Scott

Hell no, I don't know how he did it. I'm a program manager, not an engineer. I don't have to know the nuts and bolts, just what it does and how to sell it. From what I remember of the proposal we did, he used a combination of VR to mimic Phroen telepathy and telekinesis and hardware to translate the mental tricks to the physical universe. If I'd been his PM, I'd know; I'd have to know but I wasn't and I'm not so I don't know.

Wait a minute. The President's moving up to the microphones. Let's listen to this."

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"Do you believe that? The Boy Wonder sold out humanity to the highest bidder? The Trapezioids have FTL and, like the Phroen, they're going to make humanity pay through the nose for access and it's Scott's fault? Instead of trying to find another Boy Wonder; instead of looking to see how they can adapt their nanoprocessors to do the same job Scott has his versions doing; they stand in front of the universe and excommunicate Scott from the human race. The damned fools have never asked to look at our original proposal for the FTL. They never asked me if I could help them find out what he did and how he did it. They just throw up their hands and get nasty."

God almighty, it makes you ashamed to be human.>

"Yeah, another beer. I need it."

"No, wait a minute. Give me a martini. I know; you don't have Steakman's. Use whatever you've got. I’ve got a lot to get over."