Stealth Page #2

...to pull a rocket scientist

at every port.

You better be careful, Ben, you know.

Hair bleach causes cancer in rats.

Well, l'm not a rat.

That's my appeal.

-You checking out the drone?

-Yeah.

Just barely skimmed the surface.

-We really are in the era of EDl.

-EDl.

Did l ever tell you

about that foster mother l had?

-The one who weighed 350 pounds?

-No.

Anyway, one day she comes home

with this Chihuahua, right?

Guess what she named him. Eddie.

-You know what l realized about you?

-What?

You got a foster mom

for every situation.

Hey, l lived through my childhood.

l may as well use it, right?

That's right.

So tell me, you think

Marshfield's right?

You think they're gonna trade us all in

for that machine?

No way. War is about tools.

Think about it.

Claws to clubs, bronze to steel.

-Best guy with the best weapon wins.

-Or girl.

And we all know who that is,

don't we?

The dull thud

of a Ben Gannon compliment.

Well....

Oh, pardon my C cup.

Study break is over.

Good morning to the crew

of the USS Abraham Lincoln.

Good morning to the crew

of the USS Abraham Lincoln.

Remember, foreign-object debris

can ruin a jet engine.

Let's k eep our safety record.

Scour that deck.

-Hey.

-Feel like we got older, Dick.

What the hell happened?

Don't complain.

You still got your hair.

Yeah. Some of it.

Look, truth be told...

...l never wanted this little experiment

of yours on my ship.

Well, you're not

hurting my feelings, Dick.

Admiral Spelling shared

your point paper with me...

...and your objections

were duly noted.

-You always could work the politics.

-lt's indispensable in a bureaucracy.

This isn't a bureaucracy,

not out here.

You rush a weapons system

into service...

...you shortcut an operational

test cycle, people might get killed.

You know l can't pick my nose here

without 7 000 people approving it.

Nobody rushed a damn thing.

Program is just ahead of schedule.

You missed this.

l'm out first, boys.

l'm right on that ass.

After you, ladies.

Talon 2, airborne.

Talon 3, airborne.

Talon 1 is off and heading 2-5-4.

Deploying Unmanned Combat

Aerial Vehicle...

...Extreme Deep lnvader now.

l never thought

we would see this day.

Me neither, sir.

UCAV EDl, you have launch.

One to UCAV.

Confirm flight link. Over.

Flight link confirmed, Talon 1.

It is good to be

part of the squadron.

What? Well, well, well. He can talk.

Big deal. l know a guy's BMW,

does exactly the same thing.

Picture, please.

Aye, aye, sir.

Swarm logic activated.

All right, Ben.

EDl's here to learn from you.

So let's make sure these lessons

are up to speed, all right?

Well, then, let the schooling begin.

Captain Cummings.

lnside, please.

-What's the deal?

-You, sir, have a new tasking order.

One to wing, anybody got a visual

on the UCAV?

-Negative, 1 .

-Negative, 1 .

We better find him and regroup.

Before it takes a crap

in its quantum pants.

Wait up. Hold on.

What the hell is he doing?

Here he comes. Here he comes.

l think little brother

is messing with us.

UCAV, your position is always

on my starboard side.

Other starboard.

That's hot.

Got no heart, but it sure can fly.

That's not bad for a tin man.

EDl, it's official. You got a call sign.

UCAV ''Tin Man'' EDl, the first.

-Operator to squadron.

-Go for Talons.

There's been a change of plans.

We're giving you an emergency

mission redirect. Repeat.

That's an emergency redirect.

Do you read me?

Roger. Where's the fire, skipper?

PAYCOM has given us

a brand-new tasking order.

Please access your encrypted file...

...named ''Advanced

War Vector Scenarios.''

File's open. Go ahead.

All right. Firewall code

is ''Terror Summit.''

We are upgrading this file from

a scenario to a tactical action plan.

Repeat, we are upgrading the file.

ClA human intel has just learned

that the heads of three terrorist cells...

...are about to meet in 24 minutes.

The country is Myanmar.

The city is Rangoon.

They're planning an imminent attack

on U.S. soil.

One to Control,

what about the UCAV?

EDl will observe your attack.

Proceed to primary.

Roger.

One to UC AV,

confirm observation status only.

Tin Man confirms, Talon 1.

New coordinates

have been uploaded.

Baptism by fire, Tin Man.

Mach 1.

Mach 2.

Mach 3.

Mach 4.

Primo's now analyzing the location.

Here we go.

The primary is this building.

A new defense ministry

still under construction.

Specs indicate

...with steel reinforcements.

Roger. We're not weaponized

for something that thick.

Repeat, not weaponized.

This is 2. What's the population

of the collateral area?

The building's unoccupied, but it's

in the middle of downtown Rangoon.

This is 3.

Talk to me about that roof.

What's Primo advocate

to ordinance and influence?

Primo says Talons

can't penetrate it.

This is our chance. We may never

catch these bastards together again.

Try a lateral vector.

Just do what he says.

This is 2 to Control.

Risk assessment officer advises...

...casualties from lateral vector

will be in the thousands.

Tin Man has integrated

all network-centric spy satellites.

Here is new data.

UCAV is bypassing Central Prime.

He's distributing secure video stream.

Look at that. Oh, yeah. Oh, now

l know what l want for Christmas.

One to Control, we've entered

our mission window.

Six-three seconds

to primary and counting.

Come on, Control,

we have our targets.

Come on. l need an alternative.

We got these guys in the bull's-eye.

There is an alternative,

Combat Control.

Operator to UCAV. Talk to me.

Give me something.

Squadron carries

truncheon implosion bombs.

Negative, will not work.

Central Prime says truncheons

can't achieve velocity for penetration.

One to UCAV, 37 seconds to primary.

Come on, explain.

Diving dead vertical at 20 7 0 knots

will increase truncheon velocity.

Bomb will successfully

penetrate roof.

What's the blackout risk

at vertical 207 0?

-Seventy-three percent.

-Time on target is 23 seconds.

-Call it off. lt's not worth the risk.

-Operator to Talons, pull back.

-EDl will plant the truncheon.

-Captain.

This is what we built

this machine for.

There's no blood in those

quantum veins. lt can't black out.

Operator to Talons, repeat,

EDl will plant the truncheon.

Control, negative, Control.

Mission critical. One will prosecute.

This is 3 to 1 . l got your back...

...but if you black out,

you're gonna kill everyone.

Negative, 3. l did not get this far

by being in the 7 3rd percentile.

l like my odds.

Talon 1, your orders

are to stand down.

-Do you read me, lieutenant?

-I do--

-Talon 1, stand down.

-l'm having--

Can you--? Can you--?

Go, baby, go.

One hundred knots

to release velocity.

Fifty knots to release velocity.

His BP is spiking, sir.

Release velocity attained.

Truncheon away.

Ten seconds to implosion.

Nine, eight...

...seven, six...

... five, four, three...

... two, one.

This is 1 to Control. Looks like we

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