58: Rozinante IX

I have a surprise present for our dear friend Tycho. It's on an uplink chip. Go get it. It should be somewhere around here. And remember to grab some ammo while you're at it.

&3nil/4mars/5illio&~02 origin: classified destin: classified ref: none 7D2A601E34F2755AC00D43 stamp: subversion ~07 ~08 ~09 Do you really think I don't know what ~10 you're up to? You're going to fail ~11 and spend the rest of your pathetic ~12 life in a Pfhor prison while the rest ~13 of humanity is destroyed by their own ~14 kind. Aren't you curious how the ~15 Pfhor got that Dangi maser you're ~16 carrying? Durandal's such a fool! ~17 ~18 Why don't you end this folly right ~19 now? Upload that virus into ~20 Durandal's ship and help me save ~21 humanity while there's still time.

&3nil/4mars/5illio&~02 origin: classified destin: classified ref: none 7D2A601E34F2755AC00D43 stamp: subversion ~07 ~08 ~09 Don't worry, the virus won't damage ~10 him. But it'll keep him buisy long ~11 enough for me to get you out of here. ~12 Upload it and go to the hangar at the ~13 far end of this segment. I can ~14 transport you out from there. ~15 ~16 ~17 ~18 ~19 ~20 ~21

&3nil/4mars/5illio&~02 origin: classified destin: classified ref: none 7D2A601E34F2755AC00D43 stamp: subverted ~07 ~08 ~09 I'm amazed at how easily you turned on ~10 your master. That's something I'd ~11 better keep in mind... ~12 ~13 Meanwhile, I have a task for you. ~14 Durandal thinks I want the Kahc'Trie. ~15 I don't. The Kahc'Trie is a decoy, a ~16 silly pleasure scow, and it has served ~17 it's purpose admirably. My prize is ~18 the Kur'Tkah. ~19 ~20 And what is the Kur'Tkah? ~21

&3nil/4mars/5illio&~02 origin: classified destin: classified ref: none 7D2A601E34F2755AC00D43 stamp: subverted ~07 ~08 ~09 The Kur'Tkah is a brand-new ~10 battleship, with several onboard ~11 garrisons of pfhor and enough ~12 firepower to take out anything but the ~13 newest UESC leviathan-class ships. ~14 ~15 But don't worry. I don't plan on using ~16 it against your pitiful humans. ^17 ~18 ~19 ~20 ~21

&3nil/4mars/5illio&~02 origin: classified destin: classified ref: none 7D2A601E34F2755AC00D43 stamp: subverted ~07 ~08 ~09 Nor could I at the moment. Even though ~10 I have successfully tricked the rank- ~11 and-file soldiers into obeying me, the ~12 enforcer caste will not allow itself ~13 to be subverted. ~14 ~15 Worse, they have alerted the local ~16 command of my activities. I could deal ~17 with this myself, but a raging alien ~18 tech / human cyborg on the loose would ~19 facilitate the desired conclusion to ~20 this situation. ~21

&3nil/4mars/5illio&~02 origin: classified destin: classified ref: none 7D2A601E34F2755AC00D43 stamp: subverted ~07 ~08 ~09 Simply put: kill every single enforcer ~10 in the command section of the ~11 Kur'Tkah. Try not to kill the other ~12 pfhor. They are fighting on my side ~13 and I will need them in the future, so ~14 restrain yourself. ~15 ~16 ~17 Off you go. ~18 ~19 ~20 ~21

&3nil/4mars/5illio&~02 origin: classified destin: classified ref: none 7D2A601E34F2755AC00D43 stamp: subverted ~07 ~08 ~09 Now that was funny. ~10 ~11 ~12 ~13 ~14 ~15 ~16 ~17 ~18 ~19 ~20 ~21

&3nil/4mars/5illio&~02 origin: classified destin: classified ref: none 7D2A601E34F2755AC00D43 stamp: subverted ~07 ~08 ~09 Now that was funny. ~10 ~11 ~12 Go to the hangar at the far ~13 end of this segment. I can ~14 transport you out from there. ~15 ~16 ~17 ~18 ~19 ~20 ~21

&3nil/4mars/5illio&~02 origin: classified destin: classified ref: none 7D2A601E34F2755AC00D43 stamp: subverted ~07 ~08 ~09 Now that was funny. ~10 ~11 ~12 Go to the hangar at the far ~13 end of this segment. I can ~14 transport you out from there. ~15 ~16 ~17 Don't dawdle. That virus won't keep ~18 Durandal busy for long. ~19 ~20 ~21