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yours is gonna work any better than anything else we've tried?" one of the men groused.
"It'll stop a tank," Kendall responded confidently.
"So what?" another snarled. "What you aimin' to do with it after you've caught it?"
"Constable Gregory has also managed to round up four 731 tranquilizer guns. I've ordered that they be loaded with Selphon 3431enough to knock down anything that walks, crawled or exists on the face of the earth. Each of the groups will have one of the tranquilizer guns. It's as simple as we know how to make it. If you see the thing, open fire and keep firing until the man in your unit with the Selphon cartridge gets there. The minute you've got the beast on the ground, have your radio man get in touch with Officer Gregory; he'll get there with the T-47A and get the trap blanket over the thing. As soon as the trap blanket is in place, anchor it, cage it, kill itwhatever's necessary to prevent any further loss of life. Any questions?"
This time the men were silent. No one had a better plan.
"All right," Kendall barked, his voice getting more hoarse by the minute, "step up here and I'll assign each of you to one of the four sweep teams. Then each of you will have till ten o'clock to check on your families and get yourselves ready. In the

 
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