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LETO
How many men on that crawler?KYNES
Crew of twenty-one.LETO
Our ships can take six each.PAUL
That’s still three short.LETO
We’ll find a way.He brutally pushes the ornithopter’s commands. The
ornithopter dives at high speed toward the crawler. Leto
grabs the microphone.
LETO (CONT'D)
This is Duke Leto Atreides. We are
coming down to take off Delta Ajax
niner’s crew. We’ll put down on the
west.He lands his ‘thopter deftly despite the buffeting winds. His
two escort craft land nearby. Paul looks out at the escorts.
PAUL
A shield generator weighs a hundred
kilos.Leto looks at him with fierce approval.
LETO
Yes! Gurney, have our escorts throw
out their shield generators.GURNEY
Yes Sire!LETO
Paul stay behind and help the
workers to get in!PAUL
Yes Sire!Gurney opens the door and climbs out into the wind, running
to the escorts. Paul is shocked by the scent on the air.
KYNES
Contact in two minutes.