SEVER ZERO
But it wasn't powering the engines.
It was powering a Server Farm.
Hundreds of salvaged consoles—tablets, old PCs, wrist-comps, even modified toaster ovens—were wired together in a massive, chaotic supercomputer. Cooling hoses ran from the reactor core, pumping liquid nitrogen through the mess of wires to keep it from melting.
"What is this?" Ren whispered.
"This," Rook said, spreading his arms, "is the Archive."
He walked over to a main terminal.
"The Admin deletes everything. History. News. People. When they killed Squad 3, they wiped their existence from the net in four seconds."