Jackdaw brought his pistol back up when the insects began to charge again, catching sight of the towering ones remaining further back. There was no doubt in her mind then that they had some importance, some connection to whatever method was being used to control the horde. However there was no way anyone could get through the mass of insects there. Never had she sat down to really think about how vast millions of a thing could be, and now she was being shown just how overwhelming it was.

The closer they approached the less she liked their odds. Millions, literally millions. They didn't have that sort of ammunition, hell, they didn't have that sort of /fire/. Numbers like that would snuff out any flame through sheer mass; they were sitting ducks watching a fuse crawl closer and closer with each passing moment. 

"This is useless, we need to figure out how to reestablish communications, [i]now[/i], or these things are going to overrun us!" she shouted, breaking from her position and making her way to Rennac, though her attention turned to the nearest colonist. "Where's your communications' center?"