"To hell with fear!"
Revelle growled, pushing the staff officer aside and taking two steps back himself, squeezing his eyes shut with effort, his voice trembling slightly.
"Sorry... sorry, I'm a bit..."
"It's normal, deep breathing can make you feel a bit better."
The staff officer said gently:
"During the last Insect Race disaster when the New Federation's buried insect plan was detonated, you also performed exceptionally well, but there are many differences between these two insect disasters.
"In the last disaster, our biggest trouble was that dozens of insect swarms were activated simultaneously by the New Federation. We had to temporarily use conventional forces, unable to deploy the true power of the Empire.
"The swarms faced last time were also insects with relatively short development time, barely at the Fourth Rank.
