What have you got?

Rome's Evolution (Rome's Revolution #3) by Michael Brachman Finally, Rome and Rei and Bonnie are on their way back to Earth armed with the identity of their would-be assassins. The first thing they have to do is track down Paul Chung who, according to Nick Greer, was their best shot at finding Troutman and Steele's whereabouts. However, while they were gone, the Library OMCOM was busy doing his work and stumbled across a shocking and critical discovery. He grabbed the very first opportunity to tell Rome and Rei, or at least he tried:
     Upon arriving in the general vicinity of Deucado, MINIMCOM dropped out of null-fold space and it wasn’t long before he used a single, normal PPT tunnel to close the remaining distance to the planet. They entered into an east-to-west orbit and MINIMCOM instructed everyone to buckle in for re-entry. He was about to use his direct entry method of jumping to the surface when his preparations were interrupted by OMCOM.
     “Rome. Rei,” OMCOM’s voice came from the grille. “Welcome back. While you were gone, I was able to utilize my workstations to piece together most of the details concerning the raid on Rome’s library.”
     “Thanks but we don’t need it anymore,” Rome said. “Our mission was successful. We were able to get the names of the people involved.” She turned and looked back at Bonnie who was strapped into the new chair that MINIMCOM had built for her. MINIMCOM had called it the ‘navigator’s chair’ although Rei was fairly certain it was their computer friend’s attempt at humor. Rome continued, “And Bonnie Mullen has returned with us. She even knows what they look like.”
     “We’re headed to someone’s house right now who might know where to find them,” Rei added. “So we’re good.”
     “Still, the information that I have acquired could be crucial to your investigation,” OMCOM insisted.
     “Thank you, OMCOM,” Rome said, trying to put the computer at ease. “We will come see it right after we stop at Paul Chung’s abode. Our sources tell us this is our best lead in tracking them down.”
     “But you really should look at what I have synthesized first,” OMCOM said, uncharacteristically insistent. “It may have a bearing on what you do next.”
     “Look, OMCOM,” Rei said firmly. “Rome said we’ll come take a peek. Let us do our work first then we’ll come see you.”
     “Very well,” OMCOM replied. Rei could have sworn there was a hint of disappointment in OMCOM’s voice but that would be impossible since their clone did not even have a personality module. A decisive click indicated OMCOM was no longer connected.
Rome and Rei really should have listened OMCOM. It would have made a huge difference in how they went about the hunt. You'll see that down the road.
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Published on June 30, 2017 07:39 Tags: action, adventure, ftl, science-fiction, space-travel, vuduri
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