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“I agree,” she said “We must warn them”

Kurt continued to flick through frequencies until he’d set 12285 in the display“This is the one”

He listened for a second, heard nothing and then pressed the transmit switch “Aqua-Terra, this is Kurt Austin How do you read?”

Nothing

As Kurt spoke, he kept his eyes on the descending transports They seemed blissfully unaware

“Aqua-Terra, come in”

“Try another frequency”

“No This is the one” He pressed transain “Aqua-Terra, do you copy? This is Kurt Austin You’re about to come under attack Prepare to repel boarders”

He let go of the switch

“Why don’t they answer?” she asked

Kurt could think of a number of reasons, the most sinister of which had to do with the iht have disabled the radio or done so worse

The two aircraft were now dropping beloo thousand feet They’d be on the deck in athe LAPES parachutes Froht carry up to seventy commandos, but not with the boats and the equipment on board too Thirty would be the ainst Marchetti’s crew of twenty, plus Paul and Gamay With the robots deactivated, they didn’t stand a chance

With no answer on the radio, Kurt realized the tis had passed, it was time to make a move

IN THE CENTER OF AQUA-TERRA’S communications roo to Kurt Austin as he tried to warn his friends of the imminent attack

Otero looked sick “I thought Jinn said Austin and Zavala were dead?”