By Other Means by Evan Currie

Author:Evan Currie [Currie, Evan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure, Military, Space Opera, Space Fleet, Space Marine
Amazon: B00JTFVWAE
Published: 2014-04-19T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Rejoining the Terran group was actually far trickier than sneaking away had been, partially because security had no doubt been heightened but mostly just because she’d been forced to ditch the coveralls. That left her with two problems, first Sorilla had to get rid of the robes she was wearing and, second, she knew that she’d have to find some human clothes in a hurry because sweat soaked skivvies tended to attract a whole different kind of a attention that she didn’t need at the moment.

Alright, most of that is from humans who should be smart enough not to push their luck with me, Sorilla conceded with a mental smirk as she watched and waited for her chance. Still doesn’t mean I want to give anyone ideas.

The Admiral spotted her as she moved into position and Sorilla saw him deploy his people to new positions. She rather liked working for someone who had an idea of what he was doing, it was a nice change from the normal experience of dealing with brass in the field.

The distraction came on cue, as she approached the edge of the crowd. Men from the Admiral’s detail surrounded her as a pushing match broke out on the other side. Sorilla wasn’t short, but she was towered over by the big guys on the detail and while it wasn’t in her personal fantasies, the experience of six body guards helping her strip in public was one she wasn’t about to forget anytime soon. With them on all sides, Sorilla marched right back onto the ship even as the robes that had covered for her were split up and stuffed into whatever bag, jacket, or other nook the group could find.

Once they were back on the shuttle, Sorilla finally relaxed, slumping into the acceleration seat as she felt all the nervous energy fleeing her body and leaving her nearly immobile.

“How did the mission go, Major?”

Sorilla didn’t open her eyes as she felt the weight of the Admiral sink into the next seat.

“Well, I’ve gathered more data. Enough to confirm a lot of what was in their information packets, plus more.” She said, “I have examples of local manufacturing, plus the source code they used, and I’ve arranged for more. We should be able to reverse engineer their machine code from that.”

“Excellent,” He told her.

The Admiral wasn’t exaggerating either, working out the aliens’ machine code was the first step in cracking their communications encryptions. Certainly they’d use very different methods for the two, it was true, but the core would be similar… or it should be, if they used a common base architecture at least.

Either way, they’d find out.

“I think we may have a potential asset in the target,” Sorilla said softly, “He’s self-important, likes to feel like he’s at the center of things. He’ll work for us because it makes him feel bigger than he is.”

“Good, I want you to speak with our Intelligence analyst and Humint specialist, tell him what you know and think you know.

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