***Recommending assume config C-9, Johnny…with extra bond disrupters. I think you can take these guys down***
“Glad you’re so confidant,” Winger said. He changed configs, each integral bot now growing extra disrupters, slamming structures together. “Let’s go--!”
The Winger swarm engaged the nanobotic barrier, wading right into their midst with carbenes grabbing, pyridines probing and disrupters disrupting. Doc’s estimate proved accurate and they were able to make quick work of the barrier bots. The shimmering flashed and pulsed, then went dark.
Only the vault itself remained.
***Recommend configure for solid-phase transit, Johnny. It will take too long to penetrate those seals around the hatch***
Winger knew what that meant: collapse all effectors, reconfig into a planar form and suck in your breath, squeezing through the atomic crystalline planes like sliding through a football crowd after the big game. It wasn’t one of his favorite tactics.
“You’re sure this is the target, Doc? There’s no other way?”