impeccable training, great charisma and considerable charm as a former star athlete. Maddox sensed something wrong with the dean, where before the man had seemed harmless. The young loner especially distrusted the suggestion for intense counseling over the weekend. Unfortunately, it was the only way for the dean to clear Maddox quickly of all criminal charges regarding the brick. “After we clear

Nice digression