Solstice 31: The Solstice 31 Saga, Books 1,2,3 by Martin Wilsey

Author:Martin Wilsey [Wilsey, Martin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tannhauser Press
Published: 2018-07-15T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

A Good Start

“I freely admit to the killing I have done. But, I will not stand here and let you blame millions of deaths on us. Or, on Barcus.”

--Solstice 31 Incident Investigation Testimony Transcript: Master Chief Nancy Randall, senior surviving security member of the Ventura's crew.

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“Poole, I need a status.”

She ran back to the bodies.

“The plate is logged on, in local admin mode. I have created a logical file image of the device and have a virtual replica running. The device is configured to transmit its geo-location. As long as it is in the Faraday, it is secure. I was able to access the network for a few minutes before the account was disabled. I have all of this user's comms logs and local docs.”

“We will strip the bodies, and you will dispose of them. When they send more trackers, I don't want it to be easy for them,” Rand said.

Rand collected their personal items–weapons, belts, pouches, and even clothes and boots, if they were not too bloody. It all went into the spider's trunk. She'd sort through it, later.

She carried two crossbows and two quivers full of bolts back to the cottage with her. She was gone a total of thirty minutes. As she entered the cabin, Tannhauser said, in a worried tone, “She won't wake up.”

Rand set the quivers and crossbows down, just inside the door, and moved to the hammock. Reaching in another pocket, she retrieved her med pen and activated it. Several screens opened in her HUD, and the light on one end of the medical pen came on. Rand held open each of Vi’s eyes and shined in the light. Pulse rate and blood pressure were instantly measured in her eye capillaries. She held the other end to Vi’s scalp, above her ear, and it collected a tiny blood sample. It looked nominal.

“Poole, analyze med data. Triage.”

“Recommend 3cc dexoromathan.”

Rand adjusted seven rings on the med pen and held it to Vi’s thigh. The device chimed and displays changed in Rand’s HUD. Vi stirred, immediately.

Rand was on one side and Tannhauser was on the other, when her eyes fluttered open. The left side of her face was horribly bruised. The white of her left eye was completely dark red.

“Here, drink this, or the itching will drive you crazy.”

Without waiting for a reply, she upended a small, silver vial into Vi's mouth. Vi grimaced but didn't spit it out.

Tannhauser spoke in a rapid-fire flood of words in Common Tongue. Rand could not understand, so she turned away, to leave them alone.

Before she got to the door, Vi said, “Please, wait…Thank you.”

“Yes. Thank you,” Tannhauser added.

Rand nodded, slightly, and walked out.

For the next hour, AI~Poole gave Rand updates on the various efforts as she tended the fire in the smoker. She finally asked about the bodies, and AI~Poole just said they had been disposed of, as requested. She would later find out that Poole had carried the bodies away and was being kind by leaving out the details.

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