Storm From the Shadows by David Weber

Author:David Weber
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Tags: Science Fiction, General, Space Opera, Adventure, Fiction
ISBN: 9781439133545
Publisher: Baen
Published: 2009-01-02T06:00:00+00:00

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They were good, Aldona Anisimovna thought, watching approvingly from the studio's

control room. In fact, the New Tuscan Information Ministry had shown a far more

sophisticated touch where little things like propaganda and special effects were

concerned than she would have expected out of someone with a Verge tech base. Of

course, they'd probably needed a bit more sophistication than most, given their local proles' evident unhappiness.

She particularly liked the touch with the pre-interview conversation and Brulé's efforts to put Captain Carmouche more at his ease. They wouldn't be part of the formal report, of

course . . . but they would "just happen" to have been left attached to the raw footage which would accompany the formal report. Where, of course, Commissioner Verrochio's people would "just happen" to discover them. They'd give a certain additional sense of veracity to the final report when it was presented to Verrochio as part of the evidence

supporting claims of harassment. Of course, while there'd been no particular effort to hide the fact that Anne-Louise Brulé worked for the Ministry of Information, no one had

bothered to mention the fact that 'Captain Carmouche' was actually being portrayed by

one Oliver Ratté, who was also employed by the Ministry of Information. Unlike Brulé,

whoever, who was a recognizable anchor from the New Tuscan news broadcasts, Ratté

was effectively anonymous. Although he'd appeared in innumerable propaganda efforts,

he'd never appeared under his own face. Instead, his job had been to provide the body

language, voice, and facial expressions the computers transformed into someone else

entirely.

It was still the best and simplest way to produce high-quality CGI, especially for

someone whose tech base might not have all of the latest bells and whistles. In fact, New Tuscany's computer technology was probably at least a couple of centuries behind that of

the Solarian League in general. They'd demonstrated over the years just how much could

be accomplished by substituting technique and practice for technology, however, and this

time around, Ratté was appearing under his own face. There would be absolutely no

computer chicanery with this little masterpiece, and the same held true for all the others the New Tuscans were working up. After all, it would never do for any of the Manties'

contacts in the League to demonstrate that sort of fancy tricks by analyzing the recording.

And by the time Dusserre and his little helpers over at the Security Ministry get done massaging the planetary database, there won't be any way to prove that Captain

Carmouche and the good ship Antelope have never existed. In fact, she thought with amused satisfaction, there'll be all kinds of evidence that they have existed. Of course the Manties are going to claim that neither of them have ever visited San Miguel, but who is Frontier Security supposed to believe? The poor, harassed New Tuscans who are asking

for their intervention, or the nasty Manties who are trying to come up with reasons why Frontier Security shouldn't investigate?

It was a nice touch, although it was scarcely necessary. Not that she had any intention of telling the New Tuscans that.

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