(While the engines heat the thrusters very evenly, a laser hit, even just a medium causes additional heat to one spot. This "hot" spot then absorbs ev...n more heat causing a blowout in the thruster. This either destroys the thruster or even worse, causes the thrust from the engines to go in a different direction which alters the entire trajectory of the dropship.)We lost two Thrushes, with two more shot up pretty badly. We also lost a Transit and a Chippewa was badly damaged. It cost the. It was time. I reached for the ball electrode, a roughly six-inch by one inch strip of shiny brass bent into a horseshoe shape and connected at its ends to a ring of conductive elastic. I slipped this unit over my balls, pushing the elastic ring as far on as it would go. As expected, the metal strip pressed into the surface of the balls, making for good electrical contact. The cock electrode came next. Although similar in design to the one for the balls, it is somewhat smaller and made entirely. This makes five of us. There's one more left.Inui: We can't trust some guy that can't even show up on time. Five's enough.Gein: We only said we would meet tonight, we never agreed on a time.Enishi: Careless, wasn't it.Kujiranami: This is foolish. We won't get anything done like this.Yatsume: I'm already here.(Everyone looks up--there is no one else in the room.)Enishi: Hiding in the ceiling? Clever trick.Yatsume: Yatsume Mumyouni. I'm pleased to meet you.Inui: Whadduya mean, pleased to meet. Their snow gear, extra food, and water would be then taken to the second camp.The next day, they all set off with their loads, with the girls taking a real disliking to Will’s task mastering them. After hours of climbing the gradually steeping trail, they finally reached their area for the first camp, about 4,000 feet up the slope, but two miles of uphill hiking. The girls collapsed while Will disappeared, and Lisa pulled out the lunch they had prepared earlier. By the time they had finished.