Chapter 42
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I hope you get this in time. Launch is tomorrow morning at 0800, unable to get info earlier due to need-to-know policy. Am in position, will disable electric fence and security system. Attack immediately!
It was two in the morning in the Systems room, a small office with bay windows overlooking the command center one floor below. Jesse Spindrift had drifted off after many long hours of watching me like a cat watching a mouse-hole as the overnight Systems guy quietly ignored us and did his work. I pulled out my laptop as soon as I heard Jesse breathing deeply and evenly like a sleeping person. The Systems guy didn’t seem to care, so I accessed my shinobimail account over VPN and sent my message. I didn’t expect an answer right away. Based on past experience, they migh
