The Price of Peace
“He rode beside her. She'd kept below the accepted speed in town. Now she pushed the rig for all the speed the dirt track would allow."What now?" she asked."We lay low. A ship's coming in with more survey supplies and weapons. It will pick up the labor recruits as soon as the Navy leaves orbit.""Assuming the recruiting teams are still there and the damn Navy ever leaves orbit.""I have arranged for the Navy to leave orbit soon. I believe it is time to check in on our teams." He pulled a small rad...io from his pocket. "Bernie, Elm, and Maurice, talk to me." Nothing. "Any of you there?" Nothing again. Slowly, Big Al closed up the radio. "Our problem may be bigger than I thought.""When's the ship due?""Maybe it is best that it not arrive. Are we well supplied?" "For three months.''"'Fee, three months in this wilderness." He opened the radio again, tapped several keys. "Benefit, this is Harmony. Go away. Come back in a month.""Benefit here. I won't be back for another circuit, say fifty days."Big Al shook his head.MoreLess
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