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operational crew were the guards of the convicts.
7
THE FACE OF THE DEEP
Marshal Ezra Gurney was guard-commander, with
Joan Randall and young Rih Quili of Mercury as
his sub-officers. They commanded eight non-coms
of the Patrol, who watched over the convicts.
Curt Newton and the Futuremen had gathered
with Ezra and Joan and the captain in the chart-
room just abaft the bridge.
"I don't say Kim Ivan is plotting anything," Curt
answered the captain's question. "But I do say that
if he had something in his mind, he'd prevent the
convicts from staging any premature outbreak -- as
he has."
Ezra Gurney snorted. "Cap'n Future. I got all the
respect in the world for your judgment, but this
time I think you're chasin' comets. How the devil
can Kim Ivan or anybody else pull off anything,
when they're locked up tight in cells that they won't
leave till we reach Cerberus?"
"Men can get out even a chromaloy cell, if they
have the right tools," Curt answered significantly.
"And men like Kim Ivan and that snake Moremos
had criminal friends who would have been glad to
smuggle things to them."
"Not a chance!" Ezra affirmed. "I'll stake my life
that not one of those space-scum has any kind of
tool or instrument."
"You searched them when they were brought
aboard?" Curt asked.
"What kind of amateur outfit do you think the
Patrol is?" Ezra demanded injuredly. "O' course we
searched them. We used the X-Ray 'scanner' on
each convict as he was brought into the ship."
"Did you 'scan' the cells, too, to make certain
that nothing had been planted in them?" Captain
Future asked keenly.
"No, we didn't do that, but there wasn't any need
to," the old marshal declared. "The Vulcan was
always under guard, and nothin' could have been
planted in her."
"Nevertheless, I'd like to use the 'scanner' on the
cells now," Curt said. "Any objection?"
"Oh, no, if it'll ease your mind any," growled
Ezra. He glanced winkingly at Joan as he added,
"You're sure takin' a lot of precautions, Cap'n
Future. Must be somebody aboard you're worried
about."
RAG and Otho, bored by the discussion,