Chapter Four
Sappho’s First Assignment
There were over 50 people on the Mission. Some, of course, were Aircrew, but there were a great many Technical Specialists of one discipline or another. Beyond that, the personnel who caught Sappho’s eye were a contingent later-described as ‘Close Protection Officers’.
These men were former Special Forces Operatives and she was to learn that they were drawn, principally, from the British Army, the Australian and New Zealand Armies. However, there were none from North America.
Both the General and Sappho had their own Close Protection team and the rest of the Group had about half a dozen between them. These men were ultra-professional; there was no swagger, no ostentatious behaviour, nothing even to suggest they were all carrying communications equ
