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e co on the project As part of the original contract with the Turks, they were supposed to return the island to its natural state So that is, more or less, what they did”
He brought up a third picture on the n of thehad ever happened All of the material removed from the pit had been returned to it, and the surface was reconfigured so to appear like natural stone The only thing rely nowhere
“This picture is froovernment environmental-impact report,” Hali continued “We have to assued hands and the report was doctored to indicate that Eos was back to normal”
“Where’s the ELF antenna?” Juan asked
“Buried beneath the underground bunker,” Eric replied “Max was very specific when he said in his e to nuke it He could have easily said bomb it Same number of letters, so it wouldn’t have added to the transmission time, but he specifically used the word nuke
“I would have liked to consult Mark about this, but I did a quick co concrete for five or six months and then piled the debris on top I estimate it will take probably two kilotons to crack that nut open”
“Why not one of the Air Force’s bunker-buster bombs?” Juan asked smartly
“That would work fine so long as we hit either the antenna or the power generators directly But looking at this fro our hands on one of those?”
Eric had a habit of not getting sarcas two thousand tons of TNT,” Juan shot back, instantly regretting his sharp tone “Sorry” He tried to never take his frustrations out on his people
“Commando raid seems the only way,” Eddie said, and moved up from the back of the Op Center “We could hit the beach there, on the south tip of the island, or try to scale one of the cliffs”
“The chance of success is, statistically, zero,” Eric replied “Probability dictates that the entrance to the bunker is heavily defended and easily sealed At the first sign of an attack, the outer defenses are closed off, and successive barricades within the bunker will be raised”
“So we find a back door,” Juan suggested “There have to be air intakes for the ventilation system, as well as vents for the exhaust from their power plant”
“Both of which I believe lie under the dock” Eric nodded to Hali, who brought the first construction picture back up on the screen “Look carefully at where they are still working on the road”
Halidown a ribbon of asphalt Just ahead of thethe track, while a bit farther ahead excavators were laying dirt into a deep trench
“They dug out under where the road was going to be laid in order to bury the vent pipes and then layered blacktop over it Again, we have to assuuarded and that at the first sign of an intrusion the facility goes on lockdown A teaain access to the conduits, but, once inside, they would be trapped”