title: Taming the Electronic Beast: Conquering Computer Fear (Advice from the Neighborhood Nerd)
author:  Michael Bremer 
description: For nearly 10 years, Michael Bremer was the head writer, editor, writing manager and Director of Creative Services at Maxis Software (the SimCity(C) Company). He developed, tested, tuned and taught ways to clearly, simply, quickly and enjoyable communicate complex technical information to normal (non-nerd) people. Bremer is the author of two books (UnTechnical Writing and The User Manual Manual) that share his hard-earned knowledge with other writers.
zlib_text: Star Wars Galaxy of Fear
  
  10
  
  The Doomsday Ship
  
  by John Whitman
  
  source : IRC
  
  uploaded: 13.II.2006
  
   **PROLOGUE**
  
  The door slid open.
  
  A man stepped into a room that bristled with electronic equipment.
  
  Working quietly and quickly, he set a large portable computer down on a
  control console, then pulled a connection wire from his pocket.
  
  His hands worked almost as swiftly and efficiently as the computers that
  surrounded him.
  
  The man plugged one end of his wire into the portable computer and the other
  end into the computer system.
  
  Taking a deep breath, he pressed a button on the control pad. At this command,
  ten trillion bits of information zipped from one computer into the other at
  nearly the speed of light. It would take ten thousand beings, studying all
  their lives, to memorize all the information stored in the computer program he
  was downloading.
  
  The transfer was complete in seconds.
  
  The man disconnected the portable computer. Then he removed a tiny comlink
  from his pocket. H