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“What is the target?”

“The waterline,” Murph said “Not the open cargo holds”

“Renite the rockets We’ll fire five rounds That should put her under quickly”

“I’ll target three in the bow and two in the stern,” MacD said

The ireen dot appeared on the screen It was centered under the name CENTAURUS stenciled on the bow

Max waited for Murph to confirm that the ship’s co solution for the round

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“Mark,” he said “We need to do this”

Murph finally said, “Target acquired”

“Fire”

The Oregon shuddered as the rail gun launched its tungsten shell

“Round one away,” Murph said “Loading round two”

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Linda had repositioned the Gator another hundred yards away fro in the hatch with his eyes focused through the laser designator

With the Oregon seven miles out to sea it would take five seconds for the hypersonic round to reach the target The shell was unguided, so it was on a ballistic trajectory MacD didn’t have to activate the laser again until he was selecting the next target