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Page 68 – Arbor, Hue, and Holler watch parade – Tara Tensing packs – Cheerleaders shot – riot – Holler shots Hue – Tara finds Courtney – Heidi goes after Tara
“Wouldn’t it be nice to have a few thousand… kill-bots?”
Amos Arbor watched Hue Georifice react to his words.
Captain Holler winced. Hue Georifice twiddled his thumbs [...]
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Page 70 – Sovereign Air and IDF in theatre – Farlan and Alisha – Ho puts charge to save Tara – Tensing shoots at Arbor – Arbor orders in the kill-bots – Heidi Ho joins her on the roof – shoot VPA – Rioters about to breach the walls
The founder of Sovereign Air agreed to [...]
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Page 70 – Sovereign Air and IDF in theatre – Farlan and Alisha – Ho puts charge to save Tara – Tensing shoots at Arbor – Arbor orders in the kill-bots – Heidi Ho joins her on the roof – shoot VPA – Rioters about to breach the walls
The founder of Sovereign Air agreed to [...]
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Page 72 – Arbor brings Hue’s corpse to the One Earth Fleet Admiral – gets seat – Holler shoots admiral? – Farlan saves girl and kills Dog-man but then gets shot (not killed) by the grays – Alisha gets raped – Vancouver 7 knot rescues Farlan and gang –
Amos Arbor, Captain Holler, and the corpse [...]
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Page 73
Gunfire brought Alisha back to consciousness.
A different soldier was on/in her now, but he seemed frantic.
Blacks.
The 7th Vancouver had swooped down in the air shark. Deployed from 20 meters up, landing on their feet, like indestructible demons.
Most of the One Earth Marines were circled round the car, taking turns with the girls. All but [...]
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Page 74
The Sovereign Bird floated over the Rockies, the motion had the passengers excited, 30 more minutes more and they would set down in Calgary, the Capital of Capitalism.
“Thank you, Money.”
“For what, Tad?”
“For staying on with me this last month, getting the Builds out. I know your mind is on your next mission.”
“You’re welcome,” she [...]
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Page 75
Beaver and Sasha Martins tended to their fledgling cannabis plants on the side hill shaded by pine trees. The plot was irrigated with the waters of the Frazer River. Apart from the sizable pot crop, were other plots filled with rows of robust vegetables; potatoes, tomatoes, lettuce, spinach, cauliflower, beets, turnips, and so on. [...]
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Page 76
“Come to me my melancholy baby …” Alicia tenderly sang to Farlan as she shaved his face, “… cuddle up and don’t be blue… all your fears are foolish fancy maybe… you know honey, I’m in love with you…”
Farlan had been connected to the cardiopulmonary bypass machine now for 12 days. He lay in [...]
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Page 77
“Who?”
“Amos Arbor. He’s been nominated for Vancouver’s seat on the One Earth Committee.”
“Who nominated him?”
“The One Earth Committee.”
“So he’s not, like, elected?”
“Well no. He’s just the temporary holder of the seat. We can elect a new seat holder after we pass the unification plebocite.”
“When’s that?”
“Tuesday.”
“Tuesday!”
“Don’t you read the papers, Comrade?”
Vancouver’s unification with One Earth [...]
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Page 78
Cleo Spank-Bottom took a drag on her cigarette in the chilly air. She watched the lanky figure on the hill above the fog. Briskly, he walked his serpentine route, delivering his manifesto before the slaves awoke.
The October issue of ‘JUST REVOLTING’ was as brilliant as the ones he penned before. Spank-Bottom could not believe [...]
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Page 79
Tad Galahad was delivered to a stony beach by way of Magellan’s diesel powered yacht. Only four miles inland were Cleo’s home coordinates, a distance Tad happily traversed in the cool evening air. The Highland cottage was just as she described. The porch light was on and a welcome note in loopy scrawl read, [...]
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Page 80
Cleo’s cottage was secluded. If it was not, the smells emanating from her kitchen would have been enough to bring down the terror of the Committee. Breakfast was orange juice, bacon, sausage, eggs, small roasted potatoes, toast with real butter, and orange pekoe tea with honey.
“Where did this food come from?” Rob asked awestruck.
“The [...]
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Page 81
Rocky crags lurched in the waves and the Copperhead plowed through the black waters toward _____ Point. Aboard the Diesel powered yacht were the four principles of the Scottish Incursion Team; Magellan the Skipper and financier, Ben Woods the writer, Rob Roy the propagandist, Tad Galahad the Freedom Engineer, and Cleo Spank-Bottom the hot [...]
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Page 82
In the village of Uigshader, Hanna Valentine turned 13 on this day. Her parents did not speak of her birthday. Hanna certainly did not mention it, because she was now of ‘trading age’.
It was tradition for local party members to visit a girl on her 13th birthday, bringing with them two legs of lamb [...]
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Page 83
The words “honor is a gift you give yourself” are attributed to the original Rob Roy, him or a pretty good screen writer.
But the lanky boy with free-name Rob Roy who died one mile from Uigshader, bestowed his honor on a nation.
100s of Scotts delivered his manifesto in the wee hours of the last [...]
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Page 84
All of the available diesel fuel in One Earth territory was directed to the Atlantic fleet which was docked at ____ and loading. was Meanwhile every gallon of diesel fuel was drained out of the ancient refinery at _____ (eastern block) and brought to ____ to fill the ships of war. The Atlantic fleet [...]
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