Vicky Peterwald: Survivor (Vicky Peterwald Series book 2)
“He did not offer her wine this time.
“We have more problems than I really want to contemplate,” she said before she’d finished leading a parade of Commander Boch and Mr. Smith into his quarters.
“Do we really need this fellow with us?” the admiral said, eyeing the spy.
“Unfortunately, he’s the fellow we most need. Admiral, do you have an old, off-net computer you wouldn’t mind throwing out the nearest air lock?”
It took only a few minutes for one to be scared up. A second later,... it was playing the Empress’s message for all present.
“Where’d that come from?” Mr. Smith asked.
“My computer has no idea,” Vicky answered. “It didn’t know who the message was from, or where or when it even got the message, but somewhere between my leaving the admiral a few hours ago and attending a meeting with some very powerful businesspeople dirtside, and Mannie driving me around in his limo between the shuttleport and his office, I picked up that message without being any the wiser.”MoreLess
“We have more problems than I really want to contemplate,” she said before she’d finished leading a parade of Commander Boch and Mr. Smith into his quarters.
“Do we really need this fellow with us?” the admiral said, eyeing the spy.
“Unfortunately, he’s the fellow we most need. Admiral, do you have an old, off-net computer you wouldn’t mind throwing out the nearest air lock?”
It took only a few minutes for one to be scared up. A second later,... it was playing the Empress’s message for all present.
“Where’d that come from?” Mr. Smith asked.
“My computer has no idea,” Vicky answered. “It didn’t know who the message was from, or where or when it even got the message, but somewhere between my leaving the admiral a few hours ago and attending a meeting with some very powerful businesspeople dirtside, and Mannie driving me around in his limo between the shuttleport and his office, I picked up that message without being any the wiser.”MoreLess
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