Ghost of Mind Episode One
“They had been some of the most fraught moments of her life, but somehow she'd managed it.
She had hacked past every panel she could, no longer punching her way into them and ripping the cables out, but gently prying them back with her strong grip and manipulating the power relays until she momentarily shut down the security fields.
It had been slow work, but she'd managed it, and just in time.
They'd started to scan the ship. Her incredible hearing had picked up the hum of it. And out of all de...vices and systems, Alice had spent her life attuning herself to scanner beams. She could hear one from 20 meters away.
She'd flung herself from the final service duct just as the noise had grown.
Then it was out of the frying pan – as the human saying went – and very much into the fire.
She had made it out of the service ducks, but she was still on the ship.
Alice had jumped out of a panel along some kind of corridor. At first she was alone, and had precious few seconds to stare around her at the sleek corridor and the sleeker-looking consoles dotted along it.MoreLess
She had hacked past every panel she could, no longer punching her way into them and ripping the cables out, but gently prying them back with her strong grip and manipulating the power relays until she momentarily shut down the security fields.
It had been slow work, but she'd managed it, and just in time.
They'd started to scan the ship. Her incredible hearing had picked up the hum of it. And out of all de...vices and systems, Alice had spent her life attuning herself to scanner beams. She could hear one from 20 meters away.
She'd flung herself from the final service duct just as the noise had grown.
Then it was out of the frying pan – as the human saying went – and very much into the fire.
She had made it out of the service ducks, but she was still on the ship.
Alice had jumped out of a panel along some kind of corridor. At first she was alone, and had precious few seconds to stare around her at the sleek corridor and the sleeker-looking consoles dotted along it.MoreLess
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