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with four horizontal bars
underneath. In the background was the universal sign for the human body. Mike’s
sleeve had two dots and four horizontal bars followed by two dots, in the
background was what looked like computer circuits, which flashed once in a while.
Brad’s sleeve was the same as Mike’s except it had a pulsing reactor core as
the background. Bill’s sleeve had four horizontal bars with a thin fifth bar
intersecting them from the top to the bottom, but his had no background.
Jonathan’s sleeve had four horizontal bars, with two thin bars intersecting
them from the top to the bottom. Again, there was no background. Terri’s sleeve
had two horizontal bars. The edges of the bars pulsed with a cyan light.
    ‘Base commander confirm new
appointments,’ a bland computer voice said.
    “Confirmed. Command code
one-alpha-tango-two-zero-zero. Authorize,” Jonathan said.
    ‘Code accepted, downloading new
command codes to ranking officers,’ the computer said.
    “Why is mine pulsing and no one
else’s insignia is doing anything?” Terri asked.
    “The Cyan pulse, or outline if
it’s a metal insignia, denotes you as a Cypher. We cannot overlook your
language skills. Your rank will always carry this glow and because it does,
you’re protected. If you go freely into combat, though, remember one thing …
you give up your immunity,” Atlanta said.
    “Oh,” Terry mouthed.
    Unknown to them, they were being
watched, and Oojoung wasn’t happy about what he saw. Well, Oojoung didn’t
really care, but he knew his master would blow a blood vessel when he found out
the base had a command staff. Oojoung silently sighed to himself, as he watched
the display.
    On top of that, when Prasuh found
out there was a Cypher here, and he couldn’t touch the base ... Well, there
would go another blood vessel. Oojoung chuckled at the thought that maybe his
master would have a heart attack.
    “So, the question I have to ask
is; are we all in agreement to stay here and get this base back in working
order?” Jonathan asked.
    “There is one thing I have to say
before you all decide,” Atlanta said.
    Everyone looked at Atlanta
waiting for her to continue. Even Andie stood up and joined the small group of friends. Most of them had
already decided to stay, even if just to learn about the technology.
    “The information and secrets
contained in this base, must never be given to the Human race. They are not
ready for it, and it would destabilize your world. When they’re ready, we will
slowly allow the tech to leak out. If anyone tries to break this rule, the
computer has instructions to wipe all memory of this base and all events that
have taken place from your minds. The nanites will then deactivate themselves
and pass harmlessly from your system,” Atlanta said gravely.
    Everyone spoke at once, as to how
they could understand that, and that they could see the wisdom of it.
    “Now, if you bring people here to
help they will be given the same nanites you have and have the same
restrictions. There is nothing stopping you from helping the people of Earth
grow, to help police the planet, and to try to make countries work together.
There’s nothing stopping you from bringing people here to the base to help
rebuild. This base can hold six hundred and thirty people and I would like to
see it back to its former strength,” Atlanta said.
    “My brother and I have already
been talking about it. We’re going to stay and help rebuild. We want to learn
as much as we can about the technologies here,” Brad said.
    Andie nodded, but Bill answered.
“Same for Andie and I; we'd like to stay.”
    Jonathan looked over at Terri and
she gave a slight nod, “We’re in too,” he said.
    “Right! Now that’s done, let’s
get to work,” Brad said, grinning.
    Brad reached out and turned the
hologram to face him. He expanded the sections below the flooding in the main
reactor room. He touched several spots on the hologram. When he finished,