"Plot holes aside," Jessica continued, "I think the new security directives are the prime reason for it all."

"My theory: Goliath hoped an artificial domestic threat would let them tighten their grip on the Edens, and no one would question it. An investigation of SK-3's source code could undermine all of it. In other words, they blinked."

"For the first time in a hundred years, they blinked," said Jessica, and her jaw fell. "These are only the things we know about..." Hearing a ...