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Battlefield Earth, First Chapter (5 of 20) "I'm going to go out and catch one of these things," said Terl. "Not with any of my crews or equipment you ain't," said Char. Terl heaved his mammoth bulk off the seat and crossed the creaking floor to the berthing hatch. "You're as crazy as a nebula of crap," said Char. The two Chamco brothers got back into their game and intently laser-blasted the entrapped mayflies into smoky puffs, one by one. Char looked at the empty door. The security chief knew no Psychlo could go up into those mountains. Terl really was crazy. There was deadly uranium up there. But Terl, rumbling along a hallway to his room, did not consider himself crazy. He was being very clever as always. He had started the rumors so no questions would get out of hand when he began to put into motion the personal plans that would make him wealthy and powerful and, almost as important, dig him out of this accursed planet. The man-things were the perfect answer. All he needed was just one and then he could get the others. His campaign had begun and begun very well, he thought. He went to sleep gloating over how clever he was.
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