As the first sun dipped below the horizon, Roy and the Kings moved their men into position. Juan returned to his fighter and stood ready by taking off into a high enough orbit to be out of sight of the enemy's sensors, but not so high that he would not be able to breathe. His life support system was offline, so he had to deal with the thinner air and bitter cold. As he approached a position several kilometers over the kingdom, he released a mixture of plasma radiation from his ...