The Star Knight

Sixty-five thousand dollars, it hurts to think about it, the poor like Opal had to play cheap fantasy movement double suits in the cabin, after playing with Raymond, the two were covered with blankets and snuggled together to watch the diary of the mercenary-rescue comrades Special commission.

There is an A-mark on it, belonging to Azeroth's private commission mark.

The address and location are all there. The original mission was issued by Professor Lokos of the Interstellar Ancient Civilization Exploration Association. The Ancient Civilization Exploration Association named the target planet as "Silent Star". It is not shown on any star maps, nor has it been positioned by the Astronautical Association. Just a code name.

"Warning." Time-VI sounded an alarm: "It is 2.5 astronomical units away from the danger zone, and the gravity detection is too large to be close."

Two huge neutron star structure lines are shown on the light screen. An asteroid is marked out at an angle of 22° in their core line, and the latitude and longitude lines are shining.

It traveled the distance from the last end of the gravitational field of the neutron star, paused shortly outside the outer gravitational field, and slowly accelerated back to the center of the gravitational field.

The number under the light screen accumulates rapidly, and finally freezes on the 14-digit time 0000:00:03:18:47:23, 23 jumps to 22, then jumps to 21, and slowly counts down, representing the year, month, and day in turn ,Minutes and seconds.

This means that in three days and eighteen hours, Silent Star will return to the gravitational field, and it will come out from the other side of the neutron star force field more than 700 years later.

"Call Lie Xing, call Lie Xing, we are the smoke and sword mercenary regiment, and now we are outside the neutron double star force field." Opal connected to the long wave according to the communication number entrusted by Azeroth.

Raymond looked up at the light screen, entered a series of numbers, and analyzed the landing sites above.

"Call Lie Xing." Opal said: "Is the union headquarters?"

"Oh no." The wrench's emotionless voice sounded in the long-wave communicator, accompanied by a burst of rustling: "This...Yes...Azeroth..."

"Mr. Wrench." Opal said: "Your voice is too stiff."

Buzzing-The sound of the sound is audible. Raymond and Opal cover their ears painfully at the same time. After buzzing for a long time, the radio interference is reduced, and the sound of the wrench said calmly on the other end, "What now?"

Raymond: "It's better. Master Secretary, why are you?"

"Special question." Wrench said: "Our king is very concerned about this matter, and does not want to let too many people know... This communication channel is specially made, and I will contact you with one line. Try to send a communication to Silent Star. Look."

Opal: "Future Lord, Deep Sea Fish|Thunder" did not answer. Planet data sent."

Wrench: "Received, please approach slowly, don't land on the planet first."

Opal switched automatic navigation to manual mode, adjusted the space balance azimuth dial, and the era-VI turned around gradually.

"Warning, warning—"

Wrench: "Turn off your talkative robot, it will affect my judgment."

Opal: "Will be sucked into the neutron star, I don't want to become a piece of paper."

Wrench: "Of course not, is the title of the first navigator of the martial star called to play?"

In the dark universe outside the porthole, the whole picture of the silent star is in front of it. Its shell is almost completely smooth, reflecting the glory of another star in the far distance, just like a metal moon in the dark curtain.

Raymond said: "It doesn't look like a naturally formed planet."

The wrench murmured: "I saw the image...I agree with you."

Its shell shone with gray metallic luster, and the nearly thousands of gullies above showed regular stripes, and each deep ditch was like artificially cultivated.All three are quiet, and they all know what it means:

A ruin of man-made metal.

It is likely to be a pre-historical military fortress.

Azeroth's voice interrupted the silence: "I'll give it to you, wrench. I have to go to the Republic once to discuss the problem of the female star."

The wrench yelled, and Raymond and Opal were startled and looked at each other.

Wrench: "He's gone, continue."

Raymond said: "When did he come?"

Wrench: "When I said the third sentence, it was gone now... Can you look at the back of it?"

Opal casually manipulated the steering wheel and said, "What is the truth about this commission?"

"Very much inside." The wrench murmured: "The inside is so complicated that you can't sleep for three days and three nights. What is the backlit surface of the asteroid? Let's take a look..."

The sound of the wrench is always so hypnotic that Raymond and Opal are both dozing off, and the Age-VI transforms its trajectory around the planet to survey its north side.

"This is a semi-artificial planet." Wrench said: "It looks like a large spacecraft ruin is embedded in a meteorite."

"Well." Raymond's operating program analyzed the craters on the back of the Silent Star and said: "73% iron, which is very high...I didn't find interstellar weapons on the front of this planet. Who do you think this thing will be built?"

The wrench did not answer, but Opal remembered the previous words and said, "What's the matter?"

The wrench said: "Simply put, this thing is related to a previous treasure map. The Republic spent a lot of money on the auction of the Eternal Star and took a piece of the star map..."

Opal and Raymond shocked at the same time, Opal said: "That used to be our commission!"

"Is it?" The wrench's voice didn't seem surprised: "I don't think it matters. The secret contained in the missing star map is about the Silent Star, which was leaked through several channels... separately. Jimmyson has a copy, The Republican intelligence officer has a copy...but the intelligence officer was killed not long afterwards, and the fragments were robbed on the way home."

Opal: "Who was killed?"

Wrench: "Who knows? Probably the pirates. It wasn’t long before someone posted this mission. At that time we didn’t even know it. Azeroth didn’t even notice it. Jimison didn’t tell anyone. He copied A copy of the star chart fragment."

"And then." Raymond looked up at the model of the crater on the light screen: "I think it is necessary to collect some samples."

"Don't log in first." Wrench said: "Once on this planet, the long wave communication will be interfered by the signal of the neutron star, we can't contact anymore... Then Jimmyson asked Ms. Refina a few directions, that clever And the talkative woman guessed his purpose and told Azeroth. After the war broke out, many things had not been properly dealt with, and a series of accidents happened. You took this commission and it was too late to complete, Had to put it on hold for a while."

Opal remembered that when Jamie died, he asked: "Jimison is also interested in here?"

"Well." Wrench said: "Wang speculates that he needs a mecha made by prehistoric civilization to avenge his twin brother. This is the first inside story."

"What else?" Raymond said: "Let's make it clear once, we need as much information as possible."

Wrench lazily said: "There is also the story of a pirate who entered here just 747 years ago."

Opal: "Interstellar Pirate?"

Wrench: "Interstellar Pirates-This is the head of the Eagle Hawk Mercenary Corps. After rescuing your two friends, the news obtained after an investigation, Silent Star is not the first time to appear, three cycles ago, also It was discovered two thousand two hundred years ago. A group of pirates boarded this ancient ruin. They were almost all dead and only one person escaped."

"Is he still alive?" Raymond sat at the console and sent all the analysis data to the wrench.

"Dead." The wrench said: "I found an interesting place. The survivor's name is Claude Yaristal."

Opal recorded the map information on the E7 chip and said, "Continue."

Wrench: "And the member of the Swift Mercenary Corps, Sid's mother, is named Tia Yaristal."

Opal and Raymond didn't speak. Opal narrowed his eyes and licked his lips.

"It's from his mother's family?" Opal said: "The kid must know what."

Wrench: "Yes, after all, the first commission was just to let them investigate the force field and coordinates near the galaxy. There was no landing and survey requirements. I guess he thinks there are treasures in it. I want to go in and see, so I dragged Xun too. It's water. This is the second story."

"You know him too?" Raymond said. "Xun Nao's temper is not very good."

Wrench: "Of course I know."

Opal: "Is there anything else? It's not like something that can't sleep for three days and three nights. At least it's almost on fire."

Wrench: "Xun was dragged into the water, uh... I heard it was Wang's illegitimate child."

Opal and Raymond: "..."

"You won." Opal said: "Now we want to..."

The wrench said, "Turn around now."

Raymond took the control panel and said, "No, I plan to take a sample first."

Wrench: "Turn around immediately! You are too close!"

Opal said: "Damn..."

The crater outside the porthole grew bigger and Raymond said: "Can't move! It's blocked by it!"

Silent Star is getting closer and closer to them, Opal said: "We are in the cracks of the neutron star force field!"

Wrench: "Turn on all propulsion systems! Abandon the ship and escape after 30 seconds!"

Opal: "Let me come!"

Raymond: "You go to set up the escape cabin!"

Opal: "This is the spaceship my mom gave me!"

Raymond shouted: "Life is more important! I'll buy you a better one in the future!"

"Stabilize!" Wrench said: "Look at the shadows! Overlapping shadows represent the gravitational field! Flying on the ground! Don't go back! The gravitational calculation track is normal!"

Opal: "It's about to crash!"

The four push-in ports of Time-VI erupted at the same time, and flew flat against the crater. The shadow range continued to grow after the spaceship. The spaceship buzzed against the ridge of the ring and spun out of the universe, escaping the gravitational field.

Wrench: "Oh, this experience must be unforgettable."

"Unforgettable you!" Opal and Raymond shouted angrily at the same time.

Time-VI turned around, and Opal's back was covered with sweat, and he almost died in space just a moment ago.The two stood still for a moment, and the wrench said, "Try landing from the front, you still have three days and sixteen hours."

"I'll take a look first." Raymond got up and took the force field belt.

After he escaped from death, Opal still remembered the gossip and asked, "Whose illegitimate child?"

"Who knows?" Wrench said lazily: "Genetic reproduction of offspring requires the signature of both parties. If there is only one person, at least the spouse's marriage certificate and the other's death notice are needed. And Azeroth I’m not dead yet, and I’m definitely not going to get married casually, and I’m not too poor to do sperm/sperm. So I guess Xun’s mother is a woman. Only in this way will the woman conceive him in a natural way. And gave him birth."

Opal wondered: "Does he know about this?"

Wrench: "I think Xun shouldn't know yet, but he will know sooner or later. Our king likes to deceive himself."

Opal said: "This is really a shocking big gossip."

Wrench: "Yes, it is said that Wang knew this when he first came to the martial star. Wang secretly protected him, but the boy had a bad temper and did not learn well, so Wang was always reluctant to announce that he had a So... a naughty son. Fortunately, Xun is finally getting a little better now."

Raymond said while wearing a belt: "If I have a mercenary king's father, I will definitely threaten him with his reputation and ask him to buy me a jump ship. At least I have to pay alimony."

Wrench said: "Ah, yes, Rosen also feels that this is not fair to illegitimate children. He first speculated on this matter based on Azeroth's self-blame and attention to Xun. Keeping this secret made him bear It was very hard. Later, he couldn’t help telling the gray wolf, and told him not to tell anyone. When the gray wolf was drinking, he lost this secret to Wu|er|ka,wu|er|ka couldn’t help telling again. Jamie and his brother, let them not tell anyone, Jamie couldn't help telling his dry sister, Shaya, the deputy head of the Kuanglan mercenary regiment, Shaya told a talkative clerk, the clerk was in There was a joke in the office, there was a commissioned scorer in the sunset city, she encountered a shopping...er, Lily..."

Opal: "..."

Raymond: "..."

Wrench: "Lily told me, let me never tell anyone, otherwise she will strangle me, and now I risk my life to tell you, please don't mention it to anyone, even if I say it, don't say it is me Tell you, be sure to keep this secret for us and Wang together, otherwise everyone will die together...I really talk too much today."

Opal couldn't help crying: "You didn't actually say anything, ready to land."

Wrench: "After landing, you can no longer send long-wave communications. The space near the neutron star has formed a certain depression under the mass. I suggest that you find something abnormal and don't break into it. Return to the spacecraft and send me a signal."

Raymond said: "I will weigh it."

Wrench: "I believe you, now I start to analyze the data. A team of A-class mercenaries will come to support you at the latest 48 hours. I wish you a long life."

"Longevity." Opal said.

Time-VI landed on the surface of Silent Star, making a loud noise and stopping.

Raymond said: "I'll go down to see the surroundings first."

Opal: "Let E7 stay with you."

Raymond took E7 to the surface of Silent Star, and the gravity on it was very small. He bounced every step. E7 walked on the ground with his tracks. The large and small ones surveyed everywhere and looked very funny.

Opal snapped his ears and said, "Did you find anything?"

Raymond's voice: "No, what are you laughing at?"

Opal: "Nothing, I think you and E7 are very interesting."

Raymond stood down in front of a deep metal ditch and said, "I want to jump down and see."

Opal: "You'd better not do this, if its depth exceeds fifty kilometers, our contact will be broken."

Raymond said: "I saw an entrance, like a door."

Raymond opened the video device on his belt and passed it back to the spaceship. Opal looked up for a while. The picture was a black channel with no bottom.

Opal said: "Come back, let's go together."

He couldn't let go, Raymond turned back and waited for him under the spaceship.

"Take some food," Raymond said. "You are always hungry."

Opal: "That's just a normal diet!"

Opal tied up the belt to open the ion oxygen field, carried the weapon, and organized the backpack, which contained the materials needed for lifesaving-the life detector, communication device, food and water generator, two electromagnetic guns, Photon knife, translator, substance detector.

Opal went down with his weapon on his back and closed the spaceship. It was like a metal platform, every inch was smooth.

Opal looked around and said, "What does it feel like?"

Raymond took the backpack and said, "Like a dance floor without borders, will you dance?"

Opal said: "No, but I have seen it in the movie. When I was a miner, Oman learned to dance to the movie. He was addicted..."

"Try it?" Raymond said.

Raymond took Opal's hand, the two went wrong and took a few steps on the surface of Silent Star.

Raymond: "Hum..."

Opal: "You have to get..."

Both laughed, and Opal said, "Where did you learn to dance?"

Raymond: "Maybe it is in the chip, I don't know. I will teach you when I go back. I'm an all-round social etiquette robot, go."

Opal wanted to laugh more and more, and behind Raymond, the two jumped close to the previous deep ditch.

The shadow is slowly approaching the craters in the distance. Silent Star should have been a military fortress a long time ago. It may be equipped with some super weapons, but after entering the gravitational range of the neutron star, those external weapons flew away in gravity.The surface of the planet, which should have been uneven, became smooth and flat under the squeeze of gravity.

The spray device turned on, and Opal took Raymond's hand to slowly descend. The searchlights were swaying around. There was only this light in the dark world. The dust at the bottom of the gully was adsorbed on the twisted and deformed building. The sprayer stirred up countless flying dust when landing. .

"Three days and fifteen hours." Raymond said, "Are you going in, wife?"

"Yes, wife." Opal said: "The husband will protect you, just hide behind me."

Raymond: "..."

It was very quiet all around. The planet had existed for at least tens of thousands of years. They opened the thruster again and moved along the bottom of the gully until it reached the end. There was a gate in front of it.

"E7 should be brought down." Opal pressed his shoulder against the gate, shaking it vigorously, immobile.

Raymond looked up at the top of the door and said, "There is no energy in the access tunnel, and E7 can't be opened."

Opal tried to insert the sword into the crack of the door, prying a slit, but closed it too tightly, Raymond said: "You back off, let me come."

Raymond inserted his finger in the crack of the door, Opal said: "You can't open it..."

As he spoke, Raymond's hands were separated in one direction, a swell of dust rose under the door, and the door slowly opened.

Opal: "..."

"Come in." Raymond waved to Opal.

For the first time, Opal knew that Raymond was so powerful, and he followed him into the door, which was dark inside.

Raymond held the manual safety lever winch on the inside of the door and closed the door again. With a loud bang, Opal touched forward again and touched the second door.

Raymond opened the second door in turn, and Opal illuminated it with a light source, and saw the sign under the door saying "116VPA."

The emergency exit requires 116 units of energy output... Raymond’s power is equivalent to a jack for repairing the spacecraft. It is terrible. Opal glances at Raymond from time to time, thinking that Raymond is really going to be rough. It is estimated that he can control himself easily. And enough to grab him and bump his head against the wall.

But if you want to do it, Opal can also use the power of faith to make Raimon float away from the ground, just like Antaeus in ancient mythology, make him reward him with a few punches in the air, or use things without a head. Smash him...

"Come in." Raymond said: "What are you giggling?"

Opal waved his hand, and the two entered the second vacuum door. There was air in them. All the lifts were unusable. It was dark all around. Opal said: "There are stairs."

Raymond stood on the spot to measure the air index and could breathe.

"The content of suspended phosphorus particles is slightly higher." Raymond said: "Do you want to lift the field spacesuit? The temperature is -15 degrees below the cosmic temperature scale, it seems that the outer insulation is very effective."

"Then untie it." Opal said: "I'm always a little bit uncomfortable wearing this battle, and it's too long to use it here to recharge,"

The two turned off the field suit, and a beam of light shook around. There was nothing in it. There was only a huge vacant room. Raymond put the detector on the wall and analyzed, saying: "The composition of Silent Star itself is Silk alloy ."

Opal said: "It's normal. Otherwise, if you enter the neutron star force field, the planet will be completely shattered... I found something, my wife, look."

Raymond: "Who is his wife? I think we better figure this out first..."

Opal: "Don't care so much, aren't they all the same?!"

Opal stood in front of a device and checked the energy device inside. Raymond pressed the start button and projected a three-dimensional map with a buzz.

The following is a line of bizarre text beating, as if it were automatically calculating the numbers. After a while, the light screen lights up, which leads to countless data.

"What planet's text, do you have a translator?" Raymond said.

Opal took out the translator and translated the text on the screen. The two did not speak for a long time and were in a sudden shock.

After a long silence, Raymond opened his mouth and said, "Is the Phantasy Word written by the Phantasy Star?"

Opal nodded, remembering the opponent they had encountered in the battle of the mercenary not long ago, the Phantom Star.This is the most mysterious race in the universe, their shapes are ever-changing, and they have a strange outline of luminous bodies, and their life forms are very strange.

This line of Phantom Star text shows: [The Eye of Igna, the Home of the Exiles, and the CA Level Overhaul Channel.

The end of the passage points to another hall, with only a small spot.

"Why is there no full picture?" Opal frowned. "Each map is only a small piece. Is it the habit of the fantasy star?"

"Go in and see?" Raymond said. "Four days, three hours and thirty-five minutes."

Opal said: "I think it's very dangerous, where the phantom star, I will take E7 down to see if there are any records about the silent star in their history."

Raymond said: "I'll go, you are here to wait."

Raymond opened the two doors as easily as eating, and went back to the ground again to get things on their spaceship.

Opal took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and stood in the empty room to release the power of faith.

In front of him, there is a gray-blue electromagnetic wind floating behind him, and two neutron stars from the distant side are rotating each other, like a dying soul, gradually dimming, the blue wind is coming like a tide, washing the silent star, permeating the ground Penetrate into every inch of space, including Opal's own body.

He spread the power of faith to the extreme and carefully explored the nearby area. There are millions of rooms in this hollow planet, and the space that Opal can detect is only its corner. What is this place?Bizarre machine, no door, completely open compartment, the center of the planet seems to have a nuclear central device.

Opal saw a lot of semi-floating flying boards. These flying boards seemed to be automatically stopped at a historic moment. Silent Star was originally a man, and there are still many-in the case of most rooms Someone has lived.

Like a three-dimensional spherical multi-layer conference hall... the central is the parliament leader?But there are too many participants, and these rooms are not staggered from each other. Are the front rows blocking the rear rows, are you afraid of the impact?

Raimon brought E7 back, connected the star chart to the card reader, inserted it into the convex groove of E7, and said, "They have arrived."

"So fast?" Opal said: "What about people?"

Raymond: "At the other entrance on the west side of the investigation, come right away."

They sat down against the wall in the corner, Opal rubbed his hands, a white mist came out, a little cold, but still within the tolerable range.

Raymond put his hands in his arms, Opal said: "E7, keywords, fantasy stars, start searching."

The whole room rotates with light blue light, which eventually turns into a holographic projection.

"Phantom Star." The man's voice said, "Nolan's hometown."

"Whose voice?" Raymond said, "Is this your teacher's voice?"

Opal shook his head and said, "No."

Is it Caroline?No, the frequency is different, his voice is thicker, and he is full of blood and cheerfulness, many people will buy each other's interstellar knowledge and store it in their own star map, maybe it is a special task of collecting star map data. Staff, but I don’t know why, Opal always feels that kind of voice.

On the holographic projection, there appeared a planet glowing with blue light. Sixteen bands of light flew one after another and revolved around the planet. The volume of the planet shone in the lower right corner of the screen-the equator was 200,000 kilometers.

The lens is constantly advancing, the surface is filled with endless electromagnetic wind, and all the torrents of particles flash white light. The main components are phosphorus, ferric oxide, cobalt dioxide, and nickel halide.

"Ah! Magnet Planet!" The man's voice is transposed. I don't know whether it is because the information in the star map is stored for too long, or because the local magnetic field has caused interference. This part of the recording and images are injected into the star map after finishing. Inside, the whole process is very smooth.

The ground is full of chaotic currents, and the zenith is full of magnificent aurora.

"Magnetic poles are everywhere!" The man's voice said: "The ground voltage is 170 million volts. This is a planet where humans cannot survive. On this planet, there are countless intelligent creatures recognized by Star Alliance that are active... Let Let's see..."

"Who's there." The wrench sounded.

Raymond and Opal immediately turned their heads, and the wrench brought his men. The members of the Twelve Nebula Mercenary Corps placed lighting around them, and the entire underground warehouse lit up in an instant.

Opal: "Turn off the light."

Raymond asked: "There are only six people?"

The wrench was standing in the middle of the hall, casually saying: "Lily took another team into the west entrance, I thought you would go that way."

"This is a planet built by fantasy stars." Opal explained: "We are looking at the history of fantasy stars."

The wrench signaled that everyone in the room should stop talking, look at the projection first, and then pull down the communication microphone in the ear, saying, "Lily, stop everyone, there is a story I want to tell you."

He took out a secondary transcriber and turned it toward the projection, transmitting the radio signal to another team.

Several people fell into silence again. The interpreter never showed up, but the voice said: "Phantom star people are the most mysterious race in the universe..."

"Are you reading textbooks at this time?" a red hair sneered.

"No." Wrench said: "It's not a textbook, the voice is different, and the popular science scene is different."

"... They are composed of free radio waves and particles. This form of life is very, very peculiar. The Phantom Man has never had a fixed form, or that there has never been a human being who can see the actual shape of the Phantom Man with his own eyes."

"It can act directly on human thinking, depending on its own frequency intensity to produce different hallucinations. It will always only show what it wants to be seen. It can be a beam of light or a pool of water. However, in it Where it actually exists, there is nothing... quite amazing."

Four groups of black mist gathered towards the camera and took the commentator to a ruin.

It was an upright crystal pillar, it was tens of thousands of meters high, like an iconic building.

"Magic blue fluorite." The wrench murmured.

"Have you seen it?" Raymond asked.

The wrench said: "No, but I know this is a visually hallucinogenic drug, and it will be addictive if you watch too much."

"Why didn't I." Opal said.

"That's because you didn't stand in front of it." Red Hair said: "It's very dangerous. It's said that it's quite beautiful. As long as you look at the magic blue fluorite, you will get stuck in it and you will never be able to get out."

"Magic blue fluorite!" The voice said, "God!"

There are countless phantom stars turning into a swirling white electronic wind on the screen, showing the full picture of the phantom blue fluorite, and everyone took a deep breath.

The voice said: "Occasionally some phantom stars will take this gem from their hometown to sell. I have seen many phantom blue fluorite made into jewelry, but it is far less shocking to stand in front of it, just take a look , Just like the soul will also be attracted and fall into it. This is really the masterpiece of the creator..."

"The revolution of Phantom Stars is over, and new lords have been born. They are no longer aggressive. This also caused the phantom star population to experience the second sharp drop since the dark age. The lords exiled the perpetrators to the dark universe. And built a prison there."

The picture went dark.

Opal closed the newsletter and said, "There is no useful information."

"No, it's very useful," Wrench said. "Where is this news coming from? Your knowledge reserve in the star chart? Look at Silent Star."

Opal Road: "Nothing."

Opal enters the position of the silent star. There is only a solitary planet on the star map. A single lens frame is taken out of the wrench in front of the left eye and a few light screen buttons are clicked. , Where did you get this star chart?"

Opal thought about it, and I wondered how to answer the wrench, but Raymond appropriately opened up for him and said, "Can I recover the data?"

The wrench murmured: "No, let's exchange information first. Azeroth has upgraded the mission level to B+, and now we are officially assisted by our Twelve Nebula Mercenary Corps. I wish you two long lives."

Raymond and Opal had a formal ceremony to connect the mercenary diary and share information.

"The only thing we know so far is this." Opal said: "It's like a conference hall, and the center is... er, the podium."

Wrench said: "It's very vivid, but guessed wrong. The content of your star chart confirms my guess. It should be a prison here."

Raymond said: "You already know? Why not?"

The wrench replied: "No, we didn't even know where it was half an hour ago, because there was no information that could be consulted. First of all, according to your information, we know that this is a planet built by Phantom Stars, and we see revolution... ...So I think it's a prison."

Lily's voice came from the communicator: "My dear, you are so clever, I found a pair of magnetic locks from 20,000 years ago, presumably for these guys."