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computer will tell you whether to salvage this robot or to send it to storage for later repair when we get the parts," the Bug explained.
    Tik checked with the computer and found out there were no replacement parts.   The computer wanted to save the robot, so the computer had a messenger robot bring a piece of equipment for Tik to work on and picked up the broken robot to take away to storage.   Tik checked out the piece of equipment and found a broken circuit board.   She took her time but did repair it.   She started reprogramming the equipment under the watchful eye of the crippled Bug.   She finished the job and the messenger robot brought some more work.   Tik took her time on all of the repairs but she kept busy all day.   She figured she could have almost tripled her output if she was being paid; but if she was slave labor, she only would do enough to keep above suspicion.   While she was working, Tik started to plan how to sabotage the main computer without anyone being able to trace it back to her.   First she needed access to the computer and the ability to make changes.   She knew she didn't have time to do a long program or to hack the mother ship computer, so she needed another plan.   She knew the mother ship computer would be interfacing with everything she worked on; so if she put a piece of code in everything she worked on, maybe she could set up a Trojan horse that would let her into the mother ship computer.   She knew that she was going to have to take some time to plan everything down to the last detail before she started.   If the pieces were coming from all the different things she worked on, it would be very difficult for anyone to find.   She needed to find out how the mother ship interfaced with the different pieces of equipment and the robots.   Her spirits lifted as she knew that she had a chance to strike back at the Bugs -- even if it took some time.   Finally the Bug signaled it was time to line up again.   The line walked back to the dining hall and everyone received the same garbage they'd had for breakfast.
    Tik choked down most of her food that night.   She ate in a hurry and looked around trying not to be obvious about it.   She tried to communicate with the creatures in her line but no one seemed to understand her language.   She noticed that all the creatures grouped together were of different species.   She guessed this presented a language barrier.   She saw all different sizes and shapes of creatures in the dining hall.   None of the lines lingered very long.   They ate and then went on their way.   Tik did notice a nine-foot tall purple creature with funny-looking hair.   She was sure it was the same species as the Dar Es Salaam Traders that stopped at her planet.   This one seemed to be missing its translator that all the Traders normally wore.   Tik would like to get closer to this one.   She knew that if it were a Trader, she could at least communicate by sign language.   The crippled Bug came to the table and told them to line up.   As soon as they were in line, they started for the cells.   The other two creatures in Tik's cell went straight to their bunk.   Tik tried the door again and then went to her bunk.   She took her tool bag to the bunk and opened it up.   She took out a mini-computer that she carried to help with programming and to take notes.   She started planning how she would lay out her program to get into the mother ship computer.   She made notes of the general outline and then put everything away.   She lay down and slept better.
    The bell went off and Tik jumped up.   She was eagerly looking forward to getting to her work station to start checking out the interface between the computers she worked on and the mother ship computer.   Tik looked around in the dining hall but didn't see the Trader this morning.   She found out that if she wolfed down the food and didn't think about it, she could get it all down.   As soon as