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Book One: Dune
Hisowncraft’sshadowwasjustpassingoverthecrawler.“Onlyfourspotters,isthatright?”
“Correct,”Kynessaid.
“Therearefiveinourparty,”theDukesaid.“Ourshipsarelarger.Wecan
crowdinthreeextraeach.Theirspottersoughttobeabletoliftofftwoeach.”
Pauldidthementalarithmetic,said:“That’sthreeshort.”
“Whydon’ttheyhavetwocarryallstoeachcrawler?”barkedtheDuke.
“Youdon’thaveenoughextraequipment,”Kynessaid.
“Allthemorereasonweshouldprotectwhatwehave!”
“Wherecouldthatcarryallgo?”Halleckasked.
“Could’vebeenforceddownsomewhereoutofsight,”Kynessaid.
TheDukegrabbedthemicrophone,hesitatedwiththumbpoisedoveritsswitch.“Howcouldtheylosesightofacarryall?”
“Theykeeptheirattentiononthegroundlookingforwormsign,”Kynessaid.
TheDukethumbedtheswitch,spokeintothemicrophone.“ThisisyourDuke.WearecomingdowntotakeoffDeltaAjaxniner’screw.Allspottersareorderedtocomply.Spotterswilllandontheeastside.Wewilltakethewest.
Over.”Hereacheddown,punchedouthisowncommandfrequency,repeatedtheorderforhisownaircover,handedthemicrophonebacktoKynes.
Kynesreturnedtotheworkingfrequencyandavoiceblastedfromthespeaker:“...almostafullloadofspice!Wehavealmostafullload!Wecan’tleavethatforadamnedworm!Over.”
“Damnthespice!”theDukebarked.Hegrabbedbackthemicrophone,said:
“Wecanalwaysgetmorespice.Thereareseatsinourshipsforallbutthreeofyou.
