There was a knock at the door and Gerry sat up and called out," Yes!"A middle-aged woman appeared and entered the room, "You wanted to see me My Lady,... Yes Mary I did, I wanted to introduce you to Denis, and discuss a delicate matter with you in his presence," Gerry said, "Come and sit here," pointing to the other sofa."Denis this is Mary she is the lady who comes in to clean and do general duties for me, Mary this is Denis," Gerry introduced us and we shook hands.Betty seemed a bit nervous as. "Are you mad? We have to hold until your reinforcements..." There will be no reinforcements," Sega said simply.Rosewood stared in disbelief. "No reinforcements?" he demanded. "What the hell are you talking about, man? Didn't you tell me that they launched and were on the way? Where the hell are they?" They were shot down by MPG air defense batteries," Sega told him. "340 of my marines went crashing to the ground from seventeen thousand meters in the sky. That's 340 E-mails to 340 families that. The captain reported they were near losing the ship. The Reaver had taken their cargo and damaged their lift envelopes. The crew was trying to repair the envelopes but they were running out of lift gas quickly. Jake requested their position, course and altitude. They were holding the position but losing altitude, currently at eight thousand and falling. Jake sent they were three hours out. They sent back they would make what repairs they could and hope to see them.Jake used the new system and. "Okay." Why did you invite me to join? I don't exactly fit the Beta type. And,if you recall, the first time I met you girls, you were a little ...unkind."Stephanie blushed at the memory, and lowered her head in shame. "Yeah, Iguess we were pretty nasty." It doesn't make sense to me," Tommi continued. "I mean, I'm just a simplecountry girl." She laughed hollowly. "Even _that_ is a joke - until lastyear, I wasn't even a girl! You guys are ... well, you come from the rightfamilies, you all.