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George Montgomery III glared at Drulovic as his ear communication devices chimed and the AI of his ship spoke. "I am detecting anomalous intrusions and psionic anomalies within my critical systems, I will engage psionic dampeners and arm the bomb in the event that this ship is neutralized." The AI said, and the Contrition threw up a powerful field of interfering psionic energies that would be enough to melt Yuriko Omega's brain, in addition the nuclear device was activated, and held on a hair trigger, all it would take was another daring move from Ari to envelope the city in a brilliant explosion. But George wasn't ready to die just yet, he needed an escape plan.

Of course Ari would learn there was no core in the ship, but power was divided between four independent deuterium fusion reactors, networked into a powerful AI intelligence grid and dozens of specialized systems, of course if one reactor was taken offline, the other four could compensate for the loss in power.

George kept his eyes on Ari and Drulovic.

"Tell me how to plug my leak, and I will leave the way I came, and you can resume your dinner, as if nothing has happened."