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''The counter ticked past 3:15.'' | ''The counter ticked past 3:15.'' | ||
Algy shinned down the access ladder from the trailer roof. To his surprise, the trailer’s main back doors were unsecured. He popped the latch | Algy shinned down the access ladder from the trailer roof. To his surprise, the trailer’s main back doors were unsecured. He popped the latch, swung them out and dropped onto the deck. | ||
“Holy hell,” he said, and whistled | “Holy hell,” he said, and whistled. | ||
The trailer’s entire length was packed with server farms of [[key performance indicator]]s arrays, RAG indicator clusters, [[Target operating model|TOM]] monitors and banks of miscellaneous dials, meters, [[waiver]] needles, winking LEDs and other monochrome CRT displays that Algy couldn’t begin to comprehend. | |||
Algy | Algy got up close to one of the KPI arrays. It was fitted with a crypto-locked switch marked “ARM”. He looked down the row. The banks were all triple-authenticated. ''Every single switch was armed''. | ||
Georgie said, “Copy that, Algy. We have to turn | Over the transom, a large digital display carried the detonator count-down. | ||
Algy clicked into his wrist-com, “Georgie, this is bad. There must be 40,000 [[KPI]]s here — maybe more. They’re all armed. The counter’s down to three minutes. I couldn’t switch that many off in that time even if they weren’t encrypted. But they’re all [[blockchain]] hashed.” | |||
Georgie said, “Copy that, Algy. We have to turn the rig around. There is nothing else for it. And it’s ...” | |||
“Georgie, do you copy? | |||
Georgie snifffed. | |||
What is it, Georgie? | |||
There was another pause. Georgie rallied. “ t’s — it’s what Opco would have wanted, Algy. ''Do this for Boone''. Remember, you have the element of surprise. There’s no time. You can do this, Algy. Oh! ''LOOK OUT!''” | |||
“What?” | “What?” |