Major Mandella, 2458-3142 A.D., Chapter 7 Summary

Once inside, Mandella sees the disabled rocket that almost killed him moving slowly through the inside of the field and knows that it will self-destruct as soon as it exits the other side. That is one of the benefits of the field. One of the drawbacks is demonstrated by the nine bodies lying on the ground of those people whose fighting suits had somehow lost their protective shell. Since the field disables all electronic equipment, their bodies had also been deactivated when they had passed through the field. As a result, they froze instantaneously. Unable to utilize any sort of communication device within the field, Mandella waves the survivors of the company together, a total of 42 people including both Diana and Charlie. He begins distributing shields, knives, bows and arrows, and other primitive...