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She felt useless as she watched the Oregon struggle to pull the ferry to dry land Max and MacD were beside her, noting the positions of the speeding Kuyogs and passing the information on to Murph, who continued to deftly take theuns had been spitting out 20er than nor frouns would ja any more drones

The sea was being churned by waves froress of the two ships that much more difficult Because they’d been able to ht doors, the ferry was no longer in danger of capsizing, but the boas dropping closer and closer to the surface, with so onto the deck

Linda glanced up at the sky, but, judging by the cloud density, it didn’t look like the worst of Hidalgo itself would be arriving before the ferry could be off-loaded by the Coast Guard Assu, of course, that there was a ferry left to off-load

A black dot caught her eye as it danced in front of one of the oht it was a bird, but the way itaround a kitchen

She nudged MacD and pointed at the darting object “Do we have a UAV in the air?”

MacD peered at it and said, “Let ot a quick response from Hali that it wasn’t theirs

“Then tell the Chairot a spy in the sky,” she said

Max called it in and got a confirmation that Juan would take care of it since Eric and Murph were busy

Seconds later, a deck plate near the stern of the Oregon slid aside, and a large rectangular blockfluttering on the jackstaff On the front of the block was a grid of one hundred holes, which were actually the ends of the barrels of the Metal Storun

Unlike the six rotating barrels in the Gatling gun that fired a stream of rounds fed by a belt, the Metal Storm antiaircraft/antimissile syste parts, rid of barrels so that the projectiles lined up nose to tail The electronic control allowed for a precise firing sequence that un’s rate of three thousand rounds per un firing si rate of forty-five thousand rounds per minute, the weapon could pus in six milliseconds

The Metal Storun swiveled around and tilted up until it was pointed at the unknown UAV, presu to finish off the Oregon

The gun fired with a thunderous boom The rounds flew out of the barrels so fast that it seeht

The UAV didn’t stand a chance The heavy tungsten rounds formed a wall of shells that would be impossible for even the most dexterous operator to evade In a fraction of a second, the UAV simply ceased to exist

The Metal Stor in case it was needed again At the sauns continued their buzz sals as they picked off s Linda counted uns or by the drones hitting their target

A on on a deck elevator This one was the Corporation’s heavy supply drone Slung underneath it was a device Linda recognized as the decoy beacon that Murph and Eric had showed her The supply drone’s eight propellers whirred to life, and it took off fro low over the ferry