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DO NO HARM
by JOHN G. HEMRY

ItтАЩs possible to do some jobs too well!
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SandraтАЩs acting weird, the geeks canтАЩt figure out why, and the boss is
spinning like a pulsar.тАЭ
Kevlin pulled his attention out from the immersive medical simulation long
enough to give Yasmina a questioning look. тАЬI thought Sandra was supposed to
leave this morning.тАЭ
тАЬRight. She wonтАЩt go. Come on. The directorтАЩs called an all-principals
meeting.тАЭ
тАЬIтАЩm a doctor,тАЭ Kevlin objected. тАЬIтАЩm supposed to keep the people working
for the corporation on this station healthy. Why do I care about SandraтАЩs
problems?тАЭ
Yasmina smiled back at him in a mocking way. тАЬIтАЩm a doctor, too. If I have
to go, so do you.тАЭ
тАЬThey need you to analyze the project directorтАЩs mind just in case he gets
really dangerous this time,тАЭ Kevlin suggested. тАЬIтАЩm just a simple country doctor with
a low-gravity, space illness specialty.тАЭ
тАЬSure. Then youтАЩll come in handy if the director bursts a vein while heтАЩs
yelling at everyone.тАЭ Yasmina beckoned. тАЬCome on.тАЭ
Grumbling just loud enough for her to hear, Kevlin paused the sim and
followed her down the hallway. тАЬI could always monitor the directorтАЩs health from
my office,тАЭ he suggested.
тАЬNice try. DidnтАЩt your teachers at med school ever tell you not to try to con a
shrink?тАЭ
Sandra was still at loading dock four alpha. Yasmina led the way onboard the
ship, then along a passageway that ended in SandraтАЩs control room. The limited area
was already full of exasperated engineers of various types and persuasions, some
looking dejected, some angry, and some staring into space as they tried to think.
тАЬWhy canтАЩt we do a virtual meeting?тАЭ one complained as Kevlin and Yasmina
wedged their way in.
Another engineer answered in an accusing voice. тАЬBecause the director found
out you guys had been hacking the meeting code so you could have avatars sitting in
for you while you did other stuff. Now we all have to crowd in here in person so he
can be sure weтАЩre all actually getting yelled at.тАЭ
 тАЬPeople have been hacking virtual meeting code since the Stone Age,тАЭ the first
engineer protested, then hastily stopped speaking as a short man with a lofty attitude
and an ugly frown strode in, the crowd somehow contracting away from him so he
had free room.
тАЬReport,тАЭ the director stated, glowering at the chief designer.
The chief designer, who had been arguing with SandraтАЩs captain, made a
helpless gesture. тАЬSandra wonтАЩt work. SomethingтАЩs shorting out her central control
functions.тАЭ
The directorтАЩs glower deepened. тАЬThe Spaceship Autonomous Network
Developmental Research Application is the most expensive project in the history of
this company. I expect more from you than vague reports that it just doesnтАЩt work!
Are you saying the control network isnтАЩt receiving the commands?тАЭ
тАЬNo,тАЭ the chief designer responded in a tight voice. тАЬIтАЩm saying that the