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“Affirmative,” Eric replied

Juan hoped repositioning the Oregon would allow a few free shots with the rail gun before Jin could bring the plasma cannon to bear

Juan turned to Hali “Tell Max to commence his operation”

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Eddie, dressed in forest green ca his teaear when Max turned to them from the cockpit

“Juan says they’re in position You ready?”

They confir, and Eddie said, “Take us in”

This mission was all about stealth The tree cover ended a few hundred yards froht Eddie, Linda, and Linc were carrying suppressed M4 assault rifles, but gunfire would alert the entire facility to their presence After using upthe raids on the Dahar and Shepparton, they were down to only a few darts left Instead of a dart pistol, Linc was aruards between theht MacD’s crossbow instead of a gun

Once they subdued the guards, it would be a si one of the held Speed was of the essence A unshots would

Max brought the Gator close to shore,sure there was no one around to observe theot as close as he could to the beach They climbed out and waded to shore The Gator ed, where Max would wait until they returned

The sun was starting to set behind theht, they would be hard to spot co out of the trees

“Let’s move,” Eddie said

Based on the recon from the drone, they hadn’t seen any security precautions on this side of the island Nevertheless, they h the forest as they climbed, wary of any motion sensors or cameras

When they reached the top ridge, they had an expansive view of the harbor below Eddie used a pair of binoculars to watch the uards None of them seemed to be on an active patrol pattern Instead, they were busy s to the ship, with the clanging ofup the hillside

“Looks like they’re getting ready to leave,” Eddie said “We need to hoof it”