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were two levels to this assignment. As far as Prague and make up his own
mind.
Delta Operations knew he was just another new man with Turcotte had
expected to be driven straight out to Nellis
a security clearance and a background in Special Opera- Air Force Base
from the airfield. That was the destination
tions. But Turcotte had been been verbally ordered by the listed on his orders.
To his surprise they had taken a cab
DET-A commander to stop in Washington on his way from downtown and checked
into a hotel. Actually they hadn't
Europe to Nevada. He'd been met at the airport by a pair checked in, they'd
walked right past the desk and taken an
of Secret Service agents and escorted to a private room in elevator directly
up to the room, which had a numerical
the terminal. With the agents standing guard outside the keypad instead
of a traditional lock. Prague punched in the
door he'd been briefed by a woman who'd identified her- code.
self as the presidential science adviser to something called Prague had shrugged
at Turcotte's concern about report-
Majic-12, Dr. Lisa Duncan. She'd told him that his real job ing in to Nellis,
as they entered the lavishly furnished suite.
was to infiltrate Delta Operations, which provided security "Don't sweat
it. We'll get you in tomorrow. And you're
for Majic-12, and observe what was going on. He was given not going to Nellis.
You'll find out, meat."
a phone number to call and relay what he saw. "What's with
this room?" Turcotte asked, noting the
To all of Turcotte's questions Duncan had been evasive. meat comment. It
was a term used for new replacements to
She couldn't tell him what he was supposed to be looking combat units that
had suffered high casualties. Certainly
for. Since she was on the Majic-12 council, that made him not the situation
he was in now, at least he hoped not.
suspicious. She had not even told him why he was being There was only
one other way to decipher the phrase, as a
selected. Turcotte wondered if it had anything to do with slam. Turcotte
didn't know why Prague would do that ex-
what had just happened in Germany. Beyond that wonder- cept to test his
tolerance levels, which was an accepted
ing, the naturally suspicious part of his mind, which years practice in elite
units. Except it usually involved profes-


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sional tests of physical or mental capabilities, not insults. hangars, towers,
and antennas all laid out alongside the