{"id":8545,"date":"2019-06-17T00:01:49","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T05:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jackofharts.com\/?p=8545"},"modified":"2019-06-17T03:10:12","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T08:10:12","slug":"the-gemini-affair-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackofharts.com\/?p=8545","title":{"rendered":"The Gemini Affair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jackofharts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/The-Gemini-Affair-200-x-259.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jackofharts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/The-Gemini-Affair-200-x-259.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"259\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6487\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m picking up active targeting radar,\u201d Jasmine announced as the Hellcats flew inside one lightsecond of them.  \u201cLooks like a Technicron Actitrax Mark XII or XIII.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWasn\u2019t the Mark X they last one they used?\u201d Jack asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the official upgrades,\u201d Jasmine said with an annoyed look.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich makes these homegrown upgrades,\u201d Betty noted.  \u201cThey could have anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFantastic,\u201d Jack muttered.  \u201cI love not knowing what to expect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And that was when the Hellcats began firing missiles from their wingtip launchers.  Displays flashed crimson all around Jack as hundreds of the small, guided projectiles began flying towards Jack\u2019s squadron on plumes of blue fusion flame.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen you\u2019re going to love what happens next,\u201d Jasmine returned with a smirk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMmmm?\u201d Jack asked with a raised eyebrow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re getting radar emissions from Raytheon targeting packages,\u201d Betty announced.<\/p>\n<p>Jack blinked in confusion.  \u201cI thought Raytheon and Technicron didn\u2019t play well together.  Something about\u2026missing data packets or something?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s right,\u201d Jasmine said with a nasty smile.  \u201cThese guys aren\u2019t fighting with a full deck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we\u2019ve got a plan,\u201d Betty added.<\/p>\n<p>Jack chuckled at the wicked amusement in their eyes.  He might have asked for an explanation in most cases, but now probably wasn\u2019t the right time for that.  Missiles moved faster than words after all.  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