***Just this: what if the ‘bots that make up the creature don’t really look and act like nanobots? What if they don’t produce the heat signature and atomic activity that I do when I replicate? What if they look just like ordinary molecules of air and dust, floating around like normal? Would BioShield even see them?***
Even though he had the cognitive ability of a twelve-year old, once in awhile ANAD hit on something that made you think. Johnny Winger paused in his checkout of the first hypersuit, dropping his head back out of the helmet and sitting on the bench seat that served as the control center of the suit.
“Maybe not until it was too late. I don’t know, ANAD…I hope that’s not true. From the very beginnings, BioShield was installed to be able to detect and prevent illegal nano outside of containment, just to keep the world safe, you know. The whole thing’s predicated on being able to detect nanobot activity….all assemblers produce atomic debris, heat, that sort of stuff. If you’re right and we’re dealing with ‘bots that can go about their work and leave no detectable trace—“ Winger shook his head. “—that’s bad news. Really bad news. I just hope what Kraft says about Doc Frost isn’t true…that he’s working for Red Hammer now. “
***Sorry to bring bad news, Boss…but if I can think of it, somebody else can too***