" David grabbed the bottle of lube in his left hand and pointed the index finger of his right hand at Chris and bent it back and forth. Chris said, "W...at? Me? No, you're supposed to do that." David shook his head. Chris looked at the clock and then back at the door. "Oh Jeez, we have to hurry up. OK, OK."Chris got up out of his chair. His skirt had ridden up and he took a moment to smooth it down. He also pulled up his socks. "Here, give me that." He took the bottle of lube out of David's hand.. Of the 105 ships headed their way, 65 were at that length. The remainder were divided as follows, 15 ships of 2200 meters in length, and the remaining 25 ships were at a length of 850 meters or less."Missile range." Stated the Ships AI.Admiral Sethon watched as the battle unfolded from the flag bridge. He had already given his instructions to the task force commanders and planned to let all commanders fight their battles as they deemed necessary. He would only interfere if he saw a decided. It was seamless in a chilling way.“It went through, and he lost everything. And I do mean everything. Once the various debtors had linked in with the fact that he had refused to take expert advice, they all wanted a piece. I had no alternative than to break up the company and sell off the various assets. I don't know what it is with some men. Biting off their noses to spite their faces. Sooo silly. Present company excepted of course.”There was another little rumble of laughter as the group,. "I think it means they think they've broken contact. We'll let the men sleep tonight. Tomorrow we too will head east. I'm sending some of the captured artillery and all but six mortar tubes back to Xipototec. In Xipototec, there are now three thousand men to man the walls, and they've been exercising the big guns as well. A thousand women are also learning to shoot. Another few moon-quarters and the God-King will need forty or fifty thousand soldiers to take Xipototec." What if they send more.