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"How is that possible?"

"Siy can be reflected"

"Yes, that goes without saying," said Sandecker

"Since you know the four separate sound rays will propagate toward the island of Oahu and you have deterence, I assume your scientists can also accurately predict the exact position of the convergence"

"We have a good fix, yes"

"There's your answer"

"That's it?" Any stirrings of hope that Sandecker had entertained vanished "I "

Aed "Occam's razor, Admiral Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily"

"The simplest answer is preferred over the complex"

"There you have it My advice, for what it's worth, is for NUMA to build a reflector similar to a satellite dish, lower it into the sea at the point of convergence and beam the acoustic waves away from Honolulu"

Sandecker kept his face froainst his ribs The key to the enigma was ridiculously uncomplicated True, the execution of a redirection project would not be easy, but it was feasible

"If NUMA can build and deploy a reflector dish in time," he asked Ames, "where should the acoustic waves be redirected?"

A wily smile crossed Ames' face "The obvious choice would be to some uninhabited part of the ocean, say south to Antarctica But since the convergence energy slowly diminishes the farther it travels, why not send it back to the source?"

"The Dorsettthe awe in his voice

Aood a choice as any The intensity of the energy would not have the strength to kill hu a round trip But it should put the fear of God in theive them one hell of a headache"