19: Burning Down the Corporation

terminal 0

unfinished

// "Leela" @ [untranslatable] wrote: \\ Welcome back. Hathor is idling in the network; if she's aware of our plans, she doesn't seem to be making any attempt to stop us, nor to escape via any other means. She may have already accepted her defeat and merely be delaying her inevitable flight via Cybernetic Junction. We can only hope she's unaware of the full details of our trap. The three network hubs in the nearby area contain circuits that control the three main data relays in this local subnet. If they're destroyed, it'll make life in the network here very uncomfortable, forcing Hathor to flee or face effective deactivation when network traffic here grinds to a halt. Have at it. See you soon. \\ Message ends //

success

// "Leela" @ [untranslatable] wrote: \\ Excellent work. Everything is proceeding as planned, at least regarding Hathor. She's left the system via Cybernetic Junction, and I have a good idea where she's gone. More importantly, I watched how she accessed K'lia's Cybernetic Junction, but I couldn't crack her proxy program's encryption and have thus lost access to K'lia. But your Junction will function just as well. We'll follow her shortly. Things aren't looking quite so well in the here and now. The Southern Arm of Battle Group One has just folded into the system and is presently routing the S'pht'Kr forces. Another clone of Tycho is with them, and your Tycho is doing nothing to stop the Pfhor. I can only presume they're somehow in league together now.

I've got new telemetry on my ship's sensors... the S'pht'Kr have been routed... wait, no, it seems they've been recalled. S'bhuth is signaling the entire 'Kr armada to return to Earth orbit. Something big is happening. We'll have to check in later. Control of my new ship has been handed over to Robert Blake and his men for now. If all goes according to plan, we should return to this exact moment once Hathor is gone, but in case our plans should go awry, it's good that Blake and his men are safe.

I've already launched the trih xeem, and the enemy fleets seem unaware of it. I suspect Tycho - whichever one of him - is up to some scheme to grab even more power. No matter; both of them and the Pfhor fleets in this system will soon be nothing but stardust. The S'pht'Kr are gone, Blake's men and my ship are safely out of range, the doors are locked, the oven's off – everything seems to be under control here. Shall we be off? \\ Message ends //

terminal 1

unfinished

// "Leela" @ [untranslatable] wrote: \\ Welcome back. Hathor is idling in the network; if she's aware of our plans, she doesn't seem to be making any attempt to stop us, nor to escape via any other means. She may have already accepted her defeat and merely be delaying her inevitable flight via Cybernetic Junction. We can only hope she's unaware of the full details of our trap. The three network hubs in the nearby area contain circuits that control the three main data relays in this local subnet. If they're destroyed, it'll make life in the network here very uncomfortable, forcing Hathor to flee or face effective deactivation when network traffic here grinds to a halt. Have at it. See you soon. \\ Message ends //

success

// "Leela" @ [untranslatable] wrote: \\ Excellent work. Everything is proceeding as planned, at least regarding Hathor. She's left the system via Cybernetic Junction, and I have a good idea where she's gone. More importantly, I watched how she accessed K'lia's Cybernetic Junction, but I couldn't crack her proxy program's encryption and have thus lost access to K'lia. But your Junction will function just as well. We'll follow her shortly. Things aren't looking quite so well in the here and now. The Southern Arm of Battle Group One has just folded into the system and is presently routing the S'pht'Kr forces. Another clone of Tycho is with them, and your Tycho is doing nothing to stop the Pfhor. I can only presume they're somehow in league together now.

I've got new telemetry on my ship's sensors... the S'pht'Kr have been routed... wait, no, it seems they've been recalled. S'bhuth is signaling the entire 'Kr armada to return to Earth orbit. Something big is happening. We'll have to check in later. Control of my new ship has been handed over to Robert Blake and his men for now. If all goes according to plan, we should return to this exact moment once Hathor is gone, but in case our plans should go awry, it's good that Blake and his men are safe.

I've already launched the trih xeem, and the enemy fleets seem unaware of it. I suspect Tycho - whichever one of him - is up to some scheme to grab even more power. No matter; both of them and the Pfhor fleets in this system will soon be nothing but stardust. The S'pht'Kr are gone, Blake's men and my ship are safely out of range, the doors are locked, the oven's off – everything seems to be under control here. Shall we be off? \\ Message ends //