Although he expected the first pass would be mostly reconnaissance, Blaine had the crew load a full tank of retardant just in case. There were times he missed the high tech gear that had crowded the cockpit of his jet fighter. He’d carried precise surveillance equipment, communication links to an extensive network of information, including ground troops, the latest intelligence data, and the main command. Still, he knew the targets he hit were not always combatants or even significant.
Here, he was pretty much on his own. Maybe with the earnings from this season he could afford a surplus set of older surveillance gear before the next. That would be great. He’d take the first and if he could swing two, the second batch would go in Mike’s plane, also a Neptune.
He’d just suited up when the
