10-03-2013, 06:56 PM
“I’ll make it quick,” said the Judge. “They’re hitting the Dataverse.” He spoke through the reactions, before anyone could derail him. “All we know so far is that. Could be a distraction for the city. Could be that the city was a distraction. I want you to go in there and see what’s happening.” He looked from one Prime to the next. “You’re all capable with tech, I assume.”
There was a round of nods.
“Good,” he carried on. “In this building we have a number of Dataverse Uplink Devices. You may or may not already know this, but the Dataverse is not some simple network. It’s a ‘verse in its own right. And it can be entered. Same rule as any other verse applies; you die, you die. If you’re not up for it, that’s fine. But either way, you’ll be rewarded when you return.”
Samus spoke up. “I just want to be clear. I want to be paid in Omnilium.”
“Yeah.” Dredd’s expression read as though that was obvious.
The hunter nodded. It never hurt to be careful with new employers. It was shocking how many of them would try and rope you into a job with promises of ‘influence’ or ‘investments’. She always walked away from those. Government contracts were usually a safe bet, though. So long as you didn’t mind getting your hands dirty. The Federation had proven to her that, no matter how forward-thinking any society was, there was always grime hidden under the surface. Given what she’d seen of the Empire so far, she guessed she’d only just scratched that surface.
They made their way over to the lower floor of the building where the terminals were housed. “Safer here,” explained Dredd. “If anyone unexpected comes through from the Dataverse, we can contain it. If there’s any sign of danger, we’ll be shutting them down. If that happens, you’ll have to find your own exit back to Coruscant.”
“So,” Nanoha repeated for good measure, “Find the problem, diagnose it … fix it. That’s the mission, right?”
“Right.”
They all eyed the machines. Proto Man seemed the least phased, stepping forward without a moment’s hesitation. Nanoha and Samus followed. Each of them stepped into their own chamber.
And then everything vanished.
Continued here
There was a round of nods.
“Good,” he carried on. “In this building we have a number of Dataverse Uplink Devices. You may or may not already know this, but the Dataverse is not some simple network. It’s a ‘verse in its own right. And it can be entered. Same rule as any other verse applies; you die, you die. If you’re not up for it, that’s fine. But either way, you’ll be rewarded when you return.”
Samus spoke up. “I just want to be clear. I want to be paid in Omnilium.”
“Yeah.” Dredd’s expression read as though that was obvious.
The hunter nodded. It never hurt to be careful with new employers. It was shocking how many of them would try and rope you into a job with promises of ‘influence’ or ‘investments’. She always walked away from those. Government contracts were usually a safe bet, though. So long as you didn’t mind getting your hands dirty. The Federation had proven to her that, no matter how forward-thinking any society was, there was always grime hidden under the surface. Given what she’d seen of the Empire so far, she guessed she’d only just scratched that surface.
They made their way over to the lower floor of the building where the terminals were housed. “Safer here,” explained Dredd. “If anyone unexpected comes through from the Dataverse, we can contain it. If there’s any sign of danger, we’ll be shutting them down. If that happens, you’ll have to find your own exit back to Coruscant.”
“So,” Nanoha repeated for good measure, “Find the problem, diagnose it … fix it. That’s the mission, right?”
“Right.”
They all eyed the machines. Proto Man seemed the least phased, stepping forward without a moment’s hesitation. Nanoha and Samus followed. Each of them stepped into their own chamber.
And then everything vanished.
Continued here
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