.U.S. troops from NATO bases were beginning to mass in Turkey and the first transports from the United States were just arriving. The atmosphere in Tu...key was calm but tense in the wake of the failed Iranian-backed uprising. The invasion of Iran was still at least several weeks away, but the troops were psyched to avenge the treacherous attack on their government.Military cargo planes and U.S. airliners that had been requisitioned to transport troops in the emergency had been arriving every. I look over at Sarah and see that her pants around the crotch area are moving a bit, and I play it off cause its dark and I must be seeing things, then I look again and it's moving more vigoursly.... I wait a minute and then decide what the hell ill say something."Sarah, what are you doing?"Even in the dark I can she her blush about thirteen different shades of red."........N-n-nothing" She nervously stammers out and I see that her pants aren’t moving anymore."No seriously Sarah, You can tell. I put a stop to that idea before it could pick up steam. “I negotiated the deal, I’m responsible for your lives, I stay on the boat.”Down in the shuttle bay, the Engineer directed the emptying of the shuttle, and the installation of the medtube, the one with the Captain. Then the crew crowded in the space that was left. Paula was almost hysterical, even though I explained that this was the only way I saw for her to get back to Amy. As her sponsor, I had Eddie adjust her nanites to deliver. .. when he’s here. But he’s a construction worker and is gone a lot during the week. Even when the jobs are nearby and he doesn’t have to spend Sunday through Thursday at some cheap motel, he is gone from before sunup to after sundown.I liked it better when he was just a precision welder. But then he got a promotion. Now, in addition to being a precision welder, he is a weld inspector. They offered him a big title if he became just the Weld Quality Control Officer for the company, but he knew.