The robbery had been a success, for all intents and purposes. The heist had taken place in the night and the burglers had done their homework. A drill had been used through the meter thick concrete wall, leaving a hole big enough to crawl through. Then they'd rustled the cage by using a pipe cutter on the bars. It seemed they'd been after the money and bearer bonds but a few safe deposit boxes were open. One of which had had a separate, private alarm wired to Six. There was a slip in the system, though, and it wasn't until the morning crew came onto duty that anyone noticed the blinking light.
THe Quartermaster was immediately dispatched with his ever loyal double-o at his side. Bond was along merely as muscle. Whatever had been kept in the safety deposit box was above his pay grade. Q would know, though. Q always knew.
THe Quartermaster was immediately dispatched with his ever loyal double-o at his side. Bond was along merely as muscle. Whatever had been kept in the safety deposit box was above his pay grade. Q would know, though. Q always knew.
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Date: 2015-04-23 12:22 am (UTC)"Can I see the box?" Q asked, nodding for Bond to pull it down for him. "I have an inventory list here on my phone. If we're lucky, they took nothing of real importance."
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Date: 2015-04-23 12:32 am (UTC)"Are bricks on the inventory?" he quipped, putting it on the table for Q.
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Date: 2015-04-23 12:50 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2015-04-23 01:04 am (UTC)"It appears we're missing a few items. Two zip drives, and a decoder," he sighed, looking slightly put upon.
"I suppose this means we'll not be stopping for tea."
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Date: 2015-04-23 01:08 am (UTC)Q offered what was nearly a laughed, then nodded as he locked the box.
"I'll secure the remaining items and meet you at the car," he replied.
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Date: 2015-04-23 01:11 am (UTC)He slid into the driver's seat next to Q. "He didn't even know how to find his own arse. We're going to have to do this the hard way. What's on the zips? Anything anyone would want to buy? I can reach out to people."
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Date: 2015-04-23 01:16 am (UTC)"Honestly? I'm not certain there's a market for it. The zips contain old decoded transmissions. Gulf war era intelligence," Q replied, looking genuinely puzzled. "Nothing terribly shocking or valuable- as far as I'm aware. However, I've never seen the data before, and it was never catalogued in our modern systems."
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Date: 2015-04-23 01:32 am (UTC)"Your guess is as good as mine, double-o seven. ...Though there's always the possibility that there's something hidden on the zips. Scrambled into the other data, or buried beneath it. It certainly wouldn't be the first time," Q noted.
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Date: 2015-04-23 01:45 am (UTC)He was clearly out of his depth with old tech.
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Date: 2015-04-23 01:50 am (UTC)"I can try, but honestly, if I was going to buy a zip drive, I'd go to a boot sale or swap meet- Much cheaper, and impossible to trace," Q pointed out. "I don't think it's the seller we should try and hunt down- I think we need to find the buyer."
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Date: 2015-04-23 01:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-04-23 01:57 am (UTC)"Not if the information is hidden, no. ...You were an active agent then, weren't you? Can you think of anything going on at the time that might have been swept under the rug?" Q asked.
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Date: 2015-04-23 02:07 am (UTC)"Yeltsin was president of Russia- the Wall had come down, but that was mostly a metaphor. America was in Kuwait and we supported them. The Serbs and Croats began fighting and the UN left Sarajevo and the world watched it burn. There were the Afghani refugees fleeing to Pakistan. Or it could be something so much less significant..."
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Date: 2015-04-23 02:15 am (UTC)"Perhaps we ought to go see M," Q suggested. "There are a few files even I don't have access to, after all. Perhaps there's something I've not seen."
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Date: 2015-04-23 02:28 am (UTC)Q was silent for the majority of the ride, tapping away at his phone until they arrived at HQ. Only then did he seem to return to the real world, following at Bond's side as they headed into work.
"Ah, Double-o seven, and our very own Quartermaster. What a rare treat," Eve said glancing up from her computer and then getting to her feet to greet the pair with a smile. "He's in a meeting, you might have to come back later..."
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Date: 2015-04-23 02:34 am (UTC)She only had to look at Bond's face to know it was serious.
"I'll ring him," she said and went to the phone. A short, quiet call and then she gave the pair a placid smile. "Ten minutes. Have a seat, won't you?"
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Date: 2015-04-23 12:58 pm (UTC)Q hated waiting outside M's office. It was like waiting to see the headmaster- and though he and Bond had done nothing wrong (recently), he fidgeted just a bit in his seat.
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Date: 2015-04-23 06:49 pm (UTC)"You can go in now, Bond. Q," Tanner said in his calm, polite manner. Bond rose and lead Q inside. He got to business as soon as the door was shut, explaining to M about the robbery, the drives, all of it.
M accessed files on his computer, Eyes Only as Bond had thought. It didn't take long before he had an answer.
"In November of 1992 there was a fire at Windsor castle. It was quite bad..."
"I remember. Fifty million in damage. The papers screamed about the spoiled royals," Bond said.
"Yes. Well, those Zip drives contain secure data linking the fire to IRA operatives," M said. "There's nothing concrete, but it could be damaging information right now when we've been at relative peace with the northerners..."
"Someone's going to try to start a war," Bond said, the truth of it dawning on him.
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Date: 2015-04-23 08:21 pm (UTC)"It seems that way," M replied, frowning slightly, then glancing at Q. "I don't suppose there's any way of tracing them."
Q pursed his lips slightly, looking thoughtful. "There's a slim chance- and I must emphasize the word slim here- That they contain early RFID chips. I'll have to go through the archives and look- but if they were chipped, I could, possibly, track them. Maybe. ...Though it would take quite a bit of doing."
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Date: 2015-04-23 08:41 pm (UTC)"I can't stress how important this is, Q. We have such a fragile peace. Do whatever you must," M said.
"And my orders, sir?" Bond asked.
M paused.
"You'll do whatever you must as well," the Minister said.
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Date: 2015-04-23 09:21 pm (UTC)"You can help me in the archives, Bond. A lot of it hasn't been digitalized yet, or re-digitalized anyway. I'll need help moving boxes," Q confessed, getting to his feet and offering M a nod.
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