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pulled out his blaster and began to fumble with it.
    I looked over with a confused gaze and spoke. "Something wrong? You have fired a blaster before, haven’t you?"
    Duane replied, "Yes, Sir. I am familiar with them. I’m just curious as to how the negative ion switch works. Not the switch itself, but the negative bolt."
    I replied as I pulled my weapon for an inspection, "Negative what?"
    Duane replied, "The blasters they gave us, Sir—they have a negative mode. I was just wondering what would happen differently when they’re fired."
    I looked at my blaster. There on the left side was a small, inconspicuous switch. The Colonel had seen to it that the Durian weapon technology we had captured during our fights had been added to our blasters.
    Duane continued, "The techs said we could switch modes if needed, but I never got a chance to ask what the difference would be."
    I replied, "The difference is only relevant if they are using ion technology. If they are on positive ions like the rest of the galaxy seems to be, these blasters could be highly effective against any weapons and shielding they may have. If, on the other hand, they don’t use ion tech for their shields or suits, well, I guess the switch wouldn’t make much of a difference."
    Duane spoke. "The weapons they were carrying didn’t look anything like our blasters, Sir. I’m not entirely sure what to make of those big coils. And those packs on their battle-suit backs look like they’re tethered to them. It’s probably a high-energy weapon of some sort. I would like to get ahold of one of those to find out."
    I replied, "Let’s hope we don’t find out and leave it at that. Hey, check your air stats. It looks like pressure is coming up. They must have sealed that hole."
    We continued our walk for nearly twenty minutes before a vibration could be felt coming from the tracks. Seconds later, a wind began to build. It became difficult to stand. A light soon began to appear from behind us.
    I spoke. "Get over there against the wall and just lie down! These hybrid suits are similar in color to that wall material. Let’s hope we get lucky and they just pass us by!"
    We struggled to make it to the near wall as the wind howled and continued to build. The lights quickly approached. As we lay against the tunnel wall, we were soon engulfed by a wind like I had never felt. It took every ounce of energy to cling to the featureless stone walls of the tunnel. The maintenance car soon thundered past, with the remains of our harvester on a flat car behind it. Seconds later, the winds died and the tunnel was once again pitch black.
    I spoke. "We need to get out of this tunnel, Duane. I was real close to being blown up and away. I’m sure these battle suits the Colonel gave us are something special, but I would rather not find out how special by being tossed around at a hundred kilometers per hour. Plus, we need to find that harvester. It has Human technology on there that we don't want to give away."
    Duane replied, "Oh, I wouldn't worry about that, Sir. That harvester should light up in about an hour. She'll burn hot. There won't be much left by the time they get her put out. We just had the destructs added about five years ago. Didn't think we would ever use 'em."
    As we continued our walk, a faint glow could be seen coming from around the next bend. We approached cautiously.
    I spoke. "It looks like a guard post or something. Look just beyond the light. You can see one of those air lock doors is slid back into the tunnel wall. Since a light is on in the room, I would guess there is someone in there."
    The light shone from a single window in the tunnel wall. We moved slowly up to it in an attempt to peek inward. As I gazed into the room, a single worker sat at a terminal. He sat motionless as if in a daze. The screen in front of him showed various readings related to the giant tunnel air lock door beside us. Of higher interest was an electronic diagram of the tunnel on the