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Lu’s reasoning for launching the rockets at exactly ht, besides his desire for theatrics, was to as was dispersed Polk iined the optics of hundreds of thousands of paralyzed residents lying out in the streets on New Year’s Day

Five minutes later, they approached the far end of the harbor where it turned to exit to the Pacific The anchored Centaurus came into view behind Shark Island, home to a s the harbor were some of the most expensive estates in all of Australia It was very likely that some of the custo in those villas and mansions

As they rounded the island, Polk saw a boat lashed alongside the Centaurus It had MARITIME painted on the side He was alarmed to realize that it was a boat from the Port Authority of New South Wales

When he reached the Centaurus, he cli his men haul up the boxes of antidote He asked where he could find Captain Rathe

Polk looked at thethe boxes “I’ll come back to secure these If I return to find any of the contentsor broken, I will hold every one of you responsible”

He took the external stairs to the bridge When he got there, Captain Rath to a o on it It was clear the captain was nervous, despite the fake smile that was plastered on his face

“I’ this ship’s cargo What’s this about?” His hand rested on the Glock pistol tucked in his waistband

“It’s nothing,” Rathman said “Just some confusion about our crew”

“I’m Paul Smythe,” the visitor said “We’ve had a report that ain the open ocean north of Brisbane”

Rathman shifted uncomfortably

“What does that have to do with the Centaurus, Mr Smythe?” Polk asked

“When thisin Chinese He said only one sentence over and over”

“What did he say?”

“The people who plucked hi, ‘The centaur left me’ But the Border Force district office in Cairns had his words professionally translated He was actually saying, ‘The Centaurus left ht have fallen overboard from this ship”

“And I’ve just shown Mr Sbook S “As you can see, we arrived in Sydney with our full complement of crewmen”