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The Mag Force 7 Book 1 - Knights Of The Black Earth, The
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The computer complied and the next voice they heard was RFComSec.
"Olicien Two Five Niner, this is Approach Control. Are you receiving me?"
Xris spoke calmly. "This is Olicien Two Five Niner. We are on approach to your station on our regularly scheduled pest extermination visit. We've given you the security passwords and clearances. Is there a problem, Approach Control?"
"No, Olicien Two Five Niner. All that's fine. But according to our scans, you're not the regular crew, plus you're short-handed. There's normally seven."
"Approach Control, the regular crew has been stranded on Clinius. They were doing a job on that planet when their ship was struck by lightning. Fried the electrical circuitry. My crew was the only crew with the requisite clearances to act as replacements for this one trip,"
Xris chewed on a twist. If Approach Control was the least bit suspicious and tried to check up on them through Olicien, this trip was going to be a short one. But he was counting on the fact that this sort of incident couldn't be all that unusual. In twenty years of flea eradication, there must have been times when the regular crew didn't show. Danm it, it wasn't that big a deal!
Let it go right, Xris pleaded silently with Fate. You owe me this one. Let it go__
"Olicien Two Five Niner, you are cleared to Shuttle Bay One."
Harry exhaled loudly
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