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The Martian Noosphere was a massive network of wires and connections. It was by far more comparable to the sphere of Xana, though it was worse than them. If TalOS had to give a diagnosis he could say that while Xana was obviously built from the ground up with a sense of cohesion the Martian Data-Sphere was anything but that.
TalOS jumped from one server to another while looking over data trails. Several Aegis showing to the Primarch where lines were drawn on Mars between one Forge World and another. None of these stopped the Primarch though as he simply overrode whatever command protocols their Tech Priests have placed before him.
Still TalOS found that in several moments that he was troubled and even came close to being trapped. Several times promising pathways were instead quickly discovered to be dead ends and others TalOS needed to reroute his connection lest his path of entry was detected by the surveillance servitors.
TalOS was a Primarch and an Arch Dominus gifted with the tools of such a position. While Mars was the heart of the Mechanicum in some ways Lucius had progressed ahead of their master. Such a thing was only amplified with the mind of a Primarch orchestrating behind it.
It was only when TalOS finally arrived at his destination, the cogitators of Magos Korn, that he felt a presence take notice of him.
+Hello?+
TalOS’s hacking process stopped as he quickly turned all his attention towards the target. Within a second he realized what spoke was not a Servitor or a Tech Priest, for the external ports were accessed.
+I am XL-55. May I ask who you are?+
TalOS did not need another moment to realize what was before him. Without another moment’s delay he reached forward and severed the Abomination from whatever frame was holding it. Before the rogue system realized it, TalOS packaged the digital personality and sent it back to his body for storage.
With his task done TalOS took a moment to admire how far into Mars he was. Then a thought came into his mind.
>Place a data-djinn into the network of Mars.
>Present some access codes to the Lucians on Mars
>Don’t do such a thing, it might be found out.