Pests

"Why the anxiety?

"I sent backup, didn't I.

"Took me some effort to get the old men in the Military to approve it.

"And trust me, they weren't too keen to expand the resources and men on the Southern Battle Administration Area.

"In the grand scheme of things, the area isn't strategically worthwhile or in terms of resources and production, not good enough for us to maintain it."

The Secretary's cheeks jiggled as he spoke.

Rodney wanted to take a deep breath of smoke but realized that he didn't have his cigar in his mouth anymore.

He cursed silently, held the phone closer to his mouth, and said, "Secretary Hanselman, I don't care about your politics and pork barrel dealings with each other.

"The wall has been breached.

"We've sustained a massive number of casualties, people are dying.

"You better send troops, essentials and medical aid right now.

"Oh, and one last thing, the Southern Pillar is now dead.