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“How close?”

“Close enough to give it a high five as it goes by”

Go his entire focus on the drone’s flight path With the breeze picking up, Juan could tell that Go skills to keep the supply drone in front of the Kuyogs without hitting either the water or the Oregon

Everyone in the op center sat in silence as the Kuyogs approached the stern If the sensor lock was lost, two dozen high-explosive warheads would i about it

The rusty hull of the Oregon dominated the supply drone’s cah of relief when he saw the first Kuyog skim past the ship in pursuit of the drone Then the second and the third followed Within seconds, all twenty-four had whizzed by

Murph ju to the weapons station

“Nohat?” Gomez asked

“We need to get rid of them,” Murph replied

“There,” Eric said, pointing at the screen showing the view in front of the Oregon “Five hundred yards off the starboard bow See those waves breaking on the rocks?”

“That must be a barrier reef,” Juan said “You have your destination, Gomez”

“That I do, Chairently arced the supply drone toward it The Kuyogs raced after it

When the supply drone reached the rocks, Go like a te piece of bait on a hook

The first Kuyog didn’t even slow as it hit the rocks It detonated in an i theet The coe black mushroom cloud into the sky that would be visible for miles If Locsin still had eyes focused in this direction, heabove the peninsula between theon was destroyed

Gomez and Murph both slumped back in their chairs for a e Then Go the supply drone back to the Oregon

“I’ll buy you two a beer later,” Juan said, “but we’re not out of the woods yet” The beach was approaching rapidly “Hali, tell the deck crew to prepare to cut the tow lines”