"Fawkes isn't coming," Ellen says apologetically. "He's working with Elder Lyons on something, I'm not sure what. Something involving 'thermobaric weapons' is all I know..."

"As far as weapons go I've got my plasma rifle and a couple of alien guns I don't have ammo for, but if someone can produce energy cells to fit them, they tend to disintegrate things pretty well. If anyone needs an ordinary bullet gun, I've got several I can loan out, but they've all got a lot of recoil, so that might not be a great idea here. Um... I can bring the Shishkebab if someone thinks they'll need melee weaponry that happens to be on fire, but it takes some getting used to... oh, and after looking at these pictures, I'm bringing Mjolnir. I think I'm going to need it."