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-{{a|opcoboone|}}{{smallcaps|As a blood-red sun}} dipped to the the rim of the world, three silhouettes watched the procession thunder across the desert miles below them. An eighteen-wheeler operations battletruck, flanked by a pair of [[COO]] picket gunships, kicked up a wide pillar of dust. It billowed and hung over the desert for miles behind. A thin track snaked away from the convoy. It ran ten flat miles through desiccated scrubland to a low-lying, dusty settlement. The encampment was ringed by a network of towers.
+{{a|opcoboone|}}{{smallcaps|As a blood-red sun}} dipped to the the rim of the world, they watched the procession thunder across the desert a mile below. An eighteen-wheeler operations battletruck, flanked by a pair of [[COO]] picket gunships, kicked up a wide pillar of dust. It billowed and hung over the desert for miles behind. A thin track snaked away from the convoy. It ran ten flat miles through desiccated scrubland to a low-lying, dusty settlement. The encampment was ringed by a network of towers. They exchanged glances. They knew.
 <div style="text-indent: 20px;">''And so it is written.''
-On the ridge, the tallest figure stood in the centre, shrouded by billowing canvas. The outriders either side straddled dirt bikes.
+On the ridge, the tallest of them stood in the centre, shrouded by billowing canvas. The two outriders straddled dirt bikes.
 Presently, the observation towers flashed coordinated pulses of light: ''three long, three short, three long''.
-The central figure said, “That’s it. That’s the signal. It is time.”
+The central one said, “That’s it. That’s the signal. It is time.”
 “Are you sure, Opco?” said the left-hand rider.
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 “Right.”
-“But that says, ‘O. S. O’.”
+“But that says, “O. S. O.”.”
 “It’s encrypted. Now ''go''.”
-The riders kicked over their engines, gunned the gas and cleared the peak: one to the left, one to the right. They scrambled down the scree.
+The outriders kicked over their motors, gunned their engines and cleared the peak: one went left, one right. They scrambled down the scree.
 Still on the ridge, Eagle Squadron Leader [[Opco Boone]], LL.B,  took a step towards the cliff-edge.