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Your Kai senses warn you that if you were to invert the tube, the acceleration of power inside the orange tank would lead to an immediate and devastating explosion. Rather than risk your life and your mission by tampering with the tube, you decide instead to remove some of the fabric that insulates the cables running close to the tank. The effects of this sabotage may not be felt until the vessel has been at sea for some time, but when the cables eventually disintegrate, it will rob the juggernaut of all its power. Should this happen during one of the Kaltesee's frequent storms, then an iron-hulled craft this large would be sure to capsize and sink without trace.

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Text copyright © 1988 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1988 Brian Williams.