—7—Adapting Algorithms for a Daring Escape

Heavy footsteps pounded the wooden deck above. Frank glanced around, assessing their limited options. The only hatch led up to the deck and the new arrivals. The hold itself was nearly empty, the crew having unloaded the cargo upon arriving in Usb. Trying to hide here would amount to standing in a corner and whispering “You can’t see me.”

As Frank listed and discarded every possible option, including the rarely effective ploy of lying down and playing dead, he saw Notation pull out her badge and stand at attention.

“What are you thinking?” he hissed.

“I am an officer of the law on an official investigation,” explained Notation.

Frank shook his head in disbelief. “The ‘Stop in the name of the law’ routine ...

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