There were few troops on base; Belvoir’s standard complement, and the others called in for the emergency, were busy in the heart of the city. The base was relying on the gate guards, the perimeter network of rigger-controlled sensors and defense drones, and a single reaction company of Jordan’s MPs for defense. By coming through the gate, they had crossed the defended perimeter. Tom knew where the reaction force was bivouacked and selected a route to avoid them as his Ranger and the trucks carrying Hanley’s men rumbled toward the Tactical Operations Center. Only the immediate defenses of the TOC remained to be overcome.