ARMS Domers Unite: (Book 6) by Stephen Arseneault

Author:Stephen Arseneault [Arseneault, Stephen]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: space battles, galactic empire, series, aliens, alien, intergalactic war, star wars, scifi adventure, action thriller, space travel, military scifi, scifi, adventure space, super human, scifi action adventure, alien worlds, space opera, scifi series, mens adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, alien abduction, science fiction, military
Publisher: Stephen Arseneault
Published: 2017-03-28T16:00:00+00:00

— Chapter 15 —

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Harris' face grew red as a comm was opened to the AI. "I have good word that ammonium nitrate, triple superphosphate, and calcium cyanamide with a touch of magnesium is a fertilizer."

"That would be a correct statement."

"Why did we just deliver fertilizer to Gondol?"

"Was there no 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid?"

"It's not in the list you gave me."

"You are only looking at the accelerant list. The toxin portion of the mix is 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid."

"This is what I was told was in the tanks we delivered."

"One moment."

Harris growled as he looked at the others. "I'm not liking the sound of this."

"It appears there was a mix up. The 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid component was not delivered. The worker bots performed the mix with what was available in the proportions as directed. Is there a reason the 2,4-D was not provided?"

"Open a comm to Bax."

A split screen appeared above his arm pad. "Pass me the list of ingredients for the herbicide."

Seconds later, the list appeared.

"This all you have?"

"That's what I was given."

"There's a huge component missing."

"Will it make a difference?"

"It makes all the difference. We just fertilized that whole planet. We need two million tonnes of something called 2,4-D."

"Let me check on that."

Harris turned to the others. "This is disastrous. We'll have to go back."

Bax returned. "You won't be going back anytime soon. A quick check shows half a million tonnes to be all that's manufactured in a given year... on the entire planet."

"So this herbicide would never have happened anyway. AI, again, how'd this happen?"

"I delivered the list to your comm. My logs show two data files attached with that message."

Harris shook his head. "I only have one... no, wait. It shows two now. That's not right. I know it was only one."

Tawn placed her hand on his shoulder. "Doesn't matter. There's not enough of the herbicide to do what we need anyway. We couldn't buy it if we wanted to. AI, search the Domicile archives for other herbicides. What else could we use?"

"One moment..."

Harris rubbed the back of his neck. "I think my head’s about to explode. AI, with the current delivery as it stands, is the expected harvest still three months away?"

"Simulations show an acceleration to possibly five weeks from now for harvesting to begin."

"And how long does it last?"

"Six days."

"And how long to process the toxin?"

"As short as a single day. And I've completed a search of herbicides. The closest is only 40 percent as effective and requires a fermenting process that takes several weeks. We do not currently have the materials to build a processing plant. If we were to acquire those within the next few days, we might complete the process with as much as a week to spare."

A new list appeared on Harris' comm. "I've taken the liberty to forward it to Miss Rumford as well," the AI added.

Bax shook her head. "We're talking days? No way I can get this in that time. And those freighters I leased are no longer available. They were being sold off and I managed the lease on the day before delivery.

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