Where Legal Eagles Dare: An Opco Boone Adventure: Difference between revisions

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The convoy kicked up a desert plume.  
The convoy kicked up a desert plume.  


Fifteen klicks down the line, the peaceable settlement at [[Lissingdown]] was oblivious while upon it, the hounds of hell descended.
The hounds of hell descended in Lissingdown.


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''Shit was about to get real''.  
''Shit was about to get real''.  
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Flags flapped on the Col. The wind was getting up. ''Perfect'' conditions. The wrist-com crackled.  
Boone could see the bikes had hit the valley floor. The anemometer on his suit spun crazy: the wind was getting up. ''Perfect'' conditions.  


“Boone? Boone! Do you read me?”  
The wrist-com crackled.  “Boone? Boone! Do you read me?”  


Boone looked down: the comlink channel was still open.
Boone looked down and cursed: he’d left the comlink channel open.


“Boone! Respond as a priority!”  
“Boone! Respond as a priority!”  
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“BOONE!”
“BOONE!”


“This is Staff Solicitor [[Opco Boone]], switching to silent running and signing out. All comms will now go dark. I will report again at 2100 hours.”
“This is Eagle Squadron Leader [[Opco Boone]], switching to silent running and signing out. All comms will now go dark. I will report again at 2100 hours.”


“GODDAMN IT B—”
“GODDAMN IT B—”