The cultist complex was at some kind of pack animal ranch. It made sense. It was an isolated locale with plenty of sight lines to pick out where people are and plenty of places to set up an ambush. It also let them have time to themselves which had let them build up their resources. Rolando and Kyriac were observing from a distance, they spotted plenty of guards with high powered weapons. It would not be an easy extraction as Rolando had hoped.
"Question."
"That many shifts in a short period of time would be a risk of corruption Kyriac, especially the distances."
"No I'm more wondering how we went from sitting at a fountain to finding our targets with you making one call." It had been eating at Kyriac since Rolando suddenly knew where to go. He feared that the younger Lorentino had called his father which would confirm command's suspicions the two were working together.
"Two calls actually, and Kyriac I know you think I just rely on the luck of my family, but I do have a brain. My first call went to the sheriff to determine where the chemical compound used in the poison came from, next one was to Imperial command to determine where that compound was delivered on this planet. Using those factors I discovered this ranch because they had a large supply of the chemical and while it does have uses for agriculture, not for live stock producing agriculture."
"I'm impressed."
"Thank you, now of course the bigger question is, how in the gods damned way can we possibly get inside a religious nutjob compound that's already aware we are coming."
"And for that I may have a plan."
"I'm not going to like this plan am I?"
"Well that depends Rolando, how good are you at selling things?"
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