Hearing this, Brunner's senses came suddenly, vividly to life. Some half remembered, theoretical principal of matter….. As the fear materialized in thought, he was filled with a dread such as he had seldom experienced.
Looking up, he saw that Dubcek too was unnerved. He turned toward the speaker as calmly as he could and said, "Link up with the main ship's computer. Keep me posted."
25) P-R6(ch)
Masaryk. "Robot battery still coming forward, moving into range."
"What?" replied Dubcek absently.
"The enemy battery, moving into range and preparing to fire. We've got to move back."
"Yes. Of course. Mongoose to corridor one, column one."
K-R1
For some reason these coordinates seemed to Brunner the final manifestation of an impending doom. Riveting the globe with his eyes, he understood the reason why. The enemy was perfectly positioned…..
"Colonel," he said. Dubcek glared at him, angry and agitated.
"Colonel, please." The commander left his post and came toward him.