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“Our options are limited, but we don’t have much choice,” Alpha reasoned. “My first reaction was to get clear of the transports because once they find Yorick and the nuke, they won’t hesitate to fire on the rest of the convoy. But I doubt that a drone could determine how Yorick died and they’ll have to send somebody else out to retrieve the nuke one way or another.”
“Your first reaction? Okay, so what was the second one?” Baker asked nervously.
“If they think one of their own soldiers is still driving the remainder of the convoy carrying high value assets like weapons and water, they won’t fire on it at all,” Alpha explained.
“Except that one of their soldiers would know where this stuff was going and we headed in the opposite direction,” Fox added.
"Exactly, so we look like we’re lost,” Alpha concluded with a grin. “Echo, how long would it take to prepare party favors for our guests?”
“Proximity or remote trip?” the demolitions specialist asked with interest.
“I think proximity would be best but I’ll leave that up to you,” Alpha replied. “I don’t plan on Harvest being close enough to fire by remote, though.”
“Couple minutes per truck at the most if Charley gives me a hand. Proxy charges are self contained with arming timers. You’ll want an extra helping of anti-personnel as well, I take it?” Echo inquired nonchalantly.
“Oh yeah, lots,” Alpha agreed with a grin.