The Terrans will attack the Avalonian seaport, Avalon:
"Sweat stood on Ozumi's brow. 'Women and children -'
"'If the enemy has any sense, he evacuated nonessential persons long ago,' Munteanu snapped. 'Frankly, I don't give a curse. I lost a brother here, last time around. If you're through sniveling, let's get to work.'" (p. 628)
Comments
(i) Munteanu lost a brother because they had attacked!
(ii) Snivelers do less harm than those who don't give a curse.
(iii) For Lytton Strachey's reply to "...what would you do if you saw a German soldier trying to violate your sister?," see here.
(iv) A pacifist in an Aldous Huxley novel replied, "Whatever else I did, I would not send my son to kill his cousin."
Hardware
Centauri is protected by powerful, complicated negafields and many surface-to-space launchers. Terran vessels will launch large missiles programmed to detonate at high substratospheric altitudes and to discharge radiation straight ahead. Blast would not affect negafields and property is not to be irreparably damaged. At least one Terran missile should reach the required altitude without being intercepted but, if not, the vessels will re-attack.
Of course, I covered this five years ago. See Munteanu And Ozumi.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
And the Terrans were attacking Avalon, including the city of Centauri, because the Domain had miscalculated the strength and determination of the Empire in the diplomatic maneuverings preceding the war. I would put some blame on Ythrian inflexibility.
And the Imperials had warned they considered Cemtauri a legitimate target of war--the rest was up to the Avalonians of both species. And civilians were evacuated!
Ad astra! Sean
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