He shook his head, as the first wave came under artillery fire, or something similar enough to be indistinguishable from the first, and began blasting massive holes as the constructs began pulling back. One portal didn't seal fast enough, a shot screaming through the portal and obliterating the company still trying to advance through it, and he moved the portals back a few miles, and tried again. "Wait a while. This is going to be slaughter for a while. There is no organic force that will be able to advance in any semblance of order while taking that barrage. Less powerful than mine, but longer range. She has the advantage. For the round. Get the spiders on line and ready to go through when we have a beach head. Modify their barrels for max range and scatter. I want saturation bombing. And put a couple cores where we anticipate those artillery units are. I want them deader than the Beyonder in the Limbo fortress."<br/><br/>He reached back and gave her a brief hug, never taking his eyes off the screen, not bothering to point out that the constructs were currently a bit disappointed in Verdelet. Her first attack had been well within predicted parameters, and nowhere near worst case. She was starting further back than anticipated.