“It was just a little recon—an experiment, to look over the ship and see what limits the O's had placed on our movements, prior to settling on an ops plan. We were totally unarmed, and the truth is I was terrified, but I didn't want Tara to know it. For all we knew, the O's might decide to exterminate us the instant we stepped out of our room. I had the tacmod strapped to my waist, and the toolpak over one shoulder. Tara was back in her litesuit, and she had the medpak. Gildron had his shirt bac...k on again. He paused outside the doorway, sniffing the air. "Zip," he said. "O zip." We were in a perfectly circular corridor, standing on a narrow strip of softly yielding material, a walkway for the O's. Pale green lights shone down from the top of the corridor, and strange black devices lined the walls. "This is the corridor that leads straight to the bridge," I said. "It's right up ahead there, on this level. And our weapons are stashed in the third room on the left." "And the human?" "Up ahead, down two levels, right at the intersection, third room." "All right.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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