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.Now, he had to call theSnake and the Texan and get them set.This would be tricky, and in oneway, probably more so than the assassination of the federal agent, butnot so dangerous.This time, they would have the law on their side.In amanner of speaking.Thursday, September 16th, 1:15 p.m.Quantico In his office, CommanderAlex Michaels frowned at the young man sitting across the desk from him."All right, Jay, what exactly does this mean?"Gridley shook his head."I dunno, Chief.I went for a ride onhalf-a-dozen major highways--netways--and there were wrecks on all ofthem.Plus a bunch of others I didn't get around to.The cops--ah, thesysops--didn't have any big problems clearing most of them, although theAustralian pileup was a real bastard.It was simple stuff, but trafficslowed down everywhere.""But we're not talking major sabotage? And it didn't seem focused on onePage 79 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlparticular system?"Jay shook his head."Well, sort of and no.No piece of it was a biggie,but taken altogether, it adds up to major.Time is money, especially onthe commercial roads, and there was a lot of stuff got shuffled becauseof some of the delays.If some big portion of that was diverted into onepocket, the guy wearing that jacket could retire and buy Cleveland, ifhe wanted.Though I can't imagine he'd want to.But as far as we cantell, nobody got rich off the snafu--least we haven't found who or howyet."Jay paused, blinked, then stared into space as if he'd gone into atrance."Jay?""Oh, sorry.Far as I can tell, no one system was hit anyharder than another.It was spread over dozens of links fairly evenly.I've got houndbots sniffing, but none of 'em have run anything to asource.Whoever built this program is good, real good, 'cause he slippedit past a bunch of safeguards and the only people who caught him wasus."Gridley smiled, obviously pleased with that fact."So Net Force systemswere unaffected?""Yep.He tried, but he bounced off our wards.Guy's not as sharp as hethinks.He doesn't know who he's messing with.We'll run him down."For no reason at all, Michaels had a sudden flare of suspicion.Unlesshe wanted us to think he couldn't get past our guards."All right.Goand find whoever did this.Let me know how it progresses."Page 80 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html"You got it, Chief."Gridley stood and sauntered from his office.Once the young man wasgone, Michaels leaned back in his chair and pondered the situation.Since Steve Day's death, something hadn't felt right.He couldn't quiteput his finger on what it was, but he felt as if somehow Net Force wasunder attack.It could be nothing more than the professional paranoia ofcourse, that went with the job, but if it wasn't, if somebody was out todamage Net Force, who was it? And more important than that, why?He waved a hand back and forth over his com unit.From her office nextdoor, Toni said, "Yes?""Hey, Toni.Anything new?""Sorry, Alex, no."Day's murder still hung over the unit like a heavy thundercloud: dark,threatening, unresolved.He started to say something to his assistant,but decided to hold off.He didn't want to sound like the little boycrying wolf; besides, there was enough on his plate to worry about: themurder investigation, the situation in Ukraine, the other net problems.Better to keep his unfounded suspicions to himself, unless somethingelse came along to give them some weight.'Friday, September 17th, 5:01 a.m.In the air over Northern EuropeColonel John Howard leaned back in the jetliner's seat and nodded atSergeant Fernandez next to him.Probably one of the smartest things NetForce had ever done was to lease several 747's, then outfit them forPage 81 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlfast tactical flights.The big Boeing jets were a long way from the oldbone-jarring military transports that were little more than hollowed-outaluminum shells, so noisy you couldn't talk or even think straight.Aside from the comfort factor, there was a very practical reason forthis choice: A 747 with civilian markings could land in places where aU.S.military cargo plane would get a Stinger missile up the spout forbeing stupid enough to try."Okay, Julio, let's run through it one more time."The sergeant shook his head."Begging the colonel's pardon--""There would be a first," Howard broke in."--and no disrespect intended," Fernandez continued, ignoring Howard'scomment, "but the colonel must have a brain like a sieve.""Thank you for your neurological opinion, Dr.Fernandez." He rolled hisfinger in the "continue" sign."Move along."Fernandez sighed."Sir.Ukraine is about the size of France, holdsfifty-two million people, has an elected President, and afour-hundred-fifty-person parliament called the Verkhovna Rada.The U.S.Embassy is in the capital of Kiev, at 10 Yuriya Kotsubinskoho.Thebuilding used to be the Communist Party precinct and Communist YouthLeague HQ, before the Ukrainians kicked the Commies out in '91.Thereare one hundred and ninety-eight American employees and two hundred andforty-four Ukrainian nationals working at or for the embassy."Howard smiled, but kept it to himself.Sarge never told it the same wayPage 82 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmltwice.Fernandez continued."Kiev has a population of three million,covers forty-five by forty-four kilometers and sits on the DnieperRiver, which runs all the way to the Black Sea.This time of year it'sstill warm, though mostly overcast and about to get rainy.Aboutseventy-five percent of the population is Ukrainian, twenty percent areRussian, the rest are Jews, Byelorussians, Moldovans, Poles, Armenians,Greeks and Bulgarians.Counting yourself, there might be three people ofAfrican descent in the country, although some of the Crimeans and ethnicMongols are a bit dark.You will draw a crowd on the streets, sir."Howard waved him off.They had argued about this for half the trip.According to Fernandez, there was no way the colonel should be on thisoperation.He should sit back at the embassy and direct traffic by radioand satlink.Sir."Go on.""Sir.The city is eight time zones ahead of D.C.It has an okay subwayand surface street system, lousy radio andTV stations.You can get the CNBC Superstation until noon, and CNN aftersix p.m., and yesterday's Wall Street Journal and New York Times if yougo to a big hotel and are willing to pay half your retirement for a copyof either.If you go into a public bathroom, best you take your owntoilet paper, you will need it."Money is the 'hryvnia,' and one of ourswill get you two of theirs at the legal exchanges.The water is okay tobathe in if you let it run a few seconds for the lead to settle out, butyou don't want to drink it without boiling it, due to bacteria andintestinal parasites.Radiation levels from Chernobyl are mostly normal,but don't eat local mushrooms, berries, or game animals unless you wantto maybe be able to read at night without using a bedside lamp."If youdrink alcohol and drive and get caught, you'll probably get thrown intojail, unless it is the militia that catches you, in which case you'llPage 83 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlprobably be shot on the spot.They drink like fish here, but they walkwhen they get potted.Zero tolerance for drunk drivers and more power to'em."A lot of folks still speak Russian, but the official language isnow Ukrainian.The most useful phrase you'll want to know in Ukrainianis, "Probachteh, deh choloveechy tualeht [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.Now, he had to call theSnake and the Texan and get them set.This would be tricky, and in oneway, probably more so than the assassination of the federal agent, butnot so dangerous.This time, they would have the law on their side.In amanner of speaking.Thursday, September 16th, 1:15 p.m.Quantico In his office, CommanderAlex Michaels frowned at the young man sitting across the desk from him."All right, Jay, what exactly does this mean?"Gridley shook his head."I dunno, Chief.I went for a ride onhalf-a-dozen major highways--netways--and there were wrecks on all ofthem.Plus a bunch of others I didn't get around to.The cops--ah, thesysops--didn't have any big problems clearing most of them, although theAustralian pileup was a real bastard.It was simple stuff, but trafficslowed down everywhere.""But we're not talking major sabotage? And it didn't seem focused on onePage 79 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlparticular system?"Jay shook his head."Well, sort of and no.No piece of it was a biggie,but taken altogether, it adds up to major.Time is money, especially onthe commercial roads, and there was a lot of stuff got shuffled becauseof some of the delays.If some big portion of that was diverted into onepocket, the guy wearing that jacket could retire and buy Cleveland, ifhe wanted.Though I can't imagine he'd want to.But as far as we cantell, nobody got rich off the snafu--least we haven't found who or howyet."Jay paused, blinked, then stared into space as if he'd gone into atrance."Jay?""Oh, sorry.Far as I can tell, no one system was hit anyharder than another.It was spread over dozens of links fairly evenly.I've got houndbots sniffing, but none of 'em have run anything to asource.Whoever built this program is good, real good, 'cause he slippedit past a bunch of safeguards and the only people who caught him wasus."Gridley smiled, obviously pleased with that fact."So Net Force systemswere unaffected?""Yep.He tried, but he bounced off our wards.Guy's not as sharp as hethinks.He doesn't know who he's messing with.We'll run him down."For no reason at all, Michaels had a sudden flare of suspicion.Unlesshe wanted us to think he couldn't get past our guards."All right.Goand find whoever did this.Let me know how it progresses."Page 80 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html"You got it, Chief."Gridley stood and sauntered from his office.Once the young man wasgone, Michaels leaned back in his chair and pondered the situation.Since Steve Day's death, something hadn't felt right.He couldn't quiteput his finger on what it was, but he felt as if somehow Net Force wasunder attack.It could be nothing more than the professional paranoia ofcourse, that went with the job, but if it wasn't, if somebody was out todamage Net Force, who was it? And more important than that, why?He waved a hand back and forth over his com unit.From her office nextdoor, Toni said, "Yes?""Hey, Toni.Anything new?""Sorry, Alex, no."Day's murder still hung over the unit like a heavy thundercloud: dark,threatening, unresolved.He started to say something to his assistant,but decided to hold off.He didn't want to sound like the little boycrying wolf; besides, there was enough on his plate to worry about: themurder investigation, the situation in Ukraine, the other net problems.Better to keep his unfounded suspicions to himself, unless somethingelse came along to give them some weight.'Friday, September 17th, 5:01 a.m.In the air over Northern EuropeColonel John Howard leaned back in the jetliner's seat and nodded atSergeant Fernandez next to him.Probably one of the smartest things NetForce had ever done was to lease several 747's, then outfit them forPage 81 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlfast tactical flights.The big Boeing jets were a long way from the oldbone-jarring military transports that were little more than hollowed-outaluminum shells, so noisy you couldn't talk or even think straight.Aside from the comfort factor, there was a very practical reason forthis choice: A 747 with civilian markings could land in places where aU.S.military cargo plane would get a Stinger missile up the spout forbeing stupid enough to try."Okay, Julio, let's run through it one more time."The sergeant shook his head."Begging the colonel's pardon--""There would be a first," Howard broke in."--and no disrespect intended," Fernandez continued, ignoring Howard'scomment, "but the colonel must have a brain like a sieve.""Thank you for your neurological opinion, Dr.Fernandez." He rolled hisfinger in the "continue" sign."Move along."Fernandez sighed."Sir.Ukraine is about the size of France, holdsfifty-two million people, has an elected President, and afour-hundred-fifty-person parliament called the Verkhovna Rada.The U.S.Embassy is in the capital of Kiev, at 10 Yuriya Kotsubinskoho.Thebuilding used to be the Communist Party precinct and Communist YouthLeague HQ, before the Ukrainians kicked the Commies out in '91.Thereare one hundred and ninety-eight American employees and two hundred andforty-four Ukrainian nationals working at or for the embassy."Howard smiled, but kept it to himself.Sarge never told it the same wayPage 82 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmltwice.Fernandez continued."Kiev has a population of three million,covers forty-five by forty-four kilometers and sits on the DnieperRiver, which runs all the way to the Black Sea.This time of year it'sstill warm, though mostly overcast and about to get rainy.Aboutseventy-five percent of the population is Ukrainian, twenty percent areRussian, the rest are Jews, Byelorussians, Moldovans, Poles, Armenians,Greeks and Bulgarians.Counting yourself, there might be three people ofAfrican descent in the country, although some of the Crimeans and ethnicMongols are a bit dark.You will draw a crowd on the streets, sir."Howard waved him off.They had argued about this for half the trip.According to Fernandez, there was no way the colonel should be on thisoperation.He should sit back at the embassy and direct traffic by radioand satlink.Sir."Go on.""Sir.The city is eight time zones ahead of D.C.It has an okay subwayand surface street system, lousy radio andTV stations.You can get the CNBC Superstation until noon, and CNN aftersix p.m., and yesterday's Wall Street Journal and New York Times if yougo to a big hotel and are willing to pay half your retirement for a copyof either.If you go into a public bathroom, best you take your owntoilet paper, you will need it."Money is the 'hryvnia,' and one of ourswill get you two of theirs at the legal exchanges.The water is okay tobathe in if you let it run a few seconds for the lead to settle out, butyou don't want to drink it without boiling it, due to bacteria andintestinal parasites.Radiation levels from Chernobyl are mostly normal,but don't eat local mushrooms, berries, or game animals unless you wantto maybe be able to read at night without using a bedside lamp."If youdrink alcohol and drive and get caught, you'll probably get thrown intojail, unless it is the militia that catches you, in which case you'llPage 83 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlprobably be shot on the spot.They drink like fish here, but they walkwhen they get potted.Zero tolerance for drunk drivers and more power to'em."A lot of folks still speak Russian, but the official language isnow Ukrainian.The most useful phrase you'll want to know in Ukrainianis, "Probachteh, deh choloveechy tualeht [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]