Val powered down the rotors of the helicopter, but kept the systems ready for a hot re-start. It might be necessary for the Hammermen to pull out in a hurry, and she wanted to be ready. Her nervous system still synched with the Stallion’s on-board computers, Val could "see" through the thermoptical and radar sensors of the bird and control the Stallion’s weapons systems with nothing more than a thought. Hopefully, it would be firepower they wouldn’t need.