Fast Forward 2 by Lou Anders

Author:Lou Anders
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pyr
Published: 2019-01-25T00:00:00+00:00

Byzantium was no stranger to seismic shocks—the tidal stresses from the maelstrom of gravitation contained within its shell were substantial and impossible to accurately predict. But the appearance of Brobdignag—and the exponential conversion of much of Byzantium's mass to energy—was six sigmas beyond the normal shocks and knocks experienced by Beebe.

The throne room disappeared, reappeared, disappeared, and reappeared.

The Nadias looked at one another with hundreds of identical brown, watery eyes.

“Parity check,” Nadia said. “I've been restored from an older version. This is me three seconds ago.”

“Me too,” Nadia said.

Firmament and Paquette nodded. They had all been resynched from a near-line backup.

The Nadias were faster at polling Byzantium than Firmament, but he was the first one to say it aloud. “Three percent of our mass is gone.”

The Nadias were doing their thing—a sizzling, crackling, high-bandwidth conversation that Firmament and Paquette couldn't follow.

“All right,” Nadia said.

The throne room disappeared, reappeared, disappeared, and reappeared.

The Nadias looked at one another with hundreds of identical brown, watery eyes.

“Parity check,” Nadia said. “I've been restored from an older version. This is me five seconds ago.”

The other Nadia popped like a soap bubble, reappeared. “We're being devoured,” she said, and popped again.

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