After confirming that nothing else was following the sphere up, Janius squat down to take a closer look at the disabled sphere. "It's so...intricate," he said. "Must have taken an age to build. Hmph, a shame that we had to smash it." He lifted his head, "Good hit, general."

Fendros sniffed. "If every other machine that we come across is alone like this one, we should have no trouble at all."

All the onlooking soldiers brought Janius back to attention. He stood up quickly. "Right, let's move on."

The shield wall formed up again, ready to advance. There was a slight increase in confidence throughout the assault force.