The Dalotek Affair
Setting: The commander on video phone to Col. Foster on Moonbase after an aborted UFO attack.
Straker: Well, did we scare them off?
Foster: Could be the first time.
Straker: So, what happened?
Foster: It's anybody's guess.
Straker: Yes, but a 100 million dollars worth of computer equipment at your fingertips, and you still have to guess?
Foster: Sometimes, yes.
Straker: They didn't make a billion mile space journey for nothing.
Foster: No, sir.
Straker: So. We need answers, don't we, Colonel? Is it a decoy that's failed, or a red-herring that's already succeeded? And it's your job to find out.
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Setting: Col. Foster at the Dalotek base on the moon to see if their geoscanner is causing the radio interference between Moonbase and HQ.
Foster: Well, we'll install the landlink immediately.
Carson: I'll wait for your first call.
[Door opens and one of Miss Carson's Dalotek colleagues enters]
Foster: I must go.
Dalotek worker: Have you seen all you want?
Foster: Yeah, I've seen about everything.
Dalotek worker: And are you satisfied?
Foster: [Nods, looking Miss Carson up and down with a smile] Very!
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Straker: Well, did we scare them off?
Foster: Could be the first time.
Straker: So, what happened?
Foster: It's anybody's guess.
Straker: Yes, but a 100 million dollars worth of computer equipment at your fingertips, and you still have to guess?
Foster: Sometimes, yes.
Straker: They didn't make a billion mile space journey for nothing.
Foster: No, sir.
Straker: So. We need answers, don't we, Colonel? Is it a decoy that's failed, or a red-herring that's already succeeded? And it's your job to find out.
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Setting: Col. Foster at the Dalotek base on the moon to see if their geoscanner is causing the radio interference between Moonbase and HQ.
Foster: Well, we'll install the landlink immediately.
Carson: I'll wait for your first call.
[Door opens and one of Miss Carson's Dalotek colleagues enters]
Foster: I must go.
Dalotek worker: Have you seen all you want?
Foster: Yeah, I've seen about everything.
Dalotek worker: And are you satisfied?
Foster: [Nods, looking Miss Carson up and down with a smile] Very!
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