A chirp sounded from the device when the woman in the room settled to her chair.  The blinking light ceased to blink, holding steady.  From an unseen place a voice resonated.  Obviously filtered and obfuscated, the disembodied voice sounded closer to the Machine God than any human might aspire.<br/><br/>“Voice Recognition successful.  Welcome Investigator Thebes.  Standby for further instruction.”<br/><br/>The screen of the datapad was now dominated by the gold standard of the Imperial Eagle.  Beneath the eagle a small bar was steadily filling with gold.<br/>