“It could be a bug,” Cowdry said.
“I don’t think we should run on that assumption, do you?” Carrol said.
Utley, who had been silent for several minutes, leaned forward in his chair. “Wicked, you said that no crew had attempted to access these systems,” he said.
“Yes, Lieutenant,” the Wicked said.
“Has anyone else accessed these systems?” Utley asked.
Obwije frowned at this. The Wicked was more than two years out of dock, with mostly the same crew the entire time. If someone had sabotaged the systems during the construction of the ship, they’d picked a strange time for the sabotage to kick in.
“Please define ‘anyone else,’” the Wicked said.
“Anyone involved in the planning or construction of the ship,” Utley said.
“Aside from the initial installation crews, no,” the Wicked said. “An
