We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

Bill

September 2227

Epsilon Eridani

I stared at the readings, frankly disbelieving. I glanced over at Garfield—his wide eyes and slack jaw said it all.

We’d slapped together a quick prototype, based on the power-core scans from the alien hulk. A small prototype. According to our measurements, this kludged-together rig was outperforming our fusion reactors five to one.

“Well, this explains a lot,” Garfield finally said.

“Mmm. Of course, we’re not just going to rip out all our reactors and replace them with this stuff.”

“Well, no.” Garfield grinned at me. “But a pilot project…”

At that moment, Will popped in.