Stealth is strategic, Peasy is not

She threw a blueprint of the Mount on the lobby floor and crouched next to it. “The walls are still secure, the fences are all reinforced, so the most likely attack points will be the Melrose gate, Bronson, and North Gower.”
“What about Van Ness or Marathon?”
“Too far east and north for a major assault,” she said. “We can leave regular guard units there. If the Seventeens have done any reconnaissance of their own they will know Marathon is sealed.”
“So’s Bronson.”
“Sealed to regular exes. If they are being guided by Casares we must assume they will be smarter and more resourceful. It is the next-closest gate after Melrose, the fence is low, and it is a very tempting target.”
“I’d still like to see extra people at Van Ness,” said Gorgon.
“You doubt my strategy?”
“I doubt Rodney’s going to approach it as strategically as you are. He’s kind of an idiot when you get down to it.”
“I was taking his lack of formal training into account.”

Excerpt From Ex-Heroes, pg 395-396
Peter Clines
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