Here is another chapter of this story. Now we will see the end of the adventure for Admiral Pavlos. The next chapter will look at the Union's response.

CHAPTER 3: CONSEQUENCES ALREADY EXPECTED

18 Martius YR99 Cyranus System - Colonial Sector

11 Reconnaissance fleet BATTLESTAR Columbia

Military Headquarter Picon

Once again I find myself in front of the military body of the colonies. Although this time is not to get my promotion.

I sat on the table that I was assigned to give the recount of the mission.

"Sirs, Rear Admiral Johanes Pavlos, introducing himself to give his report of the reconnaissance mission of the Adonis Nebula."

Saluting the officers sitting before me and I sat down and waited for them to speak.

"Rear Admiral Pavlos, thank you for coming so quickly after going through the medical examination." Vice Admiral Rocher offered me a charitable glance after seeing my condition as a human pincushion for the gentle hands of the medical staff. And looking at the faces of those present I could see that they thought the same thing.

I am happy to see that everyone knows the experience of visiting our illustrious medical body. I do not know what they require with so many samples, tests and blood. I can assure you that the damn monsters could have completely emptied me.

I feel sorry for the crew who will be subject to their tender attentions for more than a week. I was lucky because I have to submit my report.

With a smile of understanding that only those who have gone through the medical protocols can understand "I thank your concern, Admiral ."

Nodding "You can proceed with your report"

I was ready to recite my report automatically. Six months of repeating the same information conditioned me to be able to carry out this task that has certainly become tedious.

When I finished I prepared to wait for the next question to proceed.

"It seems that everything in your report is correct with what we had received and the threat analysis of the Terran Union is very detailed Admiral." You could see in his face and that of the other officers that he was already tired and wanted to conclude with this interrogation so that he could eat. "Do you have anything else to add?"

After listening to this, I prepared myself mentally for the next flood of questions and proceeded to respond.

Coughing slightly, I stared at Admiral Rocher. "In fact, sir, there is something I must add."

This made them focus their attention again. I made sure everything was fine and proceeded.

"In the report about Terran technology we mentioned that the TP had been erased. Dr. Faetum decided to experiment with the unit and succeed in programming it using the same means of communication available in the Codex that was delivered to us at the beginning of the negotiations"

Pausing a moment, I proceeded with my report. "Despite my disbelief, I managed to program a simple code for the TP to receive and send radio contact. While experimenting with this, the device showed the ability to rewrite the program and improve it to pick up more signals and even connect directly with the ship." I paused to catch my breath and see that in a dozen eyes they were staring at me.

Breathing again to continue my report. "Fortunately, it was only capable to access the wireless communication, so there was no risk, and after that we proceeded to isolate the equipment from the rest of the ship for security, but we still have more surprises"

"The TP not only connected with our ship, but also was linked to the entire fleet through the wireless, then stored and organized all messages transmitted and with this proceeded to make a report of the status of the fleet with that information. " Waiting a moment to allow them to digest what he had said.

"For security reasons, we purge all communication systems in the fleet and proceed with reinstalling them with physical backups."

Again breathe to continue. "Our experts theorize that with the computing capabilities of this device it is possible to control even a Mercury type BS with only half the crew."

Continue before giving them more time to ask. "In spite of that, I gave Doctor Faetum permission to do another test of the device, this time with a raptor's calculating computer. It did in less than a minute what one of our computers would have taken 15, and even improved the algorithms to expand the red line to at least double "

"Due to this I would like to request the device to be tested with our new systems to verify that they are immune to intrusions by this means." Waiting a moment to catch my breath and mention my theory.

"I do not do this deliberately, I remind you that the TP is a civilian device, if the difference in capabilities between military and civilian equipment is similar to ours, we must be prepared for the fact that our electronic defenses are likely to be Penetrated. "

Finished my last comment I proceeded to sit down and wait for its answer.

Obviously the interrogation extended.

This is all for the moment.

Until next time.