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"Boys, take her upstairs," Kinnison-Thyron ordered, and the tremendous raider -- actually the _Dauntless_ in disguise -- floated serenely upward to a station immediately astern of the vice admiral's flagship. All three courses of multi-ply defensive screen were out, as were full-coverage spy-ray blocks and thought-screens.
As the fleet blasted in tight formation for Kalonia III, Vice Admiral Mendonai tested the _Dauntless'_ defenses thoroughly, and found them bottle-tight. No intrusion was possible. The only open channel was that one plate-to-plate, the other end of which was so villainously fogged that nothing could be seen except Bradlow Thyron's face. Convinced at last of that fact, Mendonai sat back and seethed quietly, his pervasive Kalonian blueness pointing up his grim and vicious mood.