Failure Mode by Craig Alanson
Author:Craig Alanson [Alanson, Craig]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Science Fiction, Space, Space Opera, War, Military
Publisher: Self Published
Published: 2022-12-05T13:00:00+00:00
The conversation kind of went downhill from there. I was pissed, because he hadnât let me finish explaining my idea before he insulted me. He was disgusted with me, or he pretended to be. Really, he was still defensive about his ginormous screw-up, and wanted to deflect attention away from the colossal mess heâd created.
âAre you ready to talk?â I asked, when I got to my office after a status meeting with Simms. She had asked about what we would do after we went through the wormhole, and Iâd told her I was working out details with Skippy.
She knew that meant I had no freakinâ clue what to do next.
âThat depends,â his avatar had his arms crossed and nose in the air. âAre you ready to not be an idiot?â
âIâll let you be the judge of that.â
âHuh?â Clearly, he hadnât expected me to say that.
âYou didnât let me finish. I was going to say, we could ask your old allies to respond. If anyone does, we arrange a meeting, but we set up a decoy. Anyone who shoots at the decoy is not your friend.â
âOh.â
âYou like that idea?â
âWhy didnât you mention that the first time?â
âI tried to, but some jackass was too busy telling me how stupid I am. I know there are problems with the concept; multiple units could arrive at the rendezvous site, and for sure not all of them will be friendly.â
âHmm, I think we could manage that.â
âHow?â
âI can set up a private communication channel in the Collective network.â
âA private channel? Uh, why canât you ping each one of your old allies over a private channel now? Sorry, that is probably a stupid question.â
âThe old channels we used back during the war have long expired. Establishing a new private channel requires me to send a request to create a link, and the receiver to accept. Assuming the Collective still has that feature,â he muttered to himself. âI could set up a separate channel for each unit that replies, then I will give each of them different coordinates for a rendezvous, right?â
âSkippy, that actually is a great idea.â
âThe bad guys will of course share info about the rendezvous points they know about, so they will arrive in a group to hit us. But each of my true allies will keep the rendezvous time and location a secret, and arrive alone.â
âUh, unless the bad guys send in one ship to pretend to be an ally.â
âShit. Way to rain on my parade, Joe.â
âThatâs better than a nuke on your parade.â
âI guess so. Damn it, I thought I had this all figured out.â
âHey buddy, itâs a good idea. We just have to tweak the plan a bit, thatâs all.â
âTweak it? How?â
âWe need to learn the true intentions of any ship that arrives alone, right?â
âI canât read minds, Joe.â
âYou wonât have to. The decoy plan wonât work.â
âA decoy was your idea, numbskull.â
âYes, and now I realize the plan has a flaw, so Iâm revising it. If you propose a plan, and later
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