Cassusian

Running the last of a series of diagnostics programs on his heavily modified personal computer, teenage inventor Sam Sheridan chuckled to himself. After months of intensely aggravating trial and error in programming, engineering, and monologue preparation, he was moments away from initiating the end phase of his plan. During early testing, everything had been running better than expected; the ambient energy absorption cells were full, processors were operating at peak capacity, and the structural integrity was almost flawless. Satisfied with the results on his monitor, Sam glanced to the next switch to flip on a powerbar by his keyboard that