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Authors: B.B. Gallagher
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show us who is fed up with all of this? If we know everyone’s vitals we will be able to tell which colonists would be most open to joining the Insurrection.”
All eyes rose to meet Jake’s.
“We are going to recruit an army. And we are going to take the Ark...”
Chapter 16
Day 20
Jake Hansen entered the Assembly conference room and grabbed one of the five seats at the circular table. Andrew Langford and Sophia Chen were already seated and turned with smiles to Jake as he joined them.
“Jake! Sophia and I are going to Eclipse tomorrow night if you would like to join us,” Andrew asked. Eclipse was the bar on the recreation floor. It served the alcoholic Ether that GENESIS delivered via supply drops. It was only open on the supply drop nights.
Jake could see the excitement in their eyes.
“Sure… I could use a drink… crazy week…”
As commotion approached the door to the chamber, Andrew leaned in and whispered one last thought.
“Don’t tell Booker…” Jake leaned back in his chair, exchanging chuckling glances with both Sophia and Andrew.
Sigh and Jim Booker walked in. Jim was arguing a point to Sigh, inaudible to the others.
“Good evening, councilmen.”
“And woman!” Sophia chimed in jest.
“And woman…” Sigh grunted at all things politically correct. Taking a seat at the table, Sigh turned to business as usual. “Alright, it appears that GENESIS has taken Meredith Jones. I know that we voted to release her but new evidence has been brought to my attention.” All eyes turned to the obvious source of the evidence, Jim Booker, who sat straight, shoulders back and nose in the air.
“Jim, show them,” Sigh ordered to which Jim compiled. Jim pulled his holographic from his pocket and placed one end in his palm, which projected the hologram before them. After a few quick swiping commands, the surveillance feed played before them, showing the Vault and Meredith using the keycard hack to break in. It showed her plugging into the server and navigating through it via her holographic. It ended with Meredith’s eyes widening and shock paralyzing her face.
Jake realized that he had to pretend that he had never seen the video before. His expression dropped and he spoke with a tremble.
“Wh…where did you find that?...”
“As Chief Enforcer, I am custodian over the Lookout, our only access to all unrestricted surveillance feeds across the Ark. I did my due diligence and searched the surveillance history,” Jim shrugged. His smile was plastered over his face. “You were going to let her go because you had no evidence of her treason. Innocent until proven guilty… well?” Jim’s judgmental look conveyed only one message to the Council: I told you so .
“Well, Meredith is gone remember? So what does this mean?” Sophia offered.
“Look at this.” Jim swiped the holographic screen to rewind the feed. He then pinched the screen and separated his thumb and index finger to zoom in on the device in her hand. It was the keycard hacking tool that she had taken from Danny Ryder.
“What are we looking at?” Andrew asked, squinting into the hologram.
“She has a device here that is how she broke into the Vault. I knew Meredith well enough to know that she did not design this device,” Jim explained, leading Sigh to form the conclusion.
“She had help...” Sigh’s tone deflated as he exhaled. Jake held his breath, unable to breath as the tension in the room continued to choke him like carbon monoxide.
“A rebellion is in our midst. I suggest that we recruit an enforcement team. They will police the colonists for any signs of revolt. They will patrol the Ark. We have enough electrostaffs in the Armory to arm them.”
“How are we going to get this neighborhood watch you are suggesting?” Chen asked.
“I think Peter Gambit should head up the effort. One of the teens can be pulled from classes to cover his lunch shift in the kitchen.”
“Any objections?” Sigh took one look
All eyes rose to meet Jake’s.
“We are going to recruit an army. And we are going to take the Ark...”
Chapter 16
Day 20
Jake Hansen entered the Assembly conference room and grabbed one of the five seats at the circular table. Andrew Langford and Sophia Chen were already seated and turned with smiles to Jake as he joined them.
“Jake! Sophia and I are going to Eclipse tomorrow night if you would like to join us,” Andrew asked. Eclipse was the bar on the recreation floor. It served the alcoholic Ether that GENESIS delivered via supply drops. It was only open on the supply drop nights.
Jake could see the excitement in their eyes.
“Sure… I could use a drink… crazy week…”
As commotion approached the door to the chamber, Andrew leaned in and whispered one last thought.
“Don’t tell Booker…” Jake leaned back in his chair, exchanging chuckling glances with both Sophia and Andrew.
Sigh and Jim Booker walked in. Jim was arguing a point to Sigh, inaudible to the others.
“Good evening, councilmen.”
“And woman!” Sophia chimed in jest.
“And woman…” Sigh grunted at all things politically correct. Taking a seat at the table, Sigh turned to business as usual. “Alright, it appears that GENESIS has taken Meredith Jones. I know that we voted to release her but new evidence has been brought to my attention.” All eyes turned to the obvious source of the evidence, Jim Booker, who sat straight, shoulders back and nose in the air.
“Jim, show them,” Sigh ordered to which Jim compiled. Jim pulled his holographic from his pocket and placed one end in his palm, which projected the hologram before them. After a few quick swiping commands, the surveillance feed played before them, showing the Vault and Meredith using the keycard hack to break in. It showed her plugging into the server and navigating through it via her holographic. It ended with Meredith’s eyes widening and shock paralyzing her face.
Jake realized that he had to pretend that he had never seen the video before. His expression dropped and he spoke with a tremble.
“Wh…where did you find that?...”
“As Chief Enforcer, I am custodian over the Lookout, our only access to all unrestricted surveillance feeds across the Ark. I did my due diligence and searched the surveillance history,” Jim shrugged. His smile was plastered over his face. “You were going to let her go because you had no evidence of her treason. Innocent until proven guilty… well?” Jim’s judgmental look conveyed only one message to the Council: I told you so .
“Well, Meredith is gone remember? So what does this mean?” Sophia offered.
“Look at this.” Jim swiped the holographic screen to rewind the feed. He then pinched the screen and separated his thumb and index finger to zoom in on the device in her hand. It was the keycard hacking tool that she had taken from Danny Ryder.
“What are we looking at?” Andrew asked, squinting into the hologram.
“She has a device here that is how she broke into the Vault. I knew Meredith well enough to know that she did not design this device,” Jim explained, leading Sigh to form the conclusion.
“She had help...” Sigh’s tone deflated as he exhaled. Jake held his breath, unable to breath as the tension in the room continued to choke him like carbon monoxide.
“A rebellion is in our midst. I suggest that we recruit an enforcement team. They will police the colonists for any signs of revolt. They will patrol the Ark. We have enough electrostaffs in the Armory to arm them.”
“How are we going to get this neighborhood watch you are suggesting?” Chen asked.
“I think Peter Gambit should head up the effort. One of the teens can be pulled from classes to cover his lunch shift in the kitchen.”
“Any objections?” Sigh took one look
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