The advancing Elites hesitated, and a ripple distorted through their precise lines. The
plasma grenades hit; there was a flash of blue-white that drained clusters of overlapping
Jackal shields and knocked many Elites to their knees. Fragmentation grenades hit, bounced, and rolled into their ranks-and exploded. Bodies and splashes of blood flew through the air; blue and red armor tumbled from the center of the blast.
Kurt hefted his sniper rifle and targeted Elites still dazed, their overshields weakened and
flickering.