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“Whatever there is to figure out, we’ll figure out later,” Rick replied as he stood up and looked at the da atop the car “For right noe need to decide what to do about all of… this” The da done to the server was as bad as it had sounded in the ht Shards of hard drive platters were e them inoperable

“We can get another system,” Oles replied

“Do we even need one?” Rick asked, looking at the pair “The commands are written You said Daht?” He turned and gazed at the nearby rooftop “The LKN will accept this type of data source We h, with the abuse this systeh”

“Maybe we do need a new system then, just to power the LKN”

“Hmm” Rick scratched his chin “Let’s pull the dead drives and see if we can get this thing powered on”

Dr Evans pulled the plug from the back of the server and they quickly went to work disasse the device A fewup, Rick cocked his head to the side “You two hear that?”

Noises signaling danger had been a constant theme since the start of the event, and the e It was atoo faint to easily pinpoint the source The longer they listened, the asp of air

“Warning alarm It’s from the bunker”

“Alarm in the bunker?”

Dr Evans was already on the ed from He moved relatively quickly in spite of his injury, and he paused at the entrance to the building after pulling open the door, a look of panic crossing his face

“What is it?” Oles’ face began to match Dr Evans’

“It’s an advanced launch warning” He glanced at Rick, seeing the look of confusion “Certain launch conditions include broadcasts to high-priority stations The birthplace of Damocles would qualify, without a doubt”

“How could that possibly be happening?” Rick shook his head

“Daency communications alone, so that enemies under attack would have a final chance to surrender”

“Does that mean…” Rick started