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His nose jammed into the plastic but he didn’t even wince, because he saw the Connie’s steering tubes buckle under the Aquila’s sudden shove. And suddenly the picture was clear. The two Federation cruisers hadn’t cared about getting into the Connie ship. They had only wanted an excuse to tie up to it so they could do what had just been done.
He argued, he begged, and he wheedled. The Aquila’s chief physician listened with polite interest, but he shook his head. "Lieutenant, you simply are not aware of the close call you’ve had. Another two hours without treatment and we might not have been able to save you." "I appreciate that," Rip assured him. "But I’m fine now, sir." "You are not fine. You are anything but fine.
Train launchers on the valves so our men will be annihilated before they can board, if you see a single weapon." This was going a little far, Rip thought, but it was not his affair and he didn’t know exactly what MacFife and Galliene had in mind. The Aquila’s boat arrived with astonishing speed. Rip saw it flash in the sunlight and knew he had never seen one like it before.
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