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The Mag Force 7 Book 1 - Knights Of The Black Earth, The
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. They were thankful for the shields. Numerous Royal Naval vessels were in the vicinity and, though Operation Macbeth was still in effect, the sight of a special force ship dropping by--"No pun intended," Quong had chortled--the king's ceremony might have been enough to make a destroyer's captain seriously consider disobeying orders and opening up communications--or the big guns.
"We're over the drop site," Harry reported, studying his instruments. "Right on target. We should land about a kilometer from the temple. That should let us pick up the signal from the negative wave device, find it, destroy it."
"I'm entering the signature in the launch module's computers," Rowan added, heading below. "I'm going down to make final transfer now." "Good. Very good."
All was going well. About time, too.
Xris took a final glance at the other ships of the Royal Fleet silently maintaining their positions. All of them watching, wary, mistrustful. But none of them was actively looking for him.
"Operation Macbeth's been a pain up to now," he remarked to the rest of the team, who had gathered in the launch module below. "It's about time it worked for us for a change."
"Don't say such a thing, my friend!" Quong remonstrated, looking grave. "You will jinx us."
"Doc, you're a scientist. You know there's no such thing as a jinx." Jamil winked, grinned at the others
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