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. Xris had connected a small, portable computer to the space sensor array on the plane. Normally, the sensors were calibrated for use in close navigation in space. They didn't have the processing power or the resolution for high-altitude-to-ground surveillance. The addition of Xris's computer and the electromagnetic refracting lens apertures enabled the system to provide a scan of the area.
Xris shot several images, destined to be converted to tactical maps. Armstrong had provided maps, but these were probably outdated by several months. On a warm world, the terrain changed from season to season. There was no irritation worse--and sometimes no greater danger than working with outdated maps.
TISor 13 was an interesting moon. An orbiting moon rarely rotated on its own axis, but this was one of them. According to Armstrong, the rotation made it difficult to determine planet-rise and planet-set without a computer. Most of the night wasn't truly dark, being illuminated by the toOOh'S gas giant mother, which cast an eerie orange glow over the ground. Only about four hours were dark at any one time-this would play merry hell with their recon schedule.
Xris hovered the spaceplane into a dense woods, set it down in a small clearing. Surrounded by tall ugly graymottled trees, spackled with orange spots that were either some sort of disease or due to the orange light, the plane was easy to camouflage
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