"Oh," she said.
The comset sputtered excitedly. "Three Oholos after me! They're armed! Must be new ones. The other two weren't armed!"
The comset was silent.
"Three?" Parr said. "That's right, there were three. I thought there were just five on the whole planet."
"There's about fifty now. They landed last night. Out in the Arizona desert. They're the only ones who could get here in time."
Parr felt elation. But it passed. "Fifty.... That's not enough to stop the invasion."
"It's all we could get here," Lauri repeated.
Parr groaned. "The Knougs will shield the planet tomorrow. It will trap those fifty on the surface. And us. They'll shoot us, if we're lucky. But I'd like to kill some first!"
The comset crackled, and the Ship voice said: "How many new ones altogether?"