Do either of you have close family?"Both nod in the negative."Okay, this is what I would like: first, is to find and rescue my sister and niece and ma...e sure they are safe and away from any harm. Next, is to do as much damage to Riggs's organization and people, to render them harmless without prejudice. I would like to ravish his assets, and spread his wealth to the world. Mind you, he should not be around to object. Questions?" Now what?" First, introductions: I am Don Johnson, this is John. As soon as the last person in the merged group of sales clerks and Marines entered the coffee shop, the interdiction field went up. Tribune Whitefeather stood up. "Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention please. I am Tribune Whitefeather, the three men at the door are Confederacy Marines, and this is an extraction." He threw his parka at one customer who made to rise, revealing the battle armour Whitefeather was wearing under it.The three marines by the door did the same. One Marine dug. When they set it up, they quickly realised a problem.It was so god damn fast that the operating system they were using was actually holding it back. The most amusing thing was when Skay hooked it up to his network and the AI he’d been working on recently downloaded to it. The first thing it did once it was operating off the spirit computer was to re-write the primary operating system, and then it re-wrote half of its own code.When it was finished, the spirit PC processed so much information it. I didn’t bother to open Dag’s door. I couldn’t bear to look into his office without him there. First, I’d check email. Come to think of it, there was paper mail lying on the floor inside the door. I needed to check that. I wondered if there was a protocol I should follow about opening company mail. No one had actually told me I was fired, so I figured the best thing to do was carry on business as usual.That meant throwing away the junk mail and opening the one remaining piece. It was a check.