Empire 04: Commander by Richard F. Weyand
Author:Richard F. Weyand [Weyand, Richard F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Space Opera
ISBN: 9781732128088
Google: 9PjUyAEACAAJ
Amazon: 1732128081
Publisher: MOON CITY Press
Published: 2019-08-19T00:00:00+00:00
Jared Denny was just starting his day when he got a priority message. He gulped when he saw the Imperial header. Only one person in the three hundred trillion residents of the Sintaran Empire could generate that header, and he wasnât a subject.
It was an invitation to a VR channel, and Denny went full immersive on the channel. He found himself in a simulation of a well-appointed office. A man in his mid-thirties sat behind an expensive desk, his hands clasped on the desk. His white-blue eyes were instantly recognizable to Denny, who had watched the Imperial coronation two years before.
âGood afternoon, Mr. Denny. Be seated.â
It must be afternoon in Imperial City, though it was morning for Denny. He sat down in a comfortable padded chair before the desk.
âGood afternoon, Your Majesty.â
âMr. Denny, I have a project for you. I donât want to run it through Projects because I want to keep it quieter than that for now. Just your group. When you have something, you can report it to me, and then weâll open it up a bit, all right?â
âCertainly, Sire.â
âYou can do this under the Project X umbrella. I directed that you be given an open-ended project, and I think thatâs what they called it. Is that right?â
So Project X came direct from the Emperor? That explained the blank check.
âYes, Sire. Thatâs right.â
âGood. Hereâs what I need, Mr. Denny. I need a HARPER unit that can go EVA, off the ship, maneuver to the wreckage of another ship close by, inspect it for evidence of various kinds to determine whose ship it is, and return with the evidence. That could be just the video evidence from the VR, it could be computer evidence like memory modules, it could be DNA evidence from bodies. It might need to cut that evidence away from the debris. Do you think you can do that?â
âI donât see why not, Sire. Would this be a specialty unit? Or part of the standard HARPER kit?â
âProbably part of the standard HARPER kit, Mr. Denny. Some of those capabilities, especially maneuvering off-ship, would be useful in a lot of other scenarios, I would think. That is the part we will go public with in a âho-hum, yet another versionâ kind of way. But the specific task of wreckage inspection we will keep close. Very close. Just your team, please.â
âCertainly, Sire.â
âAll right, Mr. Denny. Thatâs the assignment. Any other questions?â
âTimeframe, Sire?â
âIt is a near-term need, Mr. Denny, so what speed you can manage, while getting it right, will be appreciated.â
âYes, Sire. Weâve got it.â
âThank you, Mr. Denny.â
And with that, the Emperor dropped the connection.
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