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Across the wide tarmac rippling with heat, the CROWD stands
watching, in hooded cloaks and dusty masks of a dozen
designs. Alien and strange. Worlds away from the elegant
Atreides in their pristine uniforms.
28 ORNITHOPTER PAD 28
Hawat leads Paul and Jessica toward Duke Leto’s personal
ornithopter: a craft both luxurious and powerful.
As Paul and Jessica step out of the shadow of the flagship, a
CHEER goes up from the throng outside the fences.
HAWAT
Don’t be fooled by the welcome.
They follow their old masters’
rules. Mandatory attendance.
That’s Harkonnen love out there.
Some of the crowed point at Jessica and Paul -- shouting with
religious fervor. Lisan al-Gaib! Lisan al-Gaib! Paul frowns.
28B EXT. LANDING FIELD, BESIDE ATREIDES ARMY FRIGATES 28B
Leto and Gurney head toward the ATREIDES TROOPS, aligned
under the shadow of huge war frigates.
The Arrakeen crowd watches as one occupying army is exchanged
for another.
Leto walks past the Atreides soldiers, reviewing the ranks:
they stand ramrod-straight in the punishing heat. Their eyes
following Leto with total devotion.
Leto and Gurney greet the division commander, clasping arms
and smiling like brothers. Leto turns to look over the men.
An expectant hush hangs in the air. Gurney’s voice rings out:
GURNEY
Atreides!
The troops respond with an exuberant cry, raising their fists
to the sky. Their massed voices echo from the distant cliffs.
Powerful horns resonate from the top of the frigates,
mistreating everybody’s ear-drums.
Here is a mighty military machine. A new power on Arrakis.
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