The Reply by Robert Doherty

Author:Robert Doherty [Doherty, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Space ships, Area 51 (Nev.), High Tech, Unidentified flying objects, General, Romance, Science Fiction, Area 51 Region (Nev.), Fiction, Espionage
ISBN: 9780440223788
Publisher: Dell
Published: 1998-02-09T00:00:00+00:00

CLASSIFIED: TOP SECRET ST-8

ROUTING: FLASH

TO: CDR 1ST SOS/ 1ST SOW/ MSG 01

FROM: NATIONAL COMMAND AUTHORITY VIA

CIA

SUBJ: ALERT/TANGO SIERRA/AUTH CODE:

ST-8

REQ: ONE MC-130

DEST: OSAN AFB/ROK

TIME: ASAP

POINT OF CONTACT: CODE NAME ZANDRA, CIA

END: TBD

CLASSIFIED: TOP SECRET ST-8

The duty officer grabbed the phone and punched in the number for the commander's quarters.

"That's Qian-Ling," Nabinger said, tapping a satellite photo that showed a large mountain. He

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was looking at the satellite and thermal imagery tacked to hastily erected plywood bulletin boards. The others followed him. They had landed at Osan less than ten minutes ago and an Air Force major had immediately escorted them into this hangar, past the armed guards standing next to the door, and then left them alone.

Turcotte peered at it. "Big target area. How do we find Che Lu and get into it?"

They all turned as the door slid slightly open and a figure stepped in. "Fancy meeting you here," Turcotte said as he recognized the tall, slender form.

"Captain Turcotte, Dr. Duncan, we've met," the woman said. She turned to the other person. "Professor Nabinger, my name, as far as you are concerned, is Zandra."

Nabinger raised a bushy eyebrow. "Greek?"

"It's just a code name," Zandra said, a bit taken aback. She gestured around the room. "We have all the information we can gather about Qian-Ling here for your use, including imagery from Aurora."

"What's the plan?" Turcotte asked.

"This is the launch site, and I will be your FOB commander," Zandra began, only to be interrupted by Duncan.

"You are going to have to speak English here. Launch site for who and what is an FOB?"

"An FOB is a forward operating base," Turcotte explained. "In Special Forces it's the headquarters with operational control of deployed elements." He indicated his two comrades. "Are we to be the deployed element?" Zandra shook her head. "You will have a Spe-

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