Further along, the overhead hologram of Earth had grown in size. Of the many eye-catching curiosities littering the underground base, the planet render begged for attention. At the top of a metal staircase, Jessica and the entourage passed a single door that led to an operating nexus underneath the globe. As soon as she entered the circular haven of technology, she was floored.

Floored.

A gallery of terminals populated the inside of a torus, Earth's hologram the ...