Monday February 9, 2004
Book 4: The Blackness Between — Part V: Backstabbing on the Fast Track

Transcript

Haban II: Almost done. My little virtual crowbar here is going to give me another 45 seconds or so, and by then I'll have put your shipboard nodes to sleep.
Ennesby: How do you know you get that much time?
Haban II: Extensive study of shipboard A.I.s with remote nodes like you've got.
Ennesby: Oh. Hmmm...
Ennesby: You probably ought to know that Kevyn built me to be 10 times faster than most shipboard systems.You don't have 45 seconds. You had four-point-five, but they're gone now.