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watched as the Kang suddenly appeared and fired their special weapons at the Illuminar. These were the shield penetrating missiles that exploded and sent out the magnetic mines. He sat back in his seat and smiled.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 15px;">“Nice Vazzini,” he said to himself.</span></font></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 15px;">“Sir, another ship is decloaking,” was announced.</span></font></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 15px;">He sat back up as a Prometheus class starship suddenly appeared behind the Kang, already firing its torpedoes. They all hit the Kang
point blank around their engines. He was amazed that the ship was still in one piece. But the second volley of torpedoes from the Federation ship. Suddenly the Kang shot forward on a collision course for the Illuminar.</span></font></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 15px;">“Message from the Kang,” the Bolian at the Operations position said. “Text only. It says “Clear the area.” What does he mean?”</span></font></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Roberts almost panicked. He knew Vazzini was zealot with his strategy and he always had an endgame plan in his head. He suddenly
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 15px;">“Fire another round of torpedoes, and signal the others, reverse course at full impulse. And everybody hold on tight.”</span></font></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 15px;">All he could do now was watch as Vazzini and the Kang continued on its course towards the Illuminar.</span></font></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 15px;">(posted by Al Muir)</span></font></p>
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