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So as far as that honeytrap subplot goes, I envisage it running something like this:

• "Let me introduce my Team Leaders to you- I think you've already met Eleanor Parker..."

• *How he met Eleanor Parker ...*

• "So anyway, Eleanor- I was thinking maybe you could take all the new girls and make a frontal assault right there? We'll follow. Oh, by the way, this prospective client kind of likes you- he asked if you might like to meet him for coffee? Totally no pressure of course- it's entirely up to you. It would look good on your CV though..."

• At least one student in this lesson has noticed that the teacher is playing it up for the inspector...

• "Hi, I heard you had some coffee here and... OH MY GOD, WHERE ARE YOUR CLOTHES?!"

• "Damn- that was some good coffee. Anyway, better dash- I've got a suicidal assault in the morning."

All joking aside, although I'd initially planned that stuffing all the new girls in the first wave would be suitably evil, the more I think about it, the more it makes sense. Having looked at the numbers with my Army head on, I still think a standing patrol in the water of four divers is entirely reasonable to plan for, so taking them on with an echelon of 12 divers led by a team-leader is doctrinally sound. The real shitty job will go to B Team, who'll have to storm the Moon Pool with no idea what's on the other side, closely followed by C Team as they storm those defended corridors.

Looked at from that perspective, and Eleanor's getting the best deal!