Stealth Page #4

but sometimes, right here....

Right here on earth, it's just....

lt's just beautiful.

And you...

...don't understand a word l'm saying,

do you?

-No, l don't understand.

-You don't?

Well, you understand something.

Now, can you cook?

Wow. Beautiful.

-Now, do you guys have it so easy.

-Yeah? How's that?

-Henry meets a girl, like he does.

-Absolutely.

Leaves with her, sleeps with her,

and then what?

l mean, l don't know, what does

he do? Does he leave flowers?

He tells me he's religious

about that, yes.

Really?

And what do you do?

You leave flowers?

Me? No, l just leave.

What about you?

E-mails.

-The personal touch. Nice.

-Yeah, thanks.

Honestly, l just really haven't found

anyone that's worth the risk until now.

l'm going to head into town,

check out the local Thai nightlife.

Henry says it's great.

l don't think l'll find any

bleached blonds there, but....

Very true.

Oh, sh*t.

We got a nuclear crisis on

our hands, Ben. Here's the brief.

You're headed for Tajikistan.

One of those breakaway countries,

used to be part of the Soviet Union.

Seems some warlord has got his mitts

on three SS-42 Scud carcasses.

Joint Chiefs want them taken out,

and they want them out yesterday.

Mr. Wiatt, we good to go?

Yes, sir. Ready for combat.

Wait, you mean the UCAV

has been cleared for launch?

-Where's--?

-Tim?

-Tim, yeah.

-He's been reassigned.

Reassi--?

-Permission to speak freely, sir.

-Permission denied.

-We've already been through this.

-Scrub EDl from the mission.

l know you have a vision. l know

how much this project means to you...

...but this plane is putting

all of our lives at unnecessary risk.

You're just not getting it,

are you, lieutenant?

EDl is the whole idea.

You understood this was new

territory when you signed on.

You wanted to be on the cutting edge?

This is it.

You will fly with EDl, or the next thing

you drive might just have a propeller.

Your choice, make it now.

Operator to squadron.

We've just located

nuclear warheads...

... three miles north

of the Scud launchers.

These warheads

are now your primary.

Proceed to mission window.

Sequenced assault will be

UCAV, you will hold here

and maintain altitude. Confirm?

UCAV, do you read me?

Confirmed, Talon 1.

Pick up the pace on confirmations,

Tin Man. Don't make me ask twice.

Talon flight, descend to 25,000.

Final attack heading 1 -8-5.

Tell them to arm those FAEs,

and l mean right now.

Combat Control instructs arm

and deploy fuel-air explosives.

Arm and deploy fuel-air explosives.

Fuel-air, armed and deployed.

Fuel-air, external and armed.

Talon 2 to Operator.

l'm getting a contradictory

population-density read.

Sensors detect mammals warming.

Maybe 1 000 medium weights.

Those could be people. Repeat.

Ground intel may be incorrect.

Request to acknowledge

Dirty Mission status...

...and exercise

attack abort authority.

Operator to Talons. Your orders

are to commence attack now.

-Commence attack.

-Give me your estimate on collaterals.

Maybe 500 to 1 000.

Farmers, Ben. They're just farmers.

Radioactive dust is gonna rain

all over the place.

Okay, okay, now we got a problem.

This is 3.

Sensors read surface wind...

...as due south at 40 miles per.

At that rate, nuclear debris

will reach Pakistan by tomorrow.

Commence attack.

Commence attack.

One to Control.

As commander in the field...

...I'm exercising

attack abort authority.

Reasons.:
Collateral, both at primary...

...and allied state of Pakistan,

will be too high.

Son of a b*tch.

Repeat, the order is to abort.

Yes, yes, what l'm talking about.

Negative, Talon 1.

Tin Man will not abort.

Tin Man will prosecute.

That's an abort, EDl.

Repeat, return to formation.

Return to formation, EDI.

That's an order.

Damn it. UCAV taking AAAs.

We gotta bail it out.

Come on, initiate scramjets.

l'm coming around. l'm gonna

take out those Scud launchers.

l got you covered on the west side.

And l got that Bofors gun

on the east parapet.

Let me see it, let me see it.

Battle damage assessment calculates

primary target, Scud warheads...

...completely suppressed.

That's the right answer so far.

Talon 2 to Operator.

Nuclear dust engulfing village

southeast of primary. Situation critical.

Those people are gonna need

emergency medical help now.

Tin Man rejoining formation.

Mission achieved, 1 00 over 1 00.

UCAV, you disobeyed

a direct order.

You put innocent civilians

in harm's way.

-You put our squadron at risk.

-Damn straight.

Tin Man did what you did in Rangoon.

You taught me.

Listen, you little sh*t.

When you fly with me...

...you do what l tell you,

when l tell you.

You're just not getting it,

are you, lieutenant?

EDI is the whole idea.

Selecting other targets.

Detaching formation.

Yo, this is 3.

Did he say, ''other targets''?

l got his missile inventory.

He's got two Throat-rippers...

...two Shock Hammers

and three Blue Ferrets.

lf those targets are in the city,

he could kill 1 50,000 people with that.

Holy sh*t.

Sir.

He's closing his data link.

Primo says he's just firewalled

his transponder...

...which is definitely

not supposed to be possible.

He's gone.

Talon 1 .

Go for Talons.

l want my plane back, Ben.

l want it back in one piece.

You understand?

-Roger, captain.

-And, you...

-...get me Keith Orbit on the phone.

-Yes, sir.

I wanna head back north

and do a triangulated sweep.

Going hypersonic.

We're talking about

creating intention here.

Yeah. Really lends itself

to quantum processing.

-Different. A straight line.

-Keith.

Z is-- lnteresting.

Keith, it's an emergency.

lt's George Cummings.

One moment for Dr. Orbit, please.

Good luck.

George. Never got that invitation

to the White House.

Knock it off, wiseass.

Look, we have big problems out here

with the UCAV.

lt's gone completely haywire.

Anything more technically specific

than '' haywire,'' George?

lt's disobeyed direct orders,

bombed a target off the map...

... with collateral damage.

He separated himself from Primo.

He's flying around in foreign airspace.

-Where'd all this happen?

-That's not your concern.

Now, you created him. You get him

back here and under control!

Captain.

What in the hell's going on in here?

We're on it, Dick. Settle down.

Pacific Command says

there are planes from my ship...

...all over the Tajikistan border.

The Russians have picked up

the activity and are getting nervous.

We're gonna get out

before there's a problem.

You have planes

headed towards Russia!

Now, you better have

a hell of a good explanation.

Look, this is a technical delay,

not a national-security crisis.

Now, if you excuse me,

l got pilots at risk.

Damn right you do.

This is 3. l got a visual.

Way to go, EZ.

Give me your relative bearing.

North of my position,

at 50, 000 feet...

...headed toward

the Russian no-fly zone.

Stay with him. We have your position.

On our way.

l am 86 seconds on your tail.

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