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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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"No, I don't think so." He searched for a scrap of paper, anything. "But tell me anyway."
"Well, it would be a series of digits and numbers, arranged in what would appear a random pattern. They're not, of course. The way it works is that the command vessel of this fleet gets its own stand-down from the admiralty, then they work through each ship in the fleet. They issue a single cipher and each individual ship completes that cipher with one that is uniquely its own." "Huh?"
That was Harry, but Xris could have echoed his pilot. The cyborg stuck his hand inside the vault, groped about in the shadows.
"As an example"--Rowan was in lecture mode--"as commander, the code word I would issue to every ship in the fleet might be 'Raoul.' The correct response for one ship is 'Loti.' For another it would be 'Adonian.' For a third, 'the Little One.' Naturally, it's far more complex than that."
"Naturally," Xris muttered on his way back to the bridge.
No need to ask what would happen when they couldn't return the code. "We'll be ordered to shut down our engines. The tractor beam will lock on to us, drag us ignominiously onto that dreadnought. Any attempt to flee and we'll be blown out of the stars. And fleeing isn't going to save the king."
Of course--the thought came to him--being taken prisoner wouM give us a chance to talk to someone, warn them about the danger
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