The Daedalus Code by Barnes Colin F

Author:Barnes, Colin F. [Barnes, Colin F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Anachron Press
Published: 2013-07-23T22:00:00+00:00

He checked Ariadne’s interaction matrix and ran a triangulation algorithm for all the people she’d spent time with in the week before her disappearance. His software crunched the data and a few milliseconds later, he got her location: floor 23, room 18. That confirmed the information on the printout Cynthia had given to him, which was now folded inside his jacket.

He selected 23 on the menu and waited for the elevator to reach its destination.

It stopped twice on the way, taking on three passengers: two blonde girls and a tall, dark-haired man. All three of them dressed in tightly tailored grey-wool suits. Clones, he thought. They looked right at him, and despite the ID he was projecting, they still turned up their noses. Not surprising when he was clearly dressed like the fourth-leveler he was.

In hindsight, he probably should have dressed for the occasion. But still, it wasn’t a crime to look out of place—yet. And he was only breaking and entering and stealing information. Not really that big a deal.

The elevator stopped, opened its glass doors with a silent whoosh. He exited into a sterile corridor that made him think of a medical bay: glossy white surfaces everywhere. Nothing tactile or warm, no carpets or lighting fixtures. Just the cold, hard tiles and wall materials No doubt impregnated with nanoprocessors.

He ran a scan through his entanglement field and was greeted with a set of warnings about information security, proper identification, blah blah blah. The security encryption was good, but he had codes. He found Ariadne’s quarters and hacked the entry protocols with a cracking tool that was widely available in the right corners of the DarkNet. Cost him a few million dollars, but was well worth it.

He entered the dorm. The place was an OCD sufferer’s idea of heaven. Just a single, undecorated steel chair in front of a glass-top desk. Immaculate: no fingerprints or smudges to be found. Her workstation screen hovered above the desk via a nanotube wall mount. Not a single cable to be seen. He liked the setup, could appreciate the design and cleanliness. Zero distractions.

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