Luppas had known that the chances were slim of taking Skater and his crew quietly. He hadn’t planned on an all-out skirmish taking place, either. But calls to Lone Star had been taken into account. The virus program Kossuth was unleashing into the PANICBUTTON system through the LTGs even now would light up several districts of Bellevue at one time. Instead of having one target to respond to, Lone Star would be trying to answer the call of dozens. That wouldn’t stop the calls going through, but the program would at least thin the numbers that Lone Star could answer with.