The Cyber Chronicles 08: Scorpion Lord by T C Southwell

Author:T C Southwell
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: betrayal, scorpion lord, torture, escape
Publisher: T C Southwell
Published: 2011-11-25T13:49:32+00:00

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Sabre entered the Net booth and slid the door closed, shutting Estrelle and Martis out. Pulling off the silk that covered the brow band, he aimed it at the Net interface and activated it. Lines of writing scrolled up the screen as the control unit circumvented the user interface and communicated directly in machine code, as it was designed to do. The Net portal accepted the cyber's request for an intergalactic connection, initiating the protocols with a satellite. Sabre requested the Overlord frequency, and two flashing red words appeared halfway up the screen, which froze.

‘Access denied’.

Sabre cursed and tried to break the codes with the cyber, which caused flashing amber warnings to appear.

‘Warning, unauthorised override attempted. Warning, access codes invalid. Warning, access forbidden’.

It went dead as the booth shut down.

"Shit!" Sabre opened the door and stepped out, and Estrelle and Martis turned to him. "No good," he said. "Someone's shut down access to the Overlord frequency."

"Myon Two?" Martis asked.

"Probably. Guess you didn't cover your tracks as well as you thought. They're probably on their way here right now."

"What are you going to do?"

Sabre looked around with a frown. "We have to get off this planet, but we can't use the drone ship and we don't have any money. I could hack into the local ticket vendor and get tickets on a liner, but that will leave a trail any fool could follow. They'd catch us before we reached our destination. Maybe I can get a message to someone I know, who might help. I have to find another booth, though."

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