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She glanced about to make sure she wasn't being followed before heading to the section titled "Engineering." She paused by a doorway and peeked around it to see a large room with various computer screens and mechanical devices strewn about. Men and a couple of women in red and blue jumpsuits were working at the stations, all too intent to glance up at the room above. Seeing what appeared to be a computer console nearby, Biers moved toward it. She glanced about once more before tapping the screen. She smiled to herself as she pulled up her sleeve and pressed her nails into the flesh right below her wrist. She grunted as blood came out but soon a pair of small metallic nodes showed themselves. Reaching to the computer, Deanna pulled out a long wire and slid it into her arm. She closed her eyes as she let the Cylon part of her flow out and merge with the computer systems. It would only take a moment to access this system and then unleash the virus. The Enterprise would be dead in the water as soon as the Cylons arrived and…

Deanna's eyes shot open wide with shock. All computers had a language and to Cylons, it was as easy to decipher as any Colonial tongue. But this…this was completely unexpected. The codes, the symbols, the lines of data…none of it remotely resembled Colonial systems at all. It was like trying to talk to a complete alien life form.

But it wasn't just the language that struck her. It was how utterly complex it all was. From what she could tell, this system ran at a speed that made even the best Colonial computer systems look like toys. It was one thing to see the ship and its people but for the first time, it sunk in to Biers how the Federation was far, far more advanced than the Colonies ever were. And even worse was that in comparison, Cylon systems were nothing at all. For the first time in her life in this body, Biers felt fear flow through her mind.

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