“Now it was our understanding that this kind of technology was far out of the grasp of the humans, in fact, our own viral attack weapon that we hold in reserve here relies on just that fact. We have assumed to date that they were unable to even build this kind of defensive cell, let alone disseminate it on this scale. If the humans now have such a technology, then we urgently need to review our own progress to see what options we have. In fact, I believe we may need to take drastic action, and very soon.”

The room was silent for a moment, then Agent Mikhail Kovalenko from Russia spoke up, “Wait. I am confused. How did this construct come to be in the human’s blood? Surely if the humans had developed such a breakthrough there would have been a huge public announcement. Unless …”

His thought was finished by Jean-Paul Merard, “Unless they have been doing it in secret, Mikhail?”

The room was silent a moment, then several people turned to Agent Wilson. She responded as if accused, “I have no idea how the constructs came to be. I only discovered their existence.”

<We have no evidence at this time that would suggest that the humans have the necessary technology to build such a complex device. This suggests two things. Firstly it could imply that the humans have a degree of technological prowess that they have managed to keep hidden from us. Secondly it suggests that they are acting in response to a perceived threat by keeping the development and release of the cellular defenses secret. It is the opinion of the AIs that this could imply that the humans are aware of our presence and our plans against them.>

The Council was in an uproar. Several of the Agents spoke at once but John and Shahim stayed silent. This meeting of the Council was proving to be everything they had feared it might be. John looked around the room and realized that any further delays would probably be impossible. His avatar remained outwardly calm as he tried to think of ways to keep the group away from any further extrapolations and eventually he said in a loud but placating tone, “Fellow Agents, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. There are many reasons that the human’s may have developed these constructs, and even more reasons that they may have kept the work secret. We all know the properties of the construct, but let us not forget that our own history shows that such things are often born of military research. Scientific research into biological weapons is as taboo on Earth as it is on Mobilius, if this was originally planned as some antidote to a proposed weapon then it would have been kept under the strictest confidence, even from the population of the nation that was working on it.”