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doing?”
“The most delicate work of my career, sir.” Olly replied. He picked up the pace just when Gray figured there was no way he could move his fingers faster. The alarm abruptly stopped and the light went out. The young technician flopped back in his seat and let out a deep breath, brushing sweat from his brow. “Okay then.”
“What did you just do?” Redding demanded. “What was all that?”
“I was hacking into their computer system,” Olly said, “when I tripped what would be easiest to describe as their firewall. It…well…it tried to counter hack our computer.”
“What?” Gray asked. “I don’t think I heard you right. We almost got hacked?”
“Sort of. I mean, their AI gave it a college try but I’m…well, I’m pretty good at this.”
“You shouldn’t have been better than their computer,” Clea said. “You took quite a gamble with the universal code. If you’d made a real mistake, that machine could’ve used the code to easily hack us.”
“They didn’t,” Gray interrupted. “Good work, Olly but next time you decide to endanger everyone on board, do make sure you tell us before hand.”
“Aye, sir.” Olly swallowed hard.
“So what did your little hack get us?”
“Access to docking procedures. I don’t see any databases so those are isolated.” Olly paused to read something. “I can get us aboard but in order to gather more data, someone needs to patch in directly.”
Gray moved to look over Olly’s shoulder. “So you can keep that hangar open?”
“Yes, or rather, I can keep it open.” Olly scrutinized the system. “Their guns are offline in there so we won’t be attacked right away. Whatever tech we send can access a terminal and use my code to take control of security too…theoretically.”
“Send this information to Marshall,” Gray said. “Can we get them landed in ten minutes?”
“I’m certain of it.” Everly turned to make the arrangements.
Gray considered the screen. “Looks like over one hundred people in there. Do you know what will initiate a wakeup sequence?”
“I’m not sure, sir,” Olly said. “Those systems aren’t available for remote access. I’d have to be on board to figure it out.”
Redding smirked. “You want to go hang out with the marines?”
“Er…not particularly. Not because they aren’t cool but just… you know I just…don’t like field work much.”
“Tough,” Everly said. “Once they’ve secured the area, we’ll send you over to take a look. Maybe you can find their databases and we can fill in some of these gaps we’ve identified today.”
“Oh…sounds great, sir.” Olly slumped in his seat.
“I’d like to go as well,” Clea said. “I need to see these people myself.”
Gray nodded. “Sounds good. You’ll have operational command over the technical staff. Marshall maintains security.”
Clea nodded. “Understood.”
“Everly, let’s get those marines aboard and take this ship.” Gray returned to his seat. “I want the Silver Star under our control as soon as possible.”
Clea smirked. “Naming the ship now, are we?”
“It seems fitting,” Gray replied. “Proceed with the operation, Commander.”
***
Marshall Dupont stood in his tactical room
“The most delicate work of my career, sir.” Olly replied. He picked up the pace just when Gray figured there was no way he could move his fingers faster. The alarm abruptly stopped and the light went out. The young technician flopped back in his seat and let out a deep breath, brushing sweat from his brow. “Okay then.”
“What did you just do?” Redding demanded. “What was all that?”
“I was hacking into their computer system,” Olly said, “when I tripped what would be easiest to describe as their firewall. It…well…it tried to counter hack our computer.”
“What?” Gray asked. “I don’t think I heard you right. We almost got hacked?”
“Sort of. I mean, their AI gave it a college try but I’m…well, I’m pretty good at this.”
“You shouldn’t have been better than their computer,” Clea said. “You took quite a gamble with the universal code. If you’d made a real mistake, that machine could’ve used the code to easily hack us.”
“They didn’t,” Gray interrupted. “Good work, Olly but next time you decide to endanger everyone on board, do make sure you tell us before hand.”
“Aye, sir.” Olly swallowed hard.
“So what did your little hack get us?”
“Access to docking procedures. I don’t see any databases so those are isolated.” Olly paused to read something. “I can get us aboard but in order to gather more data, someone needs to patch in directly.”
Gray moved to look over Olly’s shoulder. “So you can keep that hangar open?”
“Yes, or rather, I can keep it open.” Olly scrutinized the system. “Their guns are offline in there so we won’t be attacked right away. Whatever tech we send can access a terminal and use my code to take control of security too…theoretically.”
“Send this information to Marshall,” Gray said. “Can we get them landed in ten minutes?”
“I’m certain of it.” Everly turned to make the arrangements.
Gray considered the screen. “Looks like over one hundred people in there. Do you know what will initiate a wakeup sequence?”
“I’m not sure, sir,” Olly said. “Those systems aren’t available for remote access. I’d have to be on board to figure it out.”
Redding smirked. “You want to go hang out with the marines?”
“Er…not particularly. Not because they aren’t cool but just… you know I just…don’t like field work much.”
“Tough,” Everly said. “Once they’ve secured the area, we’ll send you over to take a look. Maybe you can find their databases and we can fill in some of these gaps we’ve identified today.”
“Oh…sounds great, sir.” Olly slumped in his seat.
“I’d like to go as well,” Clea said. “I need to see these people myself.”
Gray nodded. “Sounds good. You’ll have operational command over the technical staff. Marshall maintains security.”
Clea nodded. “Understood.”
“Everly, let’s get those marines aboard and take this ship.” Gray returned to his seat. “I want the Silver Star under our control as soon as possible.”
Clea smirked. “Naming the ship now, are we?”
“It seems fitting,” Gray replied. “Proceed with the operation, Commander.”
***
Marshall Dupont stood in his tactical room
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