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===The boobytrap=== | ===The boobytrap=== | ||
Boone snaps out of his reverie as the | Boone snaps out of his reverie as the whizzkid excitedly tells him there is a scramble briefing. Babarazza slapped his hands and rubbed them together with glee, his eyes fiercely aglow. “This is it, Boone! This is it! I’m ''finally'' going to see action!” | ||
The air crackled as Eagle Squad filed into the briefing room. The banter-pulse was flat. | The air crackled as Eagle Squad filed into the briefing room. The banter-pulse was flat. | ||
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History lesson at at crustards about the first men. Algy and George roleplay reg margin and Oleg paripassu | History lesson at at crustards about the first men. Algy and George roleplay reg margin and Oleg paripassu | ||
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Boone motioned the men forward. “Okay, Babarazza, | Boone motioned the men forward. They fanned left and right. They depolyed the four-hand room clearing technique. E.J.P. followed up with a static-mount differentiation sensor. “Okay, Babarazza, let’s throw a redline around the immediate area.” | ||
The rookie unclipped | The rookie unclipped the diff-binoc and set it up on the floor. He punched a few dials and it emitted a sheet of redlight, which swept the semantic content of the room. Babarazza watched the display. after a few moments it rendered. Zeroes across the board. | ||
“It comes up clean, sir. No material alterations. The textfield is Delta-1 as we left it.” | “It comes up clean, sir. No material alterations. The textfield is Delta-1 as we left it.” | ||
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Boone intoned in a halting whisper. “It looks like — it looks like we have a Biggs hoson.” | Boone intoned in a halting whisper. “It looks like — it looks like we have a Biggs hoson.” | ||
Eagle-Squad Corporal J-P | Eagle-Squad Corporal J-P Babarazza looked at his commander with wondrous eyes. “Seriously? A Biggs hoson! I don’t bel —” | ||
SHHHHHHH! silent running soldier! | SHHHHHHH! silent running soldier! | ||
Babarazza clammed pronto. | |||
I don’t think it ''is'' a Biggs hoson, Barbarazza. It just looks like one. Hosons are not stable. A hoson would have degraded into entropic tedium by now. This has a much longer half-life. | I don’t think it ''is'' a Biggs hoson, Barbarazza. It just looks like one. Hosons are not stable. A hoson would have degraded into entropic tedium by now. This has a much longer half-life. |