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Continuing Hybrid Shadows - The Non-Hybrid (link at bottom of section)
"Captain, something is happening with the signal. I am losing it," Lieutenant Nickels stated.
"Bring up the information you have on the overhead monitor," the captain commanded.
"Sir, I can just relay it through..."
Captain McKnight cut him off... "The monitor, Lieutenant. I want to see it with my eyes."
"Yes Sir," the lieutenant growled. The captain again sensed the the lieutenant's irritation, but he accepted it. Few of the crew understood his preference for old-fashioned, real-world communication, when the Song was so much more convienent. And some of the crew of the ship also thought it was more vivid, more real. But the captain disagreed.
With a couple of mental commands, the lieutenant projected the situation unfolding on the ground onto the screen.
"Okay. This is what we are seeing, Captain," Lieutenant Nickels said. A map came up on the overhead screen. Several of the crew, aware of the unfolding situation, turned to watch. It showed the location of the colony on the southern side of a large valley. It was ringed by a high set of mountains.
"The girl took off to the north. She started moving at 0500, well before many people in the colony were away. But 0630, she reached the northern edge of the valley, almost 20 kilometers away. From her speed and vital signs in looks like she was running at a pretty good clip. While she is not a member of the Grid, we do have good readings on the most basic of the sensors that still work within her."
The overhead display zoomed in on the area near the northern part of the valley.
"There is a reason we landed the shuttles in Parimyr Valley. Many of our probes win the there parts of the planet failed when they set down, but this valley was clear," Lieutenant Nickels said.
"How is that possible?" the captain inquired. "Even with the electronic readings failing, we should still have a visual feed on that part of the valley."
"It looks like something is blocking us, actually distorting the images that our cameras are collecting, even the analog ones."
"That shouldn't be physically possible."
"I agree sir."
"Should we send someone up there after her sir?" Lieutenant Goya asked, speaking up.
"No, she will be back," Captain McKnight answered.
"How do you know, Captain? She might get hurt."
"No, I believe she will be back in the colony before noon."
In his mind's eye, Captain McKnight was alerted to the network activity, as many curious crew members began to explore the ship's databases on Kendra Furnandiz, as well as information on the captain that could be related back to her. Unlike the others, the captain was very aware of the network searches, and had ways to counteract them. McKnight launched a series of programs to cancel all of the search activity related to him, and to restrict what could be found regarding Kendra to her academic and medical information, which was known by several members of the crew.
But other information must be kept private.
It would be so.
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