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The Tridents soared through the cloudy darkness like angels of the night, their position lights twinkling as they formed into a perfect seven-craft “V” formation.
Atlantis granted another solar disruptor to render Earth’s detection technology useless. Artificial solar flares would prevent radar from detecting the Tridents as they rushed to meet this new threat.
The angle of their trajectory steepened until the Tridents soared into the upper atmosphere at ninety degrees. Austin yawned and knuckled his eyes, wishing again he had taken a few stimulants with him before he left Atlantis.
“Any sign you were seen back there?” Braddock asked.
“I don’t know,” Austin admitted. “Sorry, Tiger. Base Prime is safe, though.”
“Well done, Lieutenant.”
Wisps of clouds shot past the canopy as the s
