have doomed any such rescue, as the commander of the rebellion doubtless knew only too well.
If the seven Hellbores left behind had succeeded in killing me—as they could have done, if their crews had been better trained—the rebellion could have brought POPPA and its ruling regime to its knees in one night. This suggests speed, good military intelligence that is probably the result of a talented computer programmer hacking into the government's computerized security systems, and a level of organization surprising for a fledgling group that has had neither time nor opportunity to train. An army of civilian soldiers can be formidable, particularly when motivated by a combination of high ideals and righteous wrath.
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