Laser beams, dozens of them, showered down on the Arctic battlefield. The beams hit not a single Azure warship or soldier.
Niki looked up.
Gramps and Abby's fully weaponized starship had shown up to join the fight!
Yeah!
The Azure seemed excited too, although, really, how can you tell with them?
What warships Janet didn't shoot at, the Azure did.
The last four algren who remained in front of the portal cleared.
The door to the van opened, and everyone climbed in.
The door of the van shut immediately behind them...
at which point, Janet sped away, getting the hell out of there.