Terminal Compromise · Chapter 95Phone Home
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He dialed NEMO directly this time.
<<<<<<CONNECTION>>>>>>
He chose CONVERSATION PIT from the menu. La Creme was there, alone and probably waiting.
What's the panic?
YOU DON'T KNOW? <<CREME>>
Just finished exams . . .been locked up in student hell . . .
NASA ABORT . . .SHUTTLE WENT TO SHIT. <<CREME>>
So? More Beckel fuel problems I s'pose.
UH . . .UH. NOT THIS TIME. NASA GOT AN INVITATION. <<CREME>>
From aliens? SETI finally came through?
NOPE. FROM CHRISTA MCAULIFFE. <<CREME>>
Right.
SERIOUS. SHE WELCOMED THE CREW OF COLUMBIA. <<CREME>>
Get real . . .
I AM. CHECK OUT CNN. THEY RECONSTRUCTED THE VIDEO SIGNAL BEFORE NASA SHUT THE FEED DOWN. THE MONITORS HAD A GREETING FROM CHRIS- TA. ABORTED THE DAMN MISSION. <<CREME>>
I don't get it.
NEITHER DO I. BUT, DON'T YOU PLAY AROUND IN NASA COMPUTERS? <<CREME>>
Sure I do. Poke and Play. I'm not alone.
AND REPROGRAM THE LAUNCH COMPUTERS? <<CREME>>
Never. It's against the Code.
I KNOW THAT, BUT DO YOU? <<CREME>>
What are getting at?
OK GOOD BUDDY . . .STRAIGHT SHOOTING. DID YOU GO IN AND PUT SOME MESSAGES ON MISSION CONTROL COMPUTERS? <<CREME>>
Fuck, no. You know better than that.
I HOPED YOU'D SAY THAT. <<CREME>>
Hey . . .thanks for the vote of confidence.
NO OFFENSE DUDE. HADDA ASK. THEN IF YOU DIDN'T WHO DID? <<CREME>>
I don't know. That's sick.