Illuminae (The Illuminae Files, #1)

by Amie Kaufman

she doesn’t want to score the sorts of results that would get her into the neurogramming training program.

Ms. Grant does not work well with others.

Haha

surviving

an awkward habit of questioning authority figures at all the wrong moments.

Haha

her queries and (often successful) attempts at destabilization are driven by her personal beliefs.

Codewyrm interdiction

galley database

Haha - stop messing with my work!

Byron Zhang? Question Research officer on Hypatia; a known info-Liberty activist.

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Haha - interesting

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Now *that’s* a good psych technique - if you’re able to follow through, which this guy was.

She asked for something I couldn’t give her.

for someone like Kady, the asking part is hard enough.

Haha.

Or it’s just typical hormone-infused distrustful news. Haha.

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signs of post-traumatic stress disorder:

High school sports: making life easier for military recruiters since 1914.

Haha. The scary thing is the number of varsity players at Allderdice who volunteered for the Vietnam war.

The kid’s hostility toward BeiTech can be harnessed in a conflict situation.

task-oriented activities in a social environment (combat training)

Haha clever

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“Prophet”

“Dreadnought”

“Chatter”

the real black.

You’re a speck of animated carbon and water with about seven centimeters of ballistics-grade ceramic between you and absolutely nothing.

These things are so smart now, the ability to spin bull████ is all that separates us from them.

Haha

Simile nice

no meat response

“QUARANTINE BREACH IN MOTION. CLASS ALPHA ZERO PATHOGEN. INTERCEPT OSPREY GROUP AND DESTROY. ACKNOWLEDGE.”

1634 names (38 columns of 43 names each)

they’re court martialing the pilots that heroically saved all the people on the Copernicus shuttles

finding something weird. CitB: I can’t get a read on AIDAN. thought I was just hitting ICE walls but it’s more like nobody’s home…

when you say “I’m never going to speak to you again,” you don’t think your planet’s going to be invaded that afternoon.

2001 A Space Odyssey

McNulty, J, Sgt: You are IN

no freaking idea

Mason, E, LT 2nd: what makes you think it was my fault? McNulty, J, Sgt: because it’s ALWAYS the chum’s fault, chum

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Haha - true? Question

it’s still…I don’t want to say lonely, because that sounds so ungrateful. We’re the ones that got out.

I have my mom’s voice ringing in my ears, though, so I am trudging along dutifully to these stupid group discussions, even though it’s pointless.

Byron

Haha