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a large ring of stone is ported out around the portal, locking it so that it's coordinates could be learned before being forcefully closed, the ring of stone returned to storage before the ship awaits further orders.

The guardsmen atop the ramparts attempt to hold their own, downing undead after undead with well placed, powerful shots that rip the smaller corpses to pieces while they pull back, losing a good few before they can full evacuate, the ship over head charging it's gun at the request of the sergeant in charge of the sergal block that had given his leg to make sure one of the kids was safe, the town being struck from orbit to turn, it, the countryside around it, and everything it including the general to a crater, the vast majority of the evacuees being rescued thanks to the sacrifices in that battle.