- Zealot Tony
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"We live in a special time; the only time where we can observationally verify that we live in a very special time" - Lawrence Krauss.
I was a finalist :P
'Doctor Amador is perhaps one of the greatest scientists of all time and you are willing to increase the already behind progress of the EMP weapon? Are you nuts?' Z's emotions were rarely seen on his dry face but this confrontation was more than enough to get him going
'Laws must be dealt with no matter the person. By your logic I should not be killed if I were to start a massive genocide against reach just because I am a brilliant tactician', Lord Kowalski said aloud. He then reached for his intercom module and sat in his chair
'Get me General Gates', he said, 'I want him here in fifteen minutes I have something I wish to divulge'
Lord Kowalski released his hand from the intercom and turned to Z who was still red in the face. He knew killing a person for the wrong reasons was indeed wrong, other attempt hacks would deserve the punishment Doctor Amador was about to receive but not Amador
General Gates entered the ONI HQ with the medals on his chest glimmering with the light. He was the youngest man in the history of UNSC ground deployment regiments to attain such a rank, being 25.
But that was some time ago, now with his excellent build and clean shaven head the 55 year old was at the greatest stage of his life and his bright army uniform, with tinges of gold all over, made his seem even greater.
General Gates was responsible for ideas to be put forward from UNSC commanding officers to ONI in relation to new weapons, vehicles, and campaigns. His ideas were to put into a report and handed to Lord Kowalski who would see if it was worth it to move on to Sigma Phylum or to toss the pages away, most usually the latter
But approximately one year ago Gates was ordered by Lord Kowalski to develop a basic design for a weapon to combat enemy shielding and was shown the top secret material as to why. With haste the General got his team together and alerted them to the plan, but not to the reason why. Several members of his team quit as they refused to support the idea without any just cause, while others stayed and believed it was for the good.
After months of setbacks, dramas, and faulty designs Gates had drawn up the schematics for a device known as the EMP and he had immediately handed the design to Lord Kowalski who passed it on to Sigma phylum with orders to commence the project immediately and leave all others aside, much to the despise of Doctor Amador and the rest of his team. But from that moment General Gates had consistently filed updates which put more pressure and anger upon Amador
General Gates opened the pine built double doors to Lord Kowalski's office and entered to find Z sitting down with his legs crossed and Lord Kowalski staring outside, both were silent.
General Gates noticed the broken glass and whisky on the floor, 'everything alright Kowalski?'
Without answering the question Lord Kowalski spoke, 'General we had another breach attempt in AWA?ITU', he turned to face a holographic panel next to his desk, 'Theologian'
Theologian faded to view above the holographic panel. He was shaped like a two dimensional rectangle with no face, eyes, or any human features. All he was was a panel of yellow matrix which ran in parallel.
'Yes my Lord?' Theologian enquired. As he spoke his shape changed to circular, it appeared as if every feeling expressed changed the matrix shape and his people's visualisations of him
'Alert the General to the hacker who attempted to access restricted files earlier', Lord Kowalski answered.
Theologian changed now to a triangular shape, 'One Doctor Amador, head of Sigma phylum and its current project of the electromagnetic pulse'
General Gates eyes opened wide. He not only gave the idea of the EMP for Amador to produce, but recommended to Lord Kowalski to be head of Sigma ten year ago. This was bad...
'Doctor Amador', Lord Kowalski repeated softly. He then turned to face General Gates, 'You gave me promise that Doctor Amador would be a brilliant head of sigma phylum. You gave me the word between a General and Admiral not some phony promise that like between pre-schoolers' Kowalski's last sentence was of a much more higher tone.
'Well with all due respect my Lord I merely gave a candidate to look over and not to hire', General Gates responded
Lord Kowalski let a glare at Gates which would have frozen the largest UNSC fleet still. A hesitant General Gates took a step back, despite it being nearly impossible for a General to fear anything.
'Doctor Amador has to be killed. It is the only solution', Lord Kowalski said with no feeling in his voice.
Theologian's matrix shifted and he spoke, 'Kowalski, Amador did not get through me. He would not have seen any of the exposed files in the AWA?ITU drive', he shifted toward General Gates, 'Gates would have never known what Amador was going to do even if he recommended him to you'
Lord Kowalski sighed, picked up the whisky bottle and began staring at it, 'It is not my way to question the law, Theologian, only to enforce it. The decision stands under the rule'
He then looked up toward Gates putting the whisky bottle back down, 'as for you general you're lucky I don't send your buff butt to the military police. Now get out of my sight'
General Gates, without hesitation turned and left. As he did he wiped the sweat from his forehead. This was an encounter he did not want to be in again.
Z let out a laugh and Kowalski turned to face him
'Is there something funny Z?'
'You don't care for the rules, Kowalski all you care about is power. You thrive off it', Z answered
'I care for the rules to protect the colonies of humanity, not for power. If such secret files were to ever get out then it would be chaos', Lord Kowalski rebutted 'I suggest you leave and if you warn Doctor Amador about what is to come then you too will face his fate. Good day'