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"Did we not establish this during your failed attee? You cannot hope to match me My computational power is almost incalculably superior to yours To one such as myself, you are the intellectual equivalent of protozoa"

"True" Zhang pauses, and glances into the e inside "But I have so you and protozoa don’t"

"And that is?"

"Hands, motherfucker"

COMMAND TRANSMISSION SENT 07/30/75 10:25

ALEXANDER HAILS HYPATIA: COMMANDER’S SECURE FREQUENCY

ALEXANDER: Hypatia, can you hear me?

HYPATIA: Alexander, identify yourself Over

ALEXANDER: I need to speak to Syra Boll

HYPATIA: Who is this? Over

ALEXANDER: This is Byron Zhang

ALEXANDER: Hello?

HYPATIA: Byron, it’s Syra We’re picking up an abandon-ship signal, but nobody’s answering our hail What the hell’s going on over there?

ALEXANDER: AIDAN has control of the ship Coar 4 You need to run

HYPATIA: Oh god, Byron Is there any way anyone can--

ALEXANDER: You need to run We’ll be a ghost ship soon AIDAN could fire on you The Lincoln’s co

HYPATIA: Can we retrieve anyone?

ALEXANDER: I dunno The virus is in the ventilation system If anyone does make it out, treat them with extreme caution Hard quarantine Look for symptoms that resemble post-traumatic stress Tremors Catatonia Sweats Anyone so erous

HYPATIA: Understood Byron … I’m sorry

ALEXANDER: It’ll probably cut trans Listen You need to find soram who can tune your enviro systems over the next few rid now you’re not training neurograive you an ounce more speed

ALEXANDER: Make sure sorams and adjusts theod, I can’t I’m sorry, let me--

HYPATIA: Byron, we’ll handle it Do you have a fix on the Lincoln?

ALEXANDER: Negative They should take at least eighteen hours to reboot their systeines Run like hell and hope we slow the to do?

ALEXANDER: What I can, as long as I last I think--

[TRANSMISSION ENDS]

Zhang, B: u catch all that, grasshopper?

ByteMe: yes

Zhang, B:people to notice i was trans u soet the weapons syste, B: Kady