[Martian ships disintegrate the human military.]
General Mann: That skeleton beam must be what they used to wipe out the French cities!
Forrester: It neutralizes mesons somehow! They're the atomic glue holding matter together! Cut across their lines of magnetic force, and any object will simply cease to exist! Take my word for it, General, this type of defense is useless against that kind of power! You'd better let Washington know...fast!
General Mann: That skeleton beam must be what they used to wipe out the French cities!
Forrester: It neutralizes mesons somehow! They're the atomic glue holding matter together! Cut across their lines of magnetic force, and any object will simply cease to exist! Take my word for it, General, this type of defense is useless against that kind of power! You'd better let Washington know...fast!
[Martian ships disintegrate the human military.]
General Mann : That skeleton beam must be what they used to wipe out the French cities!
Forrester : It neutralizes mesons somehow! They're the atomic glue holding matter together! Cut across their lines of magnetic force, and any object will simply cease to exist! Take my word for it, General, this type of defense is useless against that kind of power! You'd better let Washington know...fast!
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