(eng) M. R. Forbes - Rebellion 01 by Man of War

Author:Man of War [War, Man of]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

FORTY-THREE

"I've got it," Gabriel said, holding the square up so Reza could see it.

The scientist lifted his attention from his handheld, his eyes falling on the square. "I knew I could count on you, Captain." He got to his feet, approaching the bars. Gabriel passed the storage device through.

Reza tapped it against his handheld and then navigated through to it. He scanned it quickly, nodding as he went while Gabriel waited.

"Well?" Gabriel asked a minute later.

Reza tilted his handheld so Gabriel could see the screen. It was filled with mathematical equations he didn't understand. "This is it. The original version. All of this is advanced math that you probably don't care about." He scrolled the data to the bottom. "Here's the important part. Look at that number."

Gabriel tracked Reza's finger to the line that said .001. "What is it?"

"The odds of reaching Eden. One thousandth of a percent."

"Those aren't good odds."

"No."

"I don't see how this proves anything."

"I have a copy of Guy's second report. The doctored one." He manipulated his handheld until he got to the same spot. "Take a look."

99.95.

"I can show you where he changed the calculation if you want. It's buried in the algorithms. Essentially, he reduced the variable until he got the number he wanted."

"Which variable?"

"Souls on board," Reza said.

The idea of it was chilling.

"And you swear that if you show this to the Council, they'll believe you?" Gabriel asked.

"If they don't, you'll know something is really rotten. I can share these two reports with any scientist on Gamma, and unless they're part of the conspiracy they'll jump all over this error."

"That's a problem, isn't it? It's going to be the good guys versus the bad guys. We need more proof than that."

"No, not proof, Captain. Support. If we can get enough people to believe this, we can at least get a stay of execution."

Gabriel considered it. If what Reza was saying was true, whoever didn't agree with his assertions would be outed as a possible traitor, which was good. It might not be enough to change the outcome, which was bad.

"We should bring this to General Cave," he said. "He was open to the Eden trip but he's not going to betray his soldiers to get there, and he has a lot of pull with some of the Council."

Reza nodded. "That sounds like a good start. Can you get me out of here so I can show him?"

"I don't know. I'll be right back."

Gabriel went to the front to find Spaceman Lee. The Spaceman stood and saluted as he entered.

"I'd like you to allow me to take Reza Mokri out of the prison," Gabriel said.

"Sir? What for?"

"He needs to speak with General Cave. He has some information that I believe the General would find valuable."

"I'm not allowed to do that, sir."

"I know you aren't supposed to. Does it explicitly say anywhere that you can't?"

"Not everything has to be spelled out for me to know that it isn't proper, sir."

"And in most cases I would agree with you, Spaceman.

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