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"I realize I'm much earlier than you expected, Major. You did a very neat job of camouflaging your takeoff... we were almost fooled... and no doubt the dummy ship you sent off later got full fanfare. I suppose there will be a dozen Patrol ships converging on this spot in a few hours, expecting to surprise a Jupiter Equilateral ship making a desperate attempt to hijack your little treasure here."
The little fat man laughed cheerfully. "Unfortunately for you," he added, "we have many friends on Mars. including a man in the Map room... and I'm afraid your little trap isn't going to work after all."