

If the invasion occurred while I was in the Ur-Warlord's presence, I might risk using a dart to slow or freeze her, though such a ploy was extremely hazardous for me. I'd simply mark DiVaragas to make the hunt easier for the reavers.

I sorted through the alternatives and made a decision.

The curdled expression on his face when he died still amused me. Completely unnecessary overkill, but it'd been the first time I used the darts in the field, and I wanted to see what they could do. When I terminated this annoyance, I put enough venom into him to kill three healthy humans. Three months ago on Gamma Diehl, a Skaduvarg agent came uncomfortably close to exposing me. Once I used a dart, I simply grew a new one, but that was a slow process, so I only used the darts in dire circumstances. I could regulate the amount of venom on each dart to produce a range of impairment on my victim, from slowed reflexes to near-instant death. Each dart carried a paralytic venom especially designed to work on the human neural system. Under my tongue were chambered three bone slivers I could spit up to three meters with excellent accuracy. Beyond the pheromone implants, my body contained several Horde biotech devices such as deployable microbeacons, scent glands for marking prey or leaving subtle trails, and skinpouches for carrying datashards or even small explosive charges. I was well-equipped for espionage or sabotage. To pass the time, I played at drinking with my "fellow Starwolf" and dreamed of what I might accomplish if the tribals allowed me to meet their greatest general. Unlike my fellows, I retained a fair degree of freedom of movement. Fortunately, he rode me less harshly in the belief that I'd simply followed the example of the other guards. We immediately received orders not to talk to any media about the incident. The Lieutenant came down hard on us for breaking camp discipline and attracting the attention of the local ZoneVox witnesses. Without a doubt she'd be a target of the Horde Maul grigatim, and if I could mark her or capture her myself, I'd prove beyond any doubt my worth to the Bloodsoul and the Inquisitors. I wanted to get close to Ursula DiVaragas. The invasion was coming any day, though I didn't know exactly when. The younger of the two Blood Eagle, the defiant one, needed time to heal while the quartermaster's people found suitable armor for the "butchers." Meanwhile, I chafed at the delay. Through progressive activation of the Planetary Shield of Aquafereion, the Aqualene Transmission Currents of the Tri-Matrix Krystal River Host can directly anchor and activate within Earth's Templar, progressively bringing Earth's Templar on line with the Aurora Platforms, Host-Gate-interface-Systems, organic Spanner Core Ascension Gates and Gyrodome Ascension Field of the Krystal River Host."Tomorrow" turned into three days. Planetary-Scalar-Standing-Wave Shield-Disc energy-platform that runs through the "Aurora Continuum" and planes of Earth, which serves as a "surrogate Planetary-Templar Host Shield," "serving as stand-in to fill-in the missing frequencies" in areas of damage/dysfunction within the organic Planetary Templar Shield and Star-Gates.
