Chapter Seventeen
The success of a good business model is how well it can be replicated. And the Notches’ shiny object trap was easily replicated. They moved on to the main area of the Cleopatra, the command center of the ship, and set it a dozen more times, tweaking each attempt until it was perfect.
They fully leaned into Peppy’s aptitude for Rapoo killing. He was the first wave on each attack. He’d charge in, immediately dispatch one or two of them, throwing the entire pack into chaos, and open them up for the rest of the team to come in for close quarter kills.
The second level was cleared within three hours. And the third level proved easier still. The Rapoo didn’t seem all that interested in the residential section of the ship. There were fewer places to hide and, once the food ha
