him was a better idea. Fitzpatrick was a manly, Irish woman. She and O'Hara were family friends. Their familial ties dated back to the initial colonization of asteroid

ual incongruity, her eagle eyes picked it up. She was also fairly good with a rifle herself,

ets grab the doc and

ng ever so slightly. "Mickels

included both his appearance and hygiene. His long, scraggly hair hung loosely on his head, and his thick mustache and goa

ed with a smile, rev

e for about twenty minutes. Soon, they saw downed rovers in the distance. They knew they were cl

out, Mick, " Fit

nary, " he replied as he squ

mmed and hawed. Pensively, he pace backwards, and the counter resumed clicking. "I think we should leave this here. I can grab

is radiated, " DeReaux ask

a sec. I'm sure

zpatrick glance

pte

wings to cut circles over base camp. O'Hara had seen pictures of Eon's fau

attention to what he was doing. The captain's comm. unit dinged then. It not only displayed 15:00, but the red,

he replie

he screen. It looks wonderful, " Day's voice was che

hat time, O'Hara turned to Martinez, who was dragging out green tarps for cover. "Marty, set those up over th

og

what was going on around them. Less than an hour later, the soldiers had posts in the ground, and three, makeshift tents set up. Done with chor

it under, " he said wit

this, " sh

but she deftly slid the dolly underneath the crate. She then hauled it over the bumpy terrain, where the nerds huddled

n, magnetism, and Carbon dating. The sophisticated equipment was very costly; the scientists had definitely dipped into Phoenix Crew's budget, but everyone f

s hand over his brow, staring at the twin orbs. Their light was not

n, " he

ara said and

desrikahl was a tall, lanky, gentleman, but athletic a

t'll take them? To retur

by the time they get back, though. Why don't