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there, the next it was just space dust.  He said, “I assume that shot was full power.”
    Solear responded, “Yes.  Plus, the Hiriculan ship had inexplicably lowered its shields.”
    Korno said, “So, you fired an ion cannon at full power and at point blank range on an unshielded ship with no warning?”
    Solear didn’t like how this was going.  If the senators found that distasteful, they probably weren’t going to like the rest of the report.  Solear responded, “Yes.”
    He continued the playback.  The Sunflower traded missiles with the remaining Hiriculan cruiser.  The Hiriculan cruiser fired one volley of 10 missiles.  The Sunflower fired a volley of either 4 or 5 missiles every 30 seconds. 
    After 2 ½ minutes, the Sunflower had out-shot the enemy 23 missiles to 10.  The enemy cruiser was damaged and leaking polonium from the reactor.  It was clearly out of the fight.  However, exactly 30 seconds later the Sunflower fired another volley.  These missiles struck in open areas and the enemy ship violently exploded.
    Figur said, “Why did it explode so completely?”
    Solear responded, “The last volley was ship buster missiles.  They hit the exposed reactor and caused a massive chain reaction.”
    Senator Amanda responded, “The enemy ship was clearly damaged and could no longer fight.  Why not stop and let them surrender?”
    Solear had been concerned about this question for some time.  Every answer he could give would make his sound like a remorseless killer.  He finally responded, “Taking prisoners was technically in violation of my orders.”
    Frank was the first to understand Solear’s statement.  He said, “Yes.  We are all aware that you were specifically ordered not to reveal the presence of the Humans.  Still though, this isn’t how civilized cultures conduct warfare.”
    Solear felt his anger rising.  He really wanted to yell and storm out.  He forced himself to count to 10.  He responded, “You filled my ship with the biggest, strongest, and without question the most violent race in the known universe. You wanted to know how Humans respond in a crisis, well now you know.  They blow things up.”
    Frank cringed at the response.  He gave his ‘let’s try again smile’ and switched subjects.  He asked, “How did you manage to fire so many missiles?”
    Solear responded, “The Humans stored extra missiles beside the launchers.  Then they picked them up and manually put them into the missile launchers.”
    Admiral Wertak said, “That is against regulation.  You are only permitted to store missiles beside the launchers in certain conditions.  A hit could have ignited the missiles and destroyed the ship.”
    Frank responded, “I doubt they would have noticed another huge hole in the ship.”  He again garnered some polite chuckles.
    “Those missiles weigh 90 kg (200 lbs) each.  Are you telling me that the Humans manually lifted them?” Figur asked.
    Solear: “Yes.  Apparently, they can do it with ease.”
    Frank asked, “What happened to the 6 HAS units?”
    Solear responded, “The Humans killed them.”
    Frank responded with just a little sarcasm in his voice, “The Humans killed 6 HAS units.  How did they accomplish that?”
    Solear responded, “They have their own powered suits and there are 5 Humans on board that are specially trained to use them.” 
    This statement was technically the truth, but was intentionally misleading.  Solear supposed that he didn’t need to admit that he authorized the scientist Lorano create the suits for the express purpose of killing HAS soldiers.
    Figur asked, “So you had an armored battle on the ship.  That must have lasted hours.”
    Solear responded, “The 5 Humans killed the 6 HAS units in less than 12 seconds.”
    Everyone started murmuring words of disbelief.  Admiral Dolen approached the podium and said, “I can confirm the statement.  I personally watched these specialized units, called MPS units or