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[Zedix]

I'm pretty sure there's also an 'x' sound in it.

[Karmic]

Regardless of what the <whatever> is in 'reinitializing with the <whatever> package.' I think 'Durga' is referring to Genie. Durga blasted Genie, and Jersey is taking steps to try to recover her. The <whatever> is just another meaningless future buzzword.

[Ghost77]

[johnny5]

Re: [SPEC] Durga & the Navy Sentinels?

[Macavity]

Actually, Jersey might be a hacker - the kind who runs around the 'Net looking for places with security holes, using them, and dropping off a note saying "I was here, here's how I got in, here's what you can do to fix it." That would explain how he knows that flag-rank military personnel have heavy data security - not just around their records, but their personalo systems as well (hence the reference to packet gunners - most likely a security AI that snags intrusion packets, backtraces them, and attacks the system sending them. This would also explain why Jersey tells Durga not to mess with them - he doesn't want his new friend to get geeked by high-level intrusion countermeasures).

Kamal, though, is definitely a cracker - a hacker who exploits security flaws for his own benefit or that of friends. Case in point: hacking Aiden's chatternet signature and using that plus a link into his home network to spy on him through the thermostats.

[ajenteks]

Re: [SPEC] Durga & the Navy Sentinels?

[The Luggage]

[Karmic]

[ot] in my own thread

[Karmic]

So what?

[Smooth Jack]

I actually had a whole different take on this part of the story. The picture in my mind was Jersey as some low-level office or naval administrative person working on his computer system at work. He has a "personal assistant" called genie or jeanie on his system that detects Durga's arrival/awakening. He thinks it's spam of the adult entertainment kind, which he's not interested in. (What teenage hacker kid wouldn't be interested in porn?)

The reason for the navy sentinels trying to access his system could be because he works for the navy and they automatically detected some problem.

It would also explain why Jersey knows about security for admirals and why he would think to ask about whether Durga can get info on them.

I'm just guessing.

[chaotic_mind]

Well, to add a little to the debate.

Why would Jersey EXPECT Durga to be a Navy Sentinel. It doesn't really prove anything, but I think it shows Jersey has some experience with Naval Sentinels. Perhaps through his father?

Luke P.

[Ghost77]

Karmic, I think it's likely the Sentinels were just spying on Jersey for some as yet unexplained reason. Him being a hacker doesn't seem like a good reason at all, why would you need 2? Why not just arrest him? I think it's more likely him or his family (ie father) is involved in some shady business, possibly Navy related.

I also think it's odd that Jersey isn't freaked out when he thinks Durga's a Navy sentinel. If he was worried about the law, wouldn't he try and escape instead of communicating?

[nil]

[Kender]

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[bfos7215]