Rose walked into Astrogation holding something like it would explode. She said,"This arrived from Telegardia five minutes ago and I...",Her voice died seeing what was on the screen that Zeelob and Narchi was watching, her blood running cold as ice as she saw Golden-Golden die again at the hands of an assassin. She dropped it on the mapping table with a loud clank. Zeelob jumped. Narchi asked,"Aren't you afraid it might go off?" She snarled,"The Jongwe who made it had given it to a brainwashed human! They HATE humans. They did it for a once off mission to kill one of the Four Sisters, before we even new what they were! They wouldn't give multiple shots to a suicide agent. I blew his head off before he self-destructed, tore his body to shreds and threw the bits into the sea, as the landing pad disintegrated! If it would have gone off again, it would have then!" Nachi froze the viewer at the instant that the Spor-Line Field had killed Golden-Golden. He said, "I know it must be very painful for you to see this, but we have to come up with any counter-measure against this weapon we CAN if we are expected to have ANY chance against the 'Great Enemy'!" Her shoulders dropped and she whispered,"I KNOW that. This just brings up memories so...FRESH even after all those years. Other than size...this is virtually the same weapon! The Enemy has claws on either side of the four barrels and a big pod aft of the barrels that may be a power-supply." Slicy nodded. "I concur with the appraisal, so far. This is very hard for me to watch,too. Golden-Golden was my mother's favorite, and watching Snowflake almost die is a pain I would wish on no-one. However as we see here...the field hits her as she ducks and her armor takes the blow and vaporizes." The image of Snowy disappeared in a cloud of white sparkles that cleared moments later. Zeelob said,"Going from Doctor Blue's reports she still had a week of useful function left before her skin started peeling off! Potentially fatal with repairs from the Blood of Typhon, but...HELL! Better than ANYTHING the Galactic aliens ever came up with! What was that armor?" Slicy laughed, "Glass! Specially treated hyper-fluid glass! Of all the loony ideas that Snowflake had for armor, she settled on glass!" Narchi said,"Saved her life. I wouldn't call it too screwy! Also it stopped almost all forms of energy weapons, including micro-wave lasers. No small feat for just armor.... WAIT A MINUTE! Look what Kyryn does!" He enhanced a section of the screen where the golden figure of the previous 'Goddess of Water' calls up a curtain of water before her to catch the Spor-line Field on it. Zeelob said, "Solid matter conducts it, but fluids of some kind stop the field COLD! Hyper-fluid glass is a faster fluid than regular glass, absorbing shocks that would break regular glass. I think we for a viable counter measure!" Narchi asked, "Rose? You still with us? You're awfully silent." Rose raised a hand and acted as if reaching for the weapon wrested from the sea-bottom. After a moment a violet light on it flickered on. Zeelob jumped. "WHAT DID YOU DO?" She said quietly,"When Lime upgraded me with the Four Sisters transformation process, she was pretty vague about what she did. The left arm can break Hyper-frames, and the right can transmit energy. I found I can REPAIR hyper-frames,too. So...I got wondering about Sub-space energy. I tried recharging the weapon like I can recharge hand weapons." "I succeeded." She didn't sound happy. Nachi came over and looked at the most feared and hated weapon in the universe. He whispered, "The Jongwe are twelve MILLION years old. They fought against the Great Enemy three times. They must have gotten some of their weapons and duplicated them." Rose turned and walked to the door. Narchi looked. "I'm going to hug my daughter, Sunshine. I feel a need before the dark times come." There were nods all around. --TO BE CONTINUED!--