At this point Slan returned.
"We will be in position to launch the attack shortly," he said. "We had best make ready. I beg your pardon, but the lady seems to have disappeared."
"So she has," said Loong after glancing around. "Well, we can't look for her now."
They took another car to their scout ship and exchanged their uniforms for more efficient fighting suits; black coveralls, crash helmets, respirator masks and battle packs.
They were each provided with a heat gun and a blaster, but Savage strapped the little needle gun to his wrist over the coverall sleeve.
"For sniping," he explained.
Loong held out his hand.
"Good luck," he said, and Savage remembered the General.
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