Pray for the Prey (Lens of Time Book 3) by Andrew Saxon

Author:Andrew, Saxon [Andrew, Saxon]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Saxon Andrew Publishing, LLC
Published: 2014-03-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Cyanna came on the bridge and saw RV sitting in his command chair with his eyes closed. She looked around at the night crew and went over and lightly kissed RV on the cheek. His eyes remained closed but he said, “I heard you coming.”

“I know; what are you doing?”

“I’m listening to Chris and Jillian’s reports on their findings.”

“I didn’t think they had done any recently.”

“They haven’t.”

“Then where did you get them?”

“I’m listening in on their live feed to Command. Everything we say is recorded and sent to the main frame on Sierra-Garcia. That way if a ship is destroyed we have a way of seeing what happened just before its destruction.”

“You mean everything we’ve said is recorded somewhere?”

“Everything said on the bridge.”

“Why didn’t you tell me?”

“Have you ever said anything you didn’t want recorded?”

Cyanna just stared at him.

“I know about my lunch reports.”

Cyanna walked quickly over to her chair, sat down, and crossed her arms.

“I understand your reasons for wanting me to eat healthier and I also know the waiters want me to live forever. That’s why I’ve worked hard to watch my consumption.”

“You have an unfair advantage.”

“No I don’t. You could do the same thing if you were interested in seeing what is entering the main frame. If you had looked you would have seen the active input and discovered you can look at anything being input. After the information is in the computer, it is assigned a rating and top secret recordings must be requested and approved before you can review them.”

“Chris and Jillian’s reports are not top secret?”

“Yes, but I can see them as they go into the computer on the active feed. I can’t record them but I get to see and hear them.”

“That means you have to be on the channel at the moment they’re speaking.”

“That’s right.”

“How do you do that?”

“Their departure was delayed six hours for a quick inspection of their pilot’s rankings. We would only allow our best to go with them.”

“Yeah, I remember that.”

“Well, Chris is a creature of habit. He always sets the ships time to his departure time. He also always does his day end reports at nine p.m. ship time where he discusses them with Jillian.” RV looked at the ship’s clock and said, “They should be starting in the next ten minutes.”

Cyanna slowly shook her head, “You are the sneakiest person I have ever met.”

RV shrugged and said, “I fear most underestimate my sneakiness.”

“This is how you manage to know so much more than us mere mortals.”

“That’s partially true. However, I’m not real happy that Chris and Jillian have not sent timely reports on their findings. I don’t think they do it intentionally; they just get busy and forget. I decided on this trip that there was too much at stake to not stay on top of their findings. I delayed their departure so that their discussions would take place during the night watch.”

“Why don’t you just get them from the main frame?”

“Have you ever tried

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