~ Chapel Perilous ~

[Malaclypse 666]

Opening Secure Fnord Net connection::

Transponders:
[~V~]Malaclypse
[~V~]Madre.de.Discord
[~V~]Leif.Erickson

"Dis, Beau, I'm still concerned about the mysterious theft of the first F.U.C.K.U.P. computer. I'm worried that we may be compromised. Has the replacement scanned FnordNet for any recent probes of our secure channels?"

"Sylvia had me run analyses just before she ran off in the shuttle to parts unknown, Mal. The system reports us secure and pristine to .9987 probability. Merci detects no glitches."

*Nor do I, O Great Worry Wart!* added Dis. *Surfin's smooth as glass for me. And Unit 2 is completely standalone from the Net, so no worries of contamination there.*

"I know, Dis, but I still feel we need another level of security on top of FnordNet. We need a "codetalker", and I know just the person! Get a ping out to Miss Yu aboard the [~V~]China_Export.Inc. She is the only person in all of Sirius who knows the ancient Lung Dragon tongue from Terran China. Not even the Wu clan will have a clue what she's saying. The Lung Dragons developed the dialect especially to protect the secrets of their magickal powers, which were passed to them by the followers of Lilith Velkor in Atlantis.

"Get Miss Yu aboard the Leif immediately, and set her down with F.U.C.K.U.P. for a language lesson. Dis, I want you and Merci to sit in too. Once we have a translation algorithm developed I want it carried BY HAND to every ELF and TAZ vessel in the Sector. That should keep an impenetrable lid on FnordNet!"

*Understood Mal, but you're sounding awfully like a "Boss" again with this one. Shouldn't we run it past Sylvia first?*

"Do we have a Sylvia handy to run it by? She can override me if and when she chooses. There is also still an indeterminacy as to whether Sylvia actually wants the Episkopos ring. She has my complete confidence and support; but for some reason she seems reluctant to actually take the reins.. We may have to make other plans. So, I'm authorizing this until I'm countermanded, or castrated for it. Schnell! Mal out."

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