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The Mag Force 7 Book 1 - Knights Of The Black Earth, The
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The grasshopper body of the LST loomed ahead of them. Xris again opened his mouth. Harry, with a look on his face of wondrous satisfaction, eased back on the controls. The spaceplane changed instantly from a darting demon to a delicate dancer. It floated, glided, and finally set down on top of the command module with a very slight, very gentle bump.
Xris breathed.
"I think I peed my pants," came the plaintive bleat of Tycho's translator.
CHAPTER 32
When on surrounded ground, plot. When on deadly ground, fight.
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
"I'll give everybody time to catch your breath and throw up, if you have to," Xris said, unstrapping himself.
He reached into the storage compartment in his steel leg. After that wild and unnerving fide, he wouldn't have been surprised to pull out his stomach. Instead. he replaced his steel hand with his weapons hand, issued orders.
"Jamil, Tycho, Doc, you're with me. Harry, program the Schiavona for a return flight and send it back to Olefsky. Rowan, help Harry on the computer. Raoul, you and the Little One sit tight and wait for further orders. Everyone got that?"
Everyone did, with the possible exception of Raoul, who had lost an earring during landing and was searching through the seat cushions for it.
Xris left his chair, headed for the airlock. The Schiavona had two airlocks, one located on the deck and one up above, in between the gun turrets
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