The comset had erupted into a babble of incredible confusion after her message. She waited leadenly. She warned the Fleet once more. "If you do not leave at once, we Oholos will destroy your whole Fleet." She had no way of knowing what was happening.
The Knoug commanders, unnerved, cried among themselves:
"No weapon I ever heard of could do that!"
"The advanceman was right! They can destroy us!"
"I say we don't stand a chance!"
"Did you hear? It just vanished."
"I'm going to order my ship back."
"I've already shielded for hyperspace."
"What's the Flagship say?"
"What's the Flagship say?"