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“…yet there may be another way of sending that same message. While our new trajectory would put us askew from the last three core worlds, the RAIN is still scheduled to skim past MIZAR-V-A’s outer orbit tomorrow. The world is defenseless now – its patrol fleet depleted, and its defensive stations reduced to clumps of still-molten metal.
During a brief drive intermission yesterday, I traveled through the RAIN’s primary launch bay to inspect her true payload. A quartet of missiles for a quartet of planets, all yet unused. Through the gloves of my vacuum suite, I could almost feel the warmth leaking from the towering, silo-like projectiles: residual decay heat from over thirty kilograms of static antimatter, distributed within over three hundred independently guided submunitions.
From a logical perspective, it would be wisest to deploy the weapons in quick succession – to prevent the Mizarians from observing and potentially countering the stealth-coated projectiles. But recently, I have entertained second thoughts. Perhaps it would be wiser to inflict whatever damage we can before risking our ship by diving towards the Mizar primary. Or perhaps my doubt is nothing more than simple human spite – a desire to retaliate against the threat of annihilation by bringing forth the thing itself..."
- [UNSIGNED], EXECUTIVE AUDITOR, TRS NOVEMBER RAIN, AD. 2242, AUGUST 8, PERSONAL JOURNAL
>AM LAUNCH CONSENT – ARM.
>AM LAUNCH CONSENT – DENY.