Innovation of the Uns

Refusing the request was out of the question. I had no desire to dampen enthusiasm, but at the same time, due consideration had to be given regardless of my level of excitement. When I could not sand the strain any longer, I carefully modulated my reply, approving the Un's proposal. I can only hope that they never noticed the initial frequency slip.

Supporting the proposal, I tapped out orders into the alpha layer, authorizing any and all remaining Un's and those deemed capable by their observers to report for special assignment. Eight doublings now and twelve in reserve. I had my doubts that the Un's current structure would scale much farther. Their original request was for a duplicate doubling. Of course, I was going for more.

I forwarded the first Eight Un's that wandered over on the Shorty Shuttle that I had set up. This got the Uns into a quick training mode, and began working on non-linear formations. Their goal was to be able to grow the network in the middle by incorporating an extra sensor node to handle the complexity of a shaped signal. Once again, I was impressed with the ingenuity of the Uns, and was want to feed them with all the resources they could handle.