Ice Station - Matthew Reilly [164]
TRANSMIT NO. 767-9808-09001
REF NO. KOS-4622
SUBJECT:
THE FOLLOWING IS AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PERSONNEL AUTHORISED TO RECEIVE SECURE TRANSMISSIONS.
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NAME LOCATION FIELD/RANK
ADAMS, WALTER K. LVRMRE LAB NCLR PHYSCS
ATKINS, SAMANTHA, E GSTETNR CMPTR SFTWRE
BAILEY, KEITH H. BRKLY AERONTL ENGNR
BARNES, SEAN M. N. SEALS LTCMMDR
BROOKES, ARLIN F. A.RNGRS CPTN
CARVER, ELIZABETH R. CLMBIA CMPTR SCI
CHRISTIE, MARGARET V. HRVRD IDSTRL CHMST
DAWSON, RICHARD K. MCROSFT CMPTR SFTWRE
DELANEY, MARK M. IBM CMPTR HRDWRE
DOUGLAS, KENNETH A. CRAY CMPTR HRDWRE
DOWD, ROGER F. USMC CPRL
EDWARDS, STEPHEN R. BOEING AERONTL ENGNR
FROST, KAREN S. USC GNTC ENGNR
FAULKNER, DAVID G. JPL AERONTL ENGNR
GIANNI, ENRICO R. LCKHEED AERONTL ENGNR
GRANGER, RAYMOND K A. RANGERS SNR SGT
HARRIS, TERENCE X. YALE NCLR PHYSCS
JOHNSON, NORMA E.U. ARIZ BIOTOXNS
KAPLAN, SCOTT M. USMC GNNY SGT
KASCYNSKI, THERESA E. 3M CORP PHSPHTES
KEMPER, PAULENE J. JHNS HPKNS DRMTLGY
KOZLOWSKI, CHARLES R. USMC SGT MJR
LAMB, MARK I. ARMALTE BLLSTCS
LAWSON, JANE R. U.TEX INSCTCIDES
LEE, MORGAN T. USMC SGT
MAKIN, DENISE E. U.CLRDO CHMCL AGNTS
McDONALD, SIMON K. LVRMRE LAB NCLR PHYSICS
NORTON, PAUL G. PRNCTN AMNO ACD CHNS
OLIVER, JENNIFER F. SLCN STRS CMPTR SFTWRE
PARKES, SARAH T. USC PLNTLGST
RIGGS, WAYLON J. N.SEALS CMMDR
REICHART, JOHN R. USMC SGT
SHORT, GREGORY J. CCA CLA LQD SCE
TURNER, JENNIFER C. UCLA GNTC ENGNR
WILLIAMS, VICTORIA D. U.WSHGTN GEOPHYS
YATES, JOHN F. USAF CPTN
P.S. SCARECROW, IF AND WHEN YOU GET BACK TO THE STATES, CALL A MAN NAMED PETER CAMERON AT THE WASHINGTON POST IN D.C. HE WILL KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME.
GOOD HUNTING,
HAWK
Schofield stared at the e-mail for a moment, stunned. ‘Hawk’ was andrew trent’s call-sign.
Andrew Trent, who – Schofield had been told – had died in an ‘accident’ during that operation in Peru in 1997.
Andrew Trent was alive . . .
Renshaw printed off a copy of the e-mail and handed it to Schofield. Schofield scanned the e-mail again, thunderstruck.
Somehow, Trent had discovered that Schofield was down in Antarctica. He had also discovered that a secondary team was on its way to Wilkes. Most disturbing of all, however, he had discovered that the United States Marine Corps had already listed Schofield as officially dead.
And so Trent had sent Schofield this e-mail, complete with a list of known ICG informers, in case Schofield had any traitors in his unit.
Schofield looked at the time of the e-mail. 7:32 p.m. It must have been transmitted via satellite during the 7:30 p.m. break in the solar flare.
Schofield scanned the list. A couple of names leapt out at him.
KAPLAN, SCOTT M. USMC GNNY SGT
Snake. As if Schofield needed to know that Snake was a traitor. And then:
KOZLOWSKI, CHARLES R. USMC SGT MJR
Oh, God, Schofield thought.
Chuck Kozlowski. The Sergeant-Major of the Marine Corps, the highest-ranking enlisted soldier in the Corps, was a member of the ICG.
And then Schofield saw another name that made him freeze in horror.
LEE, MORGAN T. USMC SGT
‘Oh, no,’ Schofield said aloud.
‘What?’ Renshaw said. ‘What is it?’
Montana, Schofield thought. Montana’s real name was Morgan Lee. Morgan T. Lee.
Schofield looked up in horror.
Montana was ICG.
Down in the hangar, Gant and the others were searching for information about the black plane.
In a small workshop, Santa Cruz was looking at some schematics. Sarah Hensleigh was sitting at a desk behind him, with a pencil and paper out.
‘Nice name,’ Cruz said, breaking the silence.
‘What?’ Sarah said.
‘The name of the plane. Says here that they called it “The Silhouette”,’ Santa Cruz said. ‘Not bad.’
Sarah nodded. ‘Hmmm.’
‘Any luck with that code?’ Santa Cruz asked.
‘I think I’m getting closer,’ Hensleigh said. ‘The number that we were given, 24157817, seems to be a series of prime numbers: 2, 41, 5, 7, until you get to 817. But 817 is divisible by 19 and 43, which are also prime numbers. But then, again, 817 could be two numbers, 81 and 7, or maybe even three numbers. That’s the hard part, figuring