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and arrange transport. If you could help finance the effort, then of course . . ." she faded off.
Instead of taking the bait, Naumann asked, "Can your agents, soldiers and department heads follow orders?"
"Yes . . . ?" Rouen replied.
"Then tell them I want my people accounted for and on ships tomorrow. Any MIA better have very convincing documentation or I'll just have to start a second echelon of cities," he said as he reached for his comm.
"You'll do no such thing!" MacRae cut in. "It may take some time."
Naumann replied, "Time when my people can be made to disappear, sustain injuries that prevent them from talking or otherwise be hurt more than they already have been. The Freehold Military Forces does not leave mistakes uncorrected or abandon personnel for political reasons. I guaranteed them I would not leave them behind and I'm not leaving Sol System without them. I want them back now,