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The computer made the necessary course corrections. The plane took off and they settled down to thirty minutes of unexciting flying. There were no landing authorities on the moons, so there was no need for radio traffic. And the computer wasn't the type that had been programmed to entertain the passengers.
"You hear about those XJ series computers Warlord Sagan's developed to put in his new Scimitars?" Xris asked. "I talked to one of the pilots. The planes are fast and more maneuverable than a Laskar belly dancer, but Sagan installed this computer XJ-type that's got a mind of its own. Actually argues with the pilot if it doesn't like what you're doing. Plus he says the damn thing never shuts up."
They discussed computers and the current unstable political situation, with the various Warlords plotting to fill the power vacuum left by the increasingly ineffective government of the Galactic Democratic Republic. People were grumbling and starting to talk about a return to the "good old days" under the Blood Royal. Since all the Blood Royal were--supposedly--wiped out by the purges during the Revolution, their return appeared highly unlikely.
The rush of atmosphere across the spaceplane's fuselage ended their friendly wrangling. Xxis took over manual control of the spaceplane; Ito started calling out course corrections. They located the munitions plant, made one high-altitude pass over it
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