trouble and trying to gain advantage over a senior!” The Sector Four Chief stated with marked hostility. This audio/video message was accompanied by a document-order stating that he was suspended, pending full investigation, the outcome of which could lead to dismissal. And all of this because he had merely reported what he had seen and thought it important enough to make sure that someone acted upon it. Maybe I tried too hard, he thought to himself. Maybe I was over-reacting and maybe I do not have the experience necessary, to know what is serious enough to be worried about. After all, this place has been operating for nearly two decades before I arrived, without a single mishap. But he certainly had not intended to cause trouble for anyone and he was not, in any way, trying to gain any kind of advantage.
None of it made any sense to him and he knew that something was awry somewhere. He started to recall all of the dealings he had over the last three months with his senior and realized that that this man was very complacent about everything regarding his duties. He kept going over and over the whole situation in his mind, hoping to work it all out in some way or another.
He absently flipped on the only survey-monitor he had there with him in his quarters and began to page through the inspection area that somebody else was now in charge of. At first he observed only what he normally saw as he perused the area, but as he passed area thirteen, something very definitely caught his eye. He went back to it right away. And there it was; so unmistakably obvious that he couldn’t figure out how he or anyone else had missed it before. In the middle of the screen was a long protruding object. He clicked on the building and
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