Chapter 3I spent the rest of the dayassemblingthe crew. Rab was first to volunteer, although I’d told him itdidn’t look like we’d go hand-to-hand on this assignment. We’dbe doing all our fighting from the air. He said that was fine, buthe’d still like to tag along. I Told him I was happy to have hiscompany.
I figured theArmageddon neededonly a minimum crew. As the mission was dangerous there was noreasonto have more crewmen than necessary. No space battles this time. Nolanding to take on advancing armies. This mission was simple.Travelto point A. Blow up planet. Return to base. Of course, there wouldcertainly be complications during the trip.
I walked out of my office. Both men andwomen, looking very alert and appearing to be very efficient intheirjobs, scurried around. All were genrich,
