In the Depths, Deception

Posted on Sat Jul 28th, 2018 @ 7:28pm by Captain Charybdis MacGregor & Lieutenant Robinson Drake II
Edited on on Sat Jul 28th, 2018 @ 7:30pm

0 words; about a 1 minute read

Mission: Future Tense
Location: USS Victory, Deck 17
Timeline: 2285

The jeffries tube access to the dorsal phaser backup targeting system was quiet at 0200 hours, between system watches and considered low priority by the ships current security officer.

Drake smiles tiredly at that idea, something that will have to be changed.. soon.

He takes the port crawlspace after consulting the PDD and and crab walking, three handed lope for a few meters finds the designated access panel to the fiber optic bundle node.
A can of compressed air and a few quick psssst sweeps over the panel all the dust cleared off. No sense in contaminating the juncture and having someone come inspect.
Altho.. handlight flashing up the passage, judging by the dust and clutter in the crawlspace no one had inspected recently.

Flip.. flip.. panel off and the cool blue light bleeds out from the node splitter highlighting the shadows under his eyes, had anyone been there to see.

Micro drive burrs in one hand, light touches at the secondary split from backup firecontrol to redundant main computer monitoring line.

Holding his breath, a gentle tap removes the hardlink, and quickly inserting the isolinear single use chip he'd labored over for days. The ships medical calender is updated in a fraction of a second .. a second just long enough for the weapons technician to reconnect the hardlink and start reversing all the steps it had required access this overlooked flaw in the ships systems.

Evac from the area is simple.. leave the disposable coveralls in one of the many trash bins, head down and inspecting his PDD on the way to main fire control for a late night programming update, Drake is just another one of the late crew working on the readiness deadline.

 

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