"There is strength enough." Cook drew himself up. "Yonder airship carries two quick-firers. Her speed is greater. She is faster on the helm. She will dance rings around you, cross your T, rake you as many times as needful. It is what she was built to do." That Comet was half-crippled and undercrewed he did not mention. He merely hoped they would not call the bluff. "Even should you swat her from the sky, she will have weakened you, and the cavalry and artillery who await will harry you. You threaten their home. They will not give way unless you slay every one of them, and that will be difficult at best."