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. Someone wanted this operation to fail and had gone to terrible lengths to achieve that goal.
And Xris and Ito were on the ground, with no idea that they could be walking into a deadly trap.
Unless somehow Armstrong had managed to warn them ....
Rowan started to hit the pad to open the door to the controller's station, then stopped. A green light on the panel indicated that there was atmosphere on the other side of the door. He pushed the override button, held on fast to a nearby console with one hand, his lasgun with the other.
The door slid open. The rush of air nearly blew him off his feet. When he could move, he darted inside, more than half expecting--or hoping--to find Armstrong's bloody body slumped over the control panel. Armstrong wasn't there.
Rowan entered and shut the door. Air immediately began to pump into the small room, restoring pressure.
The controllet's workstation was set to automatic mode. Rowan sat down at the computer, attempted to bring up the communications log.
A message flashed across the screen: Access denied.
Again, all high-level commands were frozen out.
Rowan slammed his fist down hard. He didn't have time for this! And then, as the air and the pressure inside the room began to return to normal, he could hear Armstrong's voice.
"This is Sunray. Proceed. Out."
A recording. A goddam recording!
Rowan ran back to the bridge
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