We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

Book 2: Chapter 40: Gotcha

Book 2: Chapter 40: Gotcha

Riker

February 2178Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Except for an occasional scatter of maser radiation. I grinned as I watched him work. A maser passing through fifty kilometers of atmosphere was not quite undetectable, if you were sufficiently motivated. A small bit of radiation scattering, a slight warming of the air...

Passive detection meant he didn’t know I’d picked up his signal. It meant he didn’t know I was listening in on his conversations. Encrypted SCUT communications meant he couldn’t detect my drones.

Well, well, well. Time for payback. But first, I wanted him to know...