"No, Gallota and I have been deemed irreplaceable by the CybercronianCouncil. That means we're barred from participating in such a taskeffort forever..." Valerion replied. "You are the only possiblecandidate!" Whatever you say!" I replied. "I'm as anxious to get this vesselgoing as you are!"The Cybercronian couple led me in to a circular hatch set in the deck,and when I stepped on it, it took me down to a small chamber containingthe vessel's CPU, where my destiny itself lay. There, in the. " Bet!" What, you still can't see it? Hold on a second."HONK HONK HONK."Well shit" as you haul out the wallet and fork over. That damn deer was so buried in the chokecherries that the only part visible was an inch of antler tip. But she saw it, half a mile away and uphill. As you drive away, you both mutter, "can't see game, my ass," you with a frown of consternation and her with a vindictive grin.Got a problem with burglars? Let just one of them bad guys get close to her baby and you're. She'd followed the money, which was usually a good bet, but all that had gotten her was the offshore accounts. They might useful to connect the dots later, but right now they weren't doing anything for her.She looked down at her list of who was involved in this:The CaptainMitchellBurtAllenJerry Boshand...Father BobWhat the hell did a priest have to do with all this? Of all of them, he was the one that didn't fit, yet he was the one that she'd seen giving money to the Captain. Was he just a. ”“With who?”“The computer industry. Jobs, Gates, Ellison, McNealy, and Morgridge. They’ve heard you are behind DigiNet and want a meeting to discuss plans for the future.”I smiled as I commented, “I wondered when they would take notice. I’m glad I didn’t bet anyone. I thought we’d have a year to lay cable and prepare.”“What do you mean?”“They can all see just far enough into the future to know what a digital network could mean. They are going to try and buy in on the ground floor, if I have any.