Hans sat in a cushioned office chair and opened a water bottle. He took a sip and pulled out his phone. Nope, uh uh, I said, it’s not break time, put your phone away, there’s a lot of work to do and you can help. Hans had his phone in his hand as he said, I wasn’t on my phone. What can I do to help? I said, grab that box of grenades. Hans bent his knees and lifted the heavy crate up by the handles. He set it on a small table and opened the top. Green grenades sat nestled inside like eggs in a carton. Cardboard dividers ran between the rows of explosives. I picked up a box that contained cylinders slightly larger than a double A battery. Each cylinder had two short strands of wires coming out of one end. I pulled a grenade out of the crate and showed the bottom to Hans. It had a cylindrical hole in the center like an apple with the core cut out. I explained, the timed detonators have been removed from all these. You’re going to replace them with these electric ignition detona...
I stood up from the chair and looked at my watch. Ok, that was a fun history lesson, but we’ve got work to do. Kurg and I are going out to retrieve that spotter drone that went down. Hans you can fly the recon sweep while we’re gone. I looked directly at him and made eye contact. You remember how to do that, right? He nodded.. I continued, here’s the coordinate list. I set the sheet of paper in front of him. You just fly over each location at a hundred meters, if you see something you can make a pin drop, but keep going. This is footage for command to analyze, not us, we just fly over, record what's down there and move on. A fresh battery should be plenty to get you down this list and home. This is easy, you can do it, we won’t be long. Do you have any questions? Hans said, no I think I can fly over a dozen locations and bring the drone back. Ok, good. Kurg and I started gearing up, we put on our full armor and helmets. He put a fresh magazine into his M-7 and I checked that the s...