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The Mag Force 7 Book 1 - Knights Of The Black Earth, The
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Rowan issued orders to the drop ship's computer, told it to tie in to the Schiavona's onboard computer.
"You're positive this will work." Xris had come to expect trouble. "The Schiavona's nowhere near the size of this command module--"
"Doesn't matter. All fuel pods for all ships are interchangeable," Harry explained. "They're made that way on purpose so that the Navy can rescue ships that run out of gas. It's been standard Naval policy for years."
"Safety measure," said Rowan in a solemn tone.
Xris looked over at her.
Rowan caught his eye, smiled, and winked. Then she went back to work. "I've initiated fuel pod ejection .... "
Xris fitted on his tool hand, climbed onto the chair, began to weld the hull plate into place.
"I thought Rowan said this blasted ship could heal itself," Xris muttered.
Quong watched the job with a critical eye. "It will. When activated, the drop ship's internal damage systems will detect any air leak in the hull. Once you have the plate welded into place, the ship will check it out for the tiniest leaks and cracks--those we couldn't even begin to see, but which can grow and split a plane apart in hyperspace. The ship will inject sealing fluid on the outside of the hull around the breach. This way we don't have to spend six days crawling over the hull with fancy equipment looking for cracks the size of one of Raoul's false eyelashes
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