WCGW Chpt 272

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==Chapter 272 - What Could Go Wrong==
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Thazi (Indpendent System)
25th August, 3047
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"Welcome back, learn anything interesting?" President David Mitchell after shaking the hand of Major Nathan Davis.
"Damn sure did. Not all of it is good news either. Which would you prefer first?" Major Davis replied
"Guess we should get the bad news out of the way." President Mitchell said
"The DoME database cannot be copied. Nor are they going to let us move it. I could not find a single slot for a security key either and I looked everywhere. Any data mining has to be done the hard way, hand copying everything you find. At that pace, all of us will be long dead before it is completed. The database itself is located on the original orbital habitat, which I am told housed the DoME personnel themselves. There is a data cable that runs to both Dropship collars, but damned if I have ever seen a cable jack like that before. Funny shaped too. There are no other terminal connection ports off the main computer either, so it is all done from a single computer screen. It has me stumped how to speed up any sort of information recovery." Major Nathan Davis replied
"If that is the bad news, I think I can live with that. Just makes the task harder. So, what good news have you found?" President Mitchell asked
"Now that is quite a list. I found something called EXPLOIT in the database. Only found a single other reference to that name. Seems Maripa got six mining stations from EXPLOIT. The system Ype-Jhu also had a reference to EXPLOIT, I did not even risk writing that down anywhere. A simple entry dated 3 February 2754, EXPLOIT is completed and is ready for production. My guess, EXPLOIT refers to all these mining stations out here, the production center for them." Major Davis replied
"Oh, if only that were true. It is damned sure worth checking out. The name sounds familiar, but I cannot place it." President Mitchell said
"Single jump from Sornath, Sir. Right next door." Major Davis replied
"Got it now. What else did you learn?" President Mitchell asked
"How do you feel about doing some WarShip hunting and recovery? I have several locations which could have some derelicts we could recover. Whether they are still there, that is anyone's guess, but I know where they were left." Major Davis replied
"I am not against it, but I damned sure can see the problems it is going to create. Really big ones." President Mitchell said
"Then sell the locations to the First Prince. I bet he would pay a really good price for that information." Major Davis replied
"Only if that information was confirmed and the Warships were actually there to be recovered." President Mitchell said
"So we go find them and then sell the information to the First Prince. Then it is his problem." Major Davis replied
"How many locations?" President Mitchell asked
"Two holding Warships. Or had derelict Warships there in 2765. Another one that had the location of the 199th Striker Regiment." Major Davis replied
"I am going to have to think this one over, Colonel Davis, this could cause all sorts of problems on all fronts." President Mitchell said 
"Col...." Major Nathan Davis started to say.
"You heard me. You have more than earned the promotion, Nathan. You're also going to be head of our Intelligence Service. So you might need to start figuring out what that is going to take to start up." President Mitchell said
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