“Purge the buffer!” Agathon roared over the klaxons. “Manual overrides, now!”
But as the download hit 99%, the ship’s lights flickered to a bruised purple. The tactical table didn’t show the expected Cylon Raiders; it showed a .
In the early days of the First Cylon War, survival depended on the —the tactical grid that allowed the Colonial Fleet to counter the Cylon’s superior processing power. The fleet was desperate for any advantage, and a "free download" of experimental targeting code from a civilian research station seemed like a godsend.