On Dec 19, 2013 2:05 PM, "Michael Meunier" wrote:
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> SBM Kz'set
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> DJB ID# 13299
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> Wrong Turn at Power Management
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> Pointless waste of time.
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> That's what this, total waste of time. Not sure what furry commander thinks this accomplishes. Seems like common mammal child's game where one goes and hides and the others find them. Not worthy training activity of Sith. Far better ways to train in tracking a quarry, better places. Ships, especially warships, terrible places to hunt using the Force or tracking skills. Too many easier ways to find people, sensors, heat plumes, droids, etcetera. Worthy training for common security officer, not for Sith. However the furry one demands this and thus I will obey.
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> This time.
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> Perhaps if I prove how futile this excercise is he will not repeat it. Seems like most logical approach. First step to finding any quarry remains the same though, know how it thinks. Furry one is resourceful, intelligent, fair techincal acuity, skilled in the Force, and knows his ship well. Last one is a presumption, but a fair one given the circumstances. Furry one is also small, small enough manuver easily in tighter spaces than others. Will likely use that to his advantage, but I'll use that tendancy to my advantage. Despite having authority and ability to use crew to misdirect, he'll also likely avoid heavily populated areas, especially those frequented by other Dark Jedi. Also important to know environment. Many tight places to hide on a ship, but only a finite amount of them are habitable and safe. Still lots of ground to cover and with a nimble opponent, picking the wrong place to start would be problematic. Must plan before acting otherwise failure in inevitable.
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> Hence why I'm starting here.
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> They still don't trust me with much more than basic security access, but that's hardly a problem. Slicing was more of a hobby for me, but it's a lot easier when you're as familiar with data system architechture and design. Not like that's what I did for a living at one point in my life. Bothan designed data systems are notably hard to slice, especially ones that have been augmented. Heard the prior commander was a skilled slicer. Skilled, but not Verpine. I also wasn't trying to get to anything incredibly secure. Just simple things, internal sensors, maintence data, diagnostic sensors. Things most people trying to hide would anticipate their hunter looking at. Some establish baselines, others are to detect deviations from those baselines. Initial search showed several maintence hatches being accessed that were out of the ordinary. Three were in the same part of the ship. Foreward section, near the power management space. Interesting. Checking other sensors. More interesting. Clever furry one, clever.
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> Not clever enough.
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> I'm sure the furry one thought he was clever in picking his hiding spot, but I'm not so easily fooled. Still had to get him to come out, but I had that covered two. Any moment now he should come right to me. And here comes the smoke in three, two, one.
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> Right on time.
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> Also right on time was the barely audible sounds of something moving around in the ventilation ducts. I could hear the furry one hopping towards the grate I had loosened. If all went to plan, three seconds, two seconds, one second.
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> Thump! The furry one was lying at my feet.
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> While the furry one was still startled from the fall, I grabbed him by the tail to hammer home the point I'd caught him. He looked at me as he realized what had happened, squirming to get loose the whole time.
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> "How did you find me?" The furry one asked.
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> "You may be able to hide from sight, furry one. However even the Force cannot hide you from some thingzz." I replied.
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> The furry one seemed perplexed. "Like what?"
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> "Air currentzz," I answered. "Four different air flow sensors in this section showed an obstruction in the ventilation systemzz. Wazzn't hard to reason out after that."
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> The furry one stared at me a moment, as much as he could hanging upside down by his tail and then hissed. "Clever bug. Now please put me down."
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> Michael T. Meunier
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> "“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”"
> - Eleanor Roosevelt