Chapter 46 - 48 Summary

Unable to reach Jabba on his phone, Chartrukian decides the only responsible thing for him to do is to shut down TRANSLTR. He cannot shut it down from the commander's private terminal, so the only other option is the manual kill-switch located on one of the sublevels.

Chartrukian hates the sublevels. He thinks about the catwalks, Freon ducts and the 136-foot drop to the power supplies below. He knows he has no other choice. A manual kill is the only option. Chartrukian retrieves the key from Jabba's metal locker.

Milken assumes the figures Brinkerhoff shows her simply mean that TRANSLTR had not broken any codes, because Strathmore had failed to prepare the weekend run. Like everyone else, Brinkerhoff knows Milken has a low opinion of Strathmore ever since the Skipjack project. Still, even Milken knows that Strathmore is no slacker, especially...