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George “Goon’s helicopter and drone pilot Before joining the Corporation, he’d served in the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regihtstalkers, which carried Arot the call sign Gomez because of a dalliance with a woman who looked just like Morticia from The Addams Family She supposed he looked somewhat like the character from the musical she’d seen on Broadway, but he was reen eyes, and an ace pilot’s cocky swagger

Not that Linda had ever considered dating Go conditions on board the Oregon could go badly if the ro relationships platonic was one of the Corporation’s unspoken rules Besides, mustaches didn’t do it for her Too scratchy

“How are ith the drones?” she asked him

Goon tells o whenever the Chairman’s set”

“Weapons ready?”

“If we need them,” Murph answered

The Gator was equipped with a wide array of hardware, frorenades and RPGs If everything went to plan, they wouldn’t need them Once the Chairman and Eddie were in position with Machado, Goão and provide distraction for Juan, Eddie, and Machado during their getaway

The small quadcopter drones would fly low across the water from the direction of the yacht’s bohere they were less likely to be seen approaching by the partygoers aft When the drones reached the Dragão, they would land and set off tiny explosives and se or injury, but enough distraction and confusion for the three of the the yacht The Gator would surface just long enough to bring theain Murph and Go fire if needed

Go an antenna that floated on the surface instead of jutting into the air To anyone passing by, it would look like a piece of seaweed or garbage The transmitter allowed Linda to see the Gator’s position on the cockpita thousand feet above the over the bay Its high-definition feed gave her, Murph, and Gomez a panoramic view of the scene, with the Gator’s location marked by a red dot

“Alpha teaa,” she said over the radio to Juan and Eddie “Now approaching you starboard a into position”

The Chair on his ue

Now all Juan had to do to get the operation under as speak the signal words

Dead quiet

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Keep us going in a lazy circle,” Abdel Farouk said to the driver of the small powerboat as he huddled over his control panel and listened through his headphones “Make it look like we’re out here sightseeing”