experience of Bolos involved being shot at by one, rather than viewing it as savior and protector from the wrath of alien guns.
"No," he said at length, with an unsettled expression as he tried to imagine what it must feel like to be on the wrong end of those massive guns. "It is not your Bolo. But it is a Bolo, nonetheless, and it's programmed to defend this world from the Deng. Try to imagine what would happen if the Deng returned," he said softly. "How long would it take for Vittori Santorini's little empire to collapse like a house of cards? We're not stupid, Commodore, or blind. Santorini's