01 AMP Messenger by Stephen Arseneault

Author:Stephen Arseneault [Arseneault, Stephen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1492912980
Amazon: B00DSD8ZDK
Publisher: Stephen Arseneault
Published: 2013-07-02T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

After giving the information on the Gambit resistance and the spy activity to the Admiral’s team, we headed back to the Grid. Just after we landed a private businessman approached with a substantial contract offer. He wanted us to gather information on a rival who was building a factory; it was a long distance from the Grid. He wanted all the information we could gather over a two day period. It seemed like a gravy run so I heartily accepted.

We were told the factory was being constructed on or around Kelvin-7. It was a five month journey under normal travel conditions, a journey that we could make in six weeks. We reloaded our supplies and lifted off a few hours later.

The flight to the Kelvin system was peaceful and boring. We slowed when we came to the outer reaches of the system and sent a matrix probe in to do our dirty work. It would passively gather information for a day and then blast that information back to our location in a tight micro-beam transmission. If the first matrix returned data showing the presence of a factory, we would send in two more probes the following day.

“Would you rather I call you Bartel or Frig? I mean, seems a bit strange calling you by a fictitious name now. Besides, even though you act like a Frig, you look more like a Bartel.”

Frig looked up from his console. “I’m not sure what you mean by that statement Sir. You may decide for yourself, that which you will call me. I believe you will do that regardless of my decision. While you ponder that Sir, I do have a more relevant topic to discuss.”

I replied, “What do you have?”

Frig responded, “In my spare time, I have been looking over the specs for the ion cannon given to us by the Admiral. I’m wondering if we could apply some of the same channeling alignment updates to the cannon’s recombination chamber. The cannon works on virtually the same principles, only the power is applied in a burst instead of a long slow release. I believe an update to be achievable Sir.”

Again, I had to remind Frig that he was a partner in this endeavor and that he didn’t need my permission to do research. All that I asked was to be informed if an action was to be taken that would affect us both. I did not require that he ask to pump out the bilge, only that I be told that it had been done.

Frig continued, “If my calculations are correct we should see a…” The data alarms sounded as a blast from the matrix probe was on its way in. Our monitors began to fill with information from the prior day’s surveillance. “Whoa! That is a big piece of machinery they are constructing there. I can’t say I have ever seen a factory like that. What do you think that is? It’s almost a hundred kilometers long.”

Frig punched on his keyboard bringing up multiple simulated views.

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