A Second Helping
Copyright© 2020 by Yob
Chapter 28: Disinformation
“The FTL communications is a bug, continuously reporting our position, destination, velocity to the PLUS. It’s a Trojan horse to discover our home worlds. Yes, I could disable the bug but it’s wiser to wait until they commit their ships to a red herring destination. We will lead them on a wild goose chase. The best tactic, is to modify the data and send them false information where we are going, a false position and velocity. We can continually frustrate them with disinformation.”
I agree. JoAnn is encrypting a series of algorithms that corrupts the data sent to the PLUS, in a believable way. To prevent dissecting the false data to harvest accurate information, the different algorithms will be applied in a random sequence. In addition, we will frequently appear to change course and destination. Keep moving the goal posts.
JoAnn found other nasty bits incorporated in the tech they so generously gave us. They were ready to seize control of the ship and remotely pilot it. JoAnn fried those circuits.
Visiting one or more of the humanoid worlds is wiser than heading for home because, not only do we hope to shake our tail, I hope to start rebellions. If these human look alike folks also share rebellious freedom loving natures with us, it shouldn’t be difficult.
The PLUS are some real SOBs, but I’m a bigger SOB than they can imagine. I had lots of practice.
The darkmatter database and mapping computer appears to be free from sabotage and malware. The greatest asset is it can detect darkmatter from a considerable distance. JoAnn hooked it to navigation as a lookout. Thanks PLUS. This bit of technology may be the most valuable of all. Saves ships and lives.
“Could I talk to the grand poohbah with out revealing our actual where abouts? For peace of mind, I’d like to give him a piece of my mind.”
The call was promptly answered. They must have been waiting by the phone.
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