Scene 22: Engage!
Cyber Command analysts finally identified that Platinum Prophet pattern signatures were strongest near control nodes of “Old Ways” members of the Executive Branch. Clear pattern modulations were happening simultaneously at specific times across all the compromised nodes, all seemed to occur within a specific nanosecond range period following an incoming Jupiter Mission transmission. It was time for Section Nine Cyber-Ops Tactical Unit to infiltrate the compromised Grid Control Nodes. Motoko knew, this meant that the operational mode of the Section’s enhanced cyberbrains would need to run at maximum capacity, exerting excessive drain on power reserves. This could be a challenge if operations led them to also engage in physical intervention. A new intervention technique involved opening up a direct link between Synthetics and the Cyberized humans of the Force. This allowed the supporting operations drones to share some of the more personal thoughts, even the “feelings” of the officers, though nobody yet fully understood exactly what that meant in a Synthetic. But, somehow the technology seemed to work, the drones were much more responsive, and power drain was reduced leaving more to command and control. The team (including Synthetics) was now ready to Engage!