Krogson thought for a moment. “What’s the country like around your base?” he asked.
“Mostly jungle,” said Kurt. “The garrison is on a plateau though and there are mountains to the north.”
Krogson turned quickly to his exec. “Did you get that description?”
“Yes, sir!”
“Get all scouts out for a close sweep. As soon as the base is spotted, move the fleet in and hover at forty thousand!”
Forty minutes later a scout came streaking back.
“Found it, sir!” said the exec. “Plateau with jungle all around and mountains to the north. There’s a settlement at one end. The pilot saw movement down there, but they must have spotted us on our way in. There’s still no evidence of energy radiation. They must have everything shut down.”
“That’s not good!” said Krogson. “They’ve probably got all their heavy stuff set up waiting for us to sweep over. We’ll have to hit them hard and fast. Did they spot the scout?”
“Can’t tell, sir.”
“We’d better assume that they did. Notify all gunnery officers to switch their batteries over to central control. If we come in fast and high and hit them with simultaneous fleet concentration, we can vaporize the whole base before they can take a crack at us.”