77 Grand Coulee, Washington, November 25, 2330 Hrs (November 26, 0630Z)

Grand Coulee, Washington, November 25, 2330 Hrs (November 26, 0630Z)

Robert was sitting in the hotel room alone. Sam had gone up toward the BPA's switching yard on foot in an effort to sneak in and see if he could get into the fenced in area. He would either succeed or die trying. It was clear and the moon was bright so he should have no trouble seeing and reaching his target. He was a fit young man and was well versed in outdoor survival. Robert logged into an account hosted on a server and typed a few commands. He was starting a script that would automatically cause the systems of about three dozen municipal water systems to start dumping the chlorine, sodium hydroxide and chlorine dioxide into the water system, thus contaminating it and rendering it unsafe for consumption. About half a dozen of the remote connections reported that they were off line, but he expected that, espically once the feds had found the website. He issued a command and wiped the remote server he was using and disconnected. Unless there were people on duty in the water plants actively watching the control systems no one would know that the changes had been made for the next seven hours or so. He sat the laptop on the table and then turned off the light.