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"Don't use we so freely," Lea said. "Unless you're planning to come along with
us."

"Sorry. You can have whatever arms and weapons you might need. Both to take
with you or have installed on the lifeship. The choice of equipment is yours."

"Let me have a list of what is available," Brion said.

"I'll take care of that," a voice said. They turned to see the thin, gray
haired man who had entered silently while they were talking. He tapped a
command into the communicator on his belt. "I'm Klart, your Project Commander.
It is my responsibility to not only advise you but see to it that you get
exactly what you want—and what you need. If you will look at the screen on the
communicator over there you will see an index of the items we have in store."

The lists of available items were long and precise. Brion scrolled through
them on the communicator, with Lea sitting beside him, touching the screen
over the categories they were interested in. The

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printouts began to pile up in the hopper beside them. Brion weighed them in
his hands when they were done, then glanced at the planet below.

"I've reached a decision," he said. "And I hope Lea will agree. The lifeship
will be armed and defended with all of the deadliest weapons that are
available. We will also take every possible machine or device that might aid
us on the planet. Then, when we are completely equipped, I am going down
alone, without any machines or metallic devices of any kind. Bare handed if
necessary. Lea, don't you agree that this will be the wisest course under the
circumstances?"

Her speechless look of horror was his only answer.

FOUR D-Day Minus One

"I'll draw up a list of recommendations at once," Klart said, entering a
series of commands into his personal terminal. The calmness of his manner
indicating that he could no longer be surprised by anything a field agent did
or said. Lea-did not share his attitude.

"Brion Brandd—anyone who says anything like that must be insane. Carver, see
that he is locked up at once."
Carver nodded. "Lea is right. You can't just walk around unarmed in this sort
of situation, on a deadly planet like this one. It would be suicide."

"Would it? Did all the machines and weapons help the two men who went before
me? Marcill just vanished—but we now have a very good idea of what happened to