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week. The next morning at nine the cabbie picked up two envelopes from the Argentine businessman who was waiting for him outside the Hilton. The envelopes contained the bonus incentive for the shops that had made the capacitors and the scepter. Five hours later, the cabbie was back with the capacitors and scepter as well as the mercury switch that had to be special ordered. The Argentine businessman paid for the cabbie’s fare, his time, and gave him another fifty dollar tip. Ten minutes later, I walked out of the Hilton, picked up my little Fiat from the car park, and drove back to my own hotel.
As soon as I got back to my room, I opened up the package containing the scepter. It was perfect, just as I had described it, inside and out. The pieces came together seamlessly. I unwrapped the capacitor. It would fit inside with a few centimeters to spare.
I was ready to get started. These days, though, before building anything, it makes sense to check the internet. On YouTube I found a few videos showing how to build primitive stun guns using throwaway cameras. A stun gun is essentially a tool to store electricity and then discharge that electricity very suddenly. In a stun gun, a battery charges the capacitor. Touching both electrodes on the capacitor causes the capacitor to discharge, resulting in a shock.
A camera does something similar with its flash. Of course, it doesn’t take much power to set off the flash on a camera, so if you’re looking to do some serious damage, it’s senseless to use a camera when there are much higher charge capacitors available.
I was planning to do serious damage, and, courtesy of Lincoln’s efforts, I had a much higher charge capacitor than the one found in a camera. I connected both terminals to heavily insulated wires. One wire was connected to the short cylinder below the black granite band; the other was connected to the longer cylinder above the band. The whole gizmo was attached to a row of batteries and a mercury switch which in turn was hooked up to a wireless switch. A person gripping the narrow black band would actually be touching both cylinders at the same time, and thus connecting the circuit between both terminals.
Everything looked right. I then disconnected the capacitor and slid it out. I replaced it with the less powerful capacitor I had purchased for test purposes. Sadly, there was only one way to try it out. I gripped the scepter at the black band and flipped the switch on a remote control transmitter. It was one heck of a shock. Very painful. And it was 400,000 times less powerful than the unit that would be in the device when the Prince held it.
I needed a few minutes to recover from the shock. When I was steady, I pulled out the test capacitor, replaced it with the powerful unit, and sealed up the scepter.
Chapter 8. Hurry up and Wait
In the morning, Heinrich Muller, from the GDH Fortress security team, called Dr. Rogerio Silva, director of the Torrimpietra Castle. Muller’s English wasn’t that great, but it beat his Portuguese.
“Do you speak English, Herr Doktor Silva?” Muller asked. Even while on the phone, Muller stood ramrod straight and moved stiffly.
“Yes, a little,” replied Silva.
“Ja. Gutt, gutt,” Muller said, “Did you get the package, Herr Doktor?” I held my breath.
“Yes, Mr. Muller. The camera, it was installed yesterday by the electrician. It is, eh, transmitindo very well,” Silva said.
“Gutt, gutt. From this moment on, please leave the camera on at all times,” Muller said. And then, conspiratorially, “I must tell you a secret, Doktor. You cannot tell this secret even to other members of the Prince’s security team.”
“The Prince is for sure coming? He will attend the opening?” Silva asked.
“Ja, we expect that is so, but you must not tell anyone. For zekerheid, ah, that is security,” replied the German, “But that is not the secret, Doktor.” He continued with a low voice, “A cousin of the Prince,
As soon as I got back to my room, I opened up the package containing the scepter. It was perfect, just as I had described it, inside and out. The pieces came together seamlessly. I unwrapped the capacitor. It would fit inside with a few centimeters to spare.
I was ready to get started. These days, though, before building anything, it makes sense to check the internet. On YouTube I found a few videos showing how to build primitive stun guns using throwaway cameras. A stun gun is essentially a tool to store electricity and then discharge that electricity very suddenly. In a stun gun, a battery charges the capacitor. Touching both electrodes on the capacitor causes the capacitor to discharge, resulting in a shock.
A camera does something similar with its flash. Of course, it doesn’t take much power to set off the flash on a camera, so if you’re looking to do some serious damage, it’s senseless to use a camera when there are much higher charge capacitors available.
I was planning to do serious damage, and, courtesy of Lincoln’s efforts, I had a much higher charge capacitor than the one found in a camera. I connected both terminals to heavily insulated wires. One wire was connected to the short cylinder below the black granite band; the other was connected to the longer cylinder above the band. The whole gizmo was attached to a row of batteries and a mercury switch which in turn was hooked up to a wireless switch. A person gripping the narrow black band would actually be touching both cylinders at the same time, and thus connecting the circuit between both terminals.
Everything looked right. I then disconnected the capacitor and slid it out. I replaced it with the less powerful capacitor I had purchased for test purposes. Sadly, there was only one way to try it out. I gripped the scepter at the black band and flipped the switch on a remote control transmitter. It was one heck of a shock. Very painful. And it was 400,000 times less powerful than the unit that would be in the device when the Prince held it.
I needed a few minutes to recover from the shock. When I was steady, I pulled out the test capacitor, replaced it with the powerful unit, and sealed up the scepter.
Chapter 8. Hurry up and Wait
In the morning, Heinrich Muller, from the GDH Fortress security team, called Dr. Rogerio Silva, director of the Torrimpietra Castle. Muller’s English wasn’t that great, but it beat his Portuguese.
“Do you speak English, Herr Doktor Silva?” Muller asked. Even while on the phone, Muller stood ramrod straight and moved stiffly.
“Yes, a little,” replied Silva.
“Ja. Gutt, gutt,” Muller said, “Did you get the package, Herr Doktor?” I held my breath.
“Yes, Mr. Muller. The camera, it was installed yesterday by the electrician. It is, eh, transmitindo very well,” Silva said.
“Gutt, gutt. From this moment on, please leave the camera on at all times,” Muller said. And then, conspiratorially, “I must tell you a secret, Doktor. You cannot tell this secret even to other members of the Prince’s security team.”
“The Prince is for sure coming? He will attend the opening?” Silva asked.
“Ja, we expect that is so, but you must not tell anyone. For zekerheid, ah, that is security,” replied the German, “But that is not the secret, Doktor.” He continued with a low voice, “A cousin of the Prince,
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