"Hugh" I heard Gail scream. I was turning and saw something out of the corner of my eye. It looked a lot like a mug full of beer coming straight at my... head. I'd seen a guy walk into one of those in a bar fight in Berlin back in the 70s – and he never got up again! This guy wasn't playing.Except, it never reached its target. A hand grabbed it and stopped it in its arc. I backed away enough to see what was happening. A guy who was big enough that he didn't need the weapon – he had at least three. "I doubt he said anything around his family. I understand he keeps all his illegal activities far removed from his wife or children." Susana started to say more when Jeff waved her to silence.Jeff told Meredith, "In about five minutes we shall be underway to San Diego for our shakedown cruise. We can all get acquainted while Captain seaman gets the kinks out. If we don't seem a good fit we'll give you plane fare back up here. That sound good to you?"Jason looked at Meredith and she answered,. ‘My name is Commander Donald Troy. It was so kind of you to visit us tonight… Mr. Jesse Keynes, Chief Accounting Officer of Acme Consolidated, Inc.’ Only after saying his name did I reach down and remove the perp’s mask. Indeed it was the face of Jesse Keynes that looked up at us. ‘What the hell is this?’ Keynes asked, clearly shocked. ‘This… is the Iron Crowbar at work, Mr. Keynes.’ said Cindy. ‘Not much gets by this man, and it was stupid, very very stupid, of you to draw his attention to. "Stand down. Exit the ships and surrender."Raven1 and Raven2 shifted so that if they were shot at again, the beam would be deflected toward the other intruder. They had just made the move when one of the intruders fired again. The deflected shot hit punched a large dent in the side of the adjacent ship."Raven flight, engage enemy." As he spoke, Raven1 and Raven2 peeled off to the right and disappeared as they resumed cloaking.The two cruisers lifted off the ground and turned toward the two.