. We might use a fifth of the total available, but I think it will require less than a fiftieth.”C: “Why did you ask me about the budget then?”G... “The project leader must know the parameters of the project.”C: “Okay. So, fifty thousand for an initial budget with a contingency of another hundred thousand. How will we arrange it?”G: “WE won’t. I shall handle the details. You will have a black AMEX card in a corporate name – that means unlimited credit – and a small cache of diamonds worth about. “Sorry we don’t have time to take care of this thing again. You need to get dressed and out of here before Marty comes home.”“Damn, I wish we had more time. I haven’t gotten it up three times in row in a long while. Hell, I can barely get Judy in the mood once a month.” Joe got up getting dressed while I put my clothes on.I pushed him out the door, running back upstairs to throw the sheets in the washer and jump in the shower. After what Joe said about smelling sex on his wife I didn’t want to. The Gnat carried twelve very efficient hunting rockets which were fire and forget with a high probability of hits. The rockets were upgraded models of those presently in service on the UVAs and KeyHACs. The FAFs would damage an unshielded HAC and could destroy it if 'lucky'.The scenario was changed to the anti missile role. The FAFs were destructive of the less manoeuvrable missiles; IF they could lock onto the missile. The twin lasers were destructive if a hit was achieved on the missile. The. But she shook it off and collected herself. It was only a 3 minute drive from the bar to her house. She wasn't 'wasted' and knew that she could make it there so long as no little animals jumped in front of her Jeep. Leah pulled up the dirt-road driveway to her small ranch house and parked the Jeep. As her engine went silent, she saw headlights coming down her drive, and figured it was Dan. Leah flipped the visor down to check her makeup and make sure her hair was still decent from the ride.