ALICE Box Set 1-4 by Charles Lamb

Author:Charles Lamb [Lamb, Charles]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-10-12T22:00:00+00:00

As Jake walked into the planning room, Sara and Patti both turned from what they were doing and greeted him. Turning back to their work, Sara asked Jake while not looking at him, “Why are we going to all this trouble? Can’t you just send in the 10th like last time, and we can be done with them? Isn’t this a more dangerous option?”

Without answering, Jake walked over to one of the displays and, using the controls, started wandering all over the target area until he apparently found what he was looking for. Magnifying the image, he zoomed into a spot where four women were huddled over a cooking fire. Beaten and battered, they cowered in fear, every time one of the men passed close by.

“I’m not killing off a bunch of hostages, just to avoid the risk,” he replied.

Sara nodded in understanding and went back to her previous activities.

At that point, Patti interjected, “Jake, the transports are back from their runs to Dallas and Kola. They have everything you requested, but we can’t bring them in, as they are too damn big to fit through the hangar doors. We had to land them just outside the lift. We will have the troops load one platoon at a time via the vehicle lift.”

Jake had to admit they didn’t think that one through very well. When they were selecting designs for the transports and patrol ships, it never occurred to Jake they would want to be bringing them inside anywhere other than Lanai.

“Where is everyone now?” Jake asked. He knew they were getting close to mustering time.

“Everyone is to assemble in the main hangar in a few hours, their gear is already pre-staged,” Patti replied, “For now they are all attending to personal matters. Alcohol is strictly off-limits."

Jake considered that for a moment. The core element of the attack plan was the actual time of the attack. As all of his troops had night vision, the element of darkness was a huge advantage to them. It would allow them to make troop drops from the whisper quiet transports without the risk of being spotted. He could potentially pre-stage his entire force without the enemy ever getting wind of their presence.

If the marauders had assembled all the hostages at night in a single place, they might have had a chance to drop in a few special troops to protect them. Unfortunately, they were spread all throughout the mass of men, so they would have to fend for themselves once the shooting started.

So long as everyone was ready to go by dusk, he didn’t see a need to keep them in the hangar.

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