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He dropped his hand to the butt of the gun at his hip to make sure everyone saw it, then said, “We have about two days before eleh to overwhelm our defenses with a torpedo salvo and destroy this ship”

Alex nodded, but no one spoke

“But we have the Mao racing pinnace that brought Avasarala to us attached to the hull It holds two We’re going to stick two people on it and get theht for those UN ships to buy the pinnace time Who knoe may even take one with us Get ourselves a few servants in the afterlife”

“Fucking A,” Amos said

“I can support that,” Avasarala said “Who’re the lucky bastards? And hoe stop the UN ships fro it after they kill this ship?”

“Prax and Naomi,” Holden said io on the ship”

“Okay,” A

“Why?” Naomi and Avasarala said at the sa He’s the guy who figured it all out And because when soirl, it’d be nice if her daddy was there,” Holden said Then, tapping the butt of the gun with his fingers: “And Nao said so Questions?”

“Nope,” Alex said “Works forthe un from him, it would be her And she worked for Avasarala If the old lady decided she wanted to be on the Razorback when it left, the marine would be the one who tried to make that happen But to his surprise, she didn’t eant?” Holden said

“Two of those six Martian ships that are tailing the UN boys are new Raptor-class fast cruisers They can probably catch the Razorback if they really want to”

“Would they?” Holden asked “It was my impression that they were there to keep an eye on the UN ships and nothing else”

“Well, probably not, but …” She drifted off mid-sentence with a distant look in her eyes

“So that’s the plan,” Holden said “Prax, Naoet on the Razorback Everyone else, I’d appreciate it if you waited here while they did that”

“Hold on a ry

Before Holden could respond, Bobbie spoke again

“Hey, you know? I just had an idea”

Chapter Forty-Three: Bobbie

They were allat the back of herto be let in Bobbie went over it in her head Sure, that prick Nguyen showed every sign he illing to kill the Rocinante, ranking UN politician on board or not Avasarala had amble that her presence would back the UN ships off It seemed she was about to lose that bet There were still six UN destroyers bearing down on the, as she’d just pointed out to Holden, two Raptor-class fast-attack cruisers Top-of-the-line Martian military hardware, andwith the two cruisers were four Martian destroyers They ht not be better than their UN counterparts, but with the two cruisers in their wing, they had a significant tonnage and firepower advantage And they were following the UN ships to see that they weren’t about to do so the one UN politician asn’t straining at the leash for a ith Mars