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Before they exchanged gunfire, the blackout of the trailer

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Carlton wasn’t pleased about being woken up in the ht, but his spirits improved when he found out that an attack on the Colossus 5 had been foiled

The tworoo watched over by six aruards Taylor stood when he entered

He looked the intruders up and down before saying, “Who are they?”

“I don’t know,” Taylor said “They won’t talk We’re not even sure they speak English”

“They look like soldiers to ?”

Taylor tossed a toolkit on the table

“Sabotage of some kind”

The two men stared at Carlton with impassive faces

“Who do you work for?” he demanded

They said nothing

He turned to Taylor “Do you think Mallik and Torkan would hire mercenaries?”

“Always a possibility,” Taylor said