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Murph was getting ticked-off Every tion, Mallik switched it back on

“I just got a call fro ready to sink her Isn’t there anything you can do to disable that satellite?”

She indicated the screen listing all the Vajra satellites Their current problem was caused by number seven

“Not unless we can figure out how to stop Mallik,” Murph said in frustration “The Chairman said the yacht et on board to stop him”

If the Oregon had its weapons, they could just send another Exocet to take it out, but that wasn’t happening And nothing they’d brought with theh to destroy a 300-foot yacht It would require a massive rocket

He looked up at the screen There was one rocket he could use

Murph turned to Kapoor and said, “Mallik locked out the launch sequence What about the descent of the first stage?” He knew the booster was reusable After detaching froe, it was supposed to return and land on the launch platfor its retrorockets

Which meant it still had fuel aboard

Kapoor hesitated until Raven shoved her assault rifle in his face

“Okay, okay! It’s not locked out”

“Showcoordinates,” Murph said, before nodding to Raven for emphasis “Or she will find someone here who doesn’t want to die”

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Juan climbed aboard the surfaced Gator and opened the hatch as the speedboat jetted off and rounded the stern of the command ship