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VIII. A N Tdefinitely hit ocean — they tend to know how to brake in air.”“So where did the damn thing land?”“Somewhere in the North Sea, off the coast of Britain.”“Could it have disintegrated in the atmosphere?”“e velocity ange was too well planned for that. It probably made it in onepiece — even if we disregard its shielding.”“All right. We need Navy cooperation for finding the whereabouts of thatdamn thing.”February 18, 2632, 09:04 UTCDr. Grovepath couldn't believe it. When Major Plaerman said he had an opendoorpolicy, he didn't really expect that the man actually slept with his cabin dooropen. On the other hand, he was a lile bit apprehensive — he always thoughtmilitary types slept with their sidearm under their pillows. He hadn't bothered toask about the veracity of this strange stereotype from Daleworth, and he obviouslyhadn't eed how Daleworth slept.“Mbblhh?” Plaerman mumbled. “What now? Oh, Dr. Grovepath. Goodmorning.”“Good morning, sir. I hope I didn't wake you”, Dr. Grovepath said.“Well, you did, but I was on the process of geing up, truth to tell.” Plaermansat up; he had been sleeping with pants and t-shirt on, whi was, knowing him,probably the most naked state he ever dared to undress himself to. “Ah, I guessyou want to discuss about the security clearance?”“For the last time, I don't want a security clearance. I just want our previouslevel of access to the resear material. Unclassified material.”“I pulled up Captain Underwood's and Major Rankin's files, but I couldn'tfind out what they did”, Plaerman said. “ere doesn't seem to be any recordson anges on the protocol, doctor. Could you please explain what horrible thingsthese people did to you?”“It seems to me that you've only focused on direct orders from these gentlemen”,Dr. Grovepath said. “Basically, Major Grace Rankin got the Roetry andSpace Resear Centre's outrea program going. e RSRC DataBank.”“I was aware of that. And Captain Bill D. Underwood didn't ange its direction,as far as I can tell. I was under the impression the DataBank was still goingstrong. Tons of information, all readily accessible…”“Have you looked at the DataBank lately? Purely as a user, not at the content.We had extraordinarily good access to designs and specifications of the systemsduring the Roet Lady's reign. When the Blind Billdee — just reporting what theusers called him, of course — came around, the old system was basically turned