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The Mag Force 7 Book 1 - Knights Of The Black Earth, The
Atec Февраль 16 2008 20:07:53
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. Operation Macbeth is ended. I say again: Operation Macbeth is ended. Stand-down code is Rubicon Three Five Hadrian Niner Alpha Two. Prepare to issue your stand-down code in two Standard Military minutes. I say again: Prepare to issue your stand-down code in two Standard Military minutes. Jeanne d'Arc out."
"What's our stand-down code?" Xris looked at Rowan.
She bit her lip. "Beats me."
He glared at her. "Hell, you probably wrote the damn thing."
"I probably did." She was unperturbed. "But each ship has its own code. It's given to every captain along with his sealed orders."
"Would he enter it into the computer?"
Rowan shrugged. She was already seated at the keyboard. "Captains aren't supposed to. Some do, of course. The sealed orders are required to be kept in a vault in the captain's quarters. But," she added, as Xris was already headed in that direction, "he would have undoubtedly taken them with him when he left the ship to be overhauled."
Of course. That was only logical. Still, they might get lucky. The captain might be either forgetful or an idiot.
Entering the tiny, cramped room that was the captain's quarters, Xris was already mentally preparing the plastic explosives, only to find the vault standing wide open. Halfheartedly, he peered inside.
He hit the comm. "What the devil am I looking for?"
"Is it there?" Rowan sounded amazed
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