Duh

Yesterday, Rome summoned the library OMCOM's livetar to help them begin the process of data accumulation and analysis. It was the all-white livetar who connected the theft of the Deucadon invisibility cloak with the attempt on Rei's life. Of course, as the author, I happen to know he is dead on. So let's see if he can help them even further:

     “My workstations are continuously active, which means they were active during the time of the intrusion. However, I was under no instructions to analyze the recordings. I will set to work on that. With some interpolation and extrapolation, I might be able to get you some practical information to aid in your search.”
     “That is excellent,” Rome said. “Please begin right away.” She was about to pull the data slab out of the holder then she stopped. She closed the text file she had opened and returned to the one labeled Candidates. She opened up the document and found it was another list, this one consisting of four names. Two she had never heard of: Andrea Grenmuller and Paul Chung. The third name was Wally Stanislaw who she knew. But it was the fourth name that shocked her. It was Rei Bierak. Rome tapped on the link for Rei’s name. A balloon opened up with notations. As she read its contents, her eyes grew wider and wider.
     “Oh, Rei,” Rome cried out, sounding terribly depressed.
     “What?” Rei asked staring at the screen. He saw his name listed. He read the notations out loud.
     “Bierak, Rei – Engineer, Unranked. Has shown incredible resourcefulness beyond his test scores. Would make a great asset to the Project but has a strong moral streak that would interfere. He has married one of the Vook women and had a child by her. Best plan: have the wife and the child killed and frame the Vooks. His anger and indignation might be enough to swing him over to our side.”
     “Even then…” Rome whispered. “So devious. They truly were monsters.” She turned in place and looked up into Rei’s eyes. “Sometimes I have wondered if we did the right thing banishing them to Helome but after reading this…” She just shook her head.
     Rei put his hand on her shoulder. “You can see why we have to stop them. Because they won’t. No, we did the right thing,” he said.
     Rome lowered her head and placed it in her hands. She took a long time to compose herself. Finally, she sighed and stood up. She pulled the white slab from the reader and handed it to OMCOM.
     “This is the place to start,” she said. “After you have recreated the list of names, we will begin the process of elimination and hope that we can figure out who are the culprits. We are depending upon MINIMCOM’s recordings and you and your skills.”
     “While I am honored by your confidence in my abilities, the fact is, you do not need me or MINIMCOM for that,” OMCOM said. “The solution is trivial.”
     “It is?” Rome asked. “What? How?”
     The livetar pointed to the sky. “Go to Helome and take roll. The two that are not present are the two you are seeking.”
     Rei just hung his head. “Duh,” he said under his breath.

Well, sounds like a plan to me. I wonder why they didn't think of it sooner?