[At this point Barnaby tacked on an unhackable filter. He had a feeling that this subject would come up, and it wasn't information that he was comfortable sharing with the village at large.

Even without the details, it was on a need-to-know basis. But, for the moment, he figured it might help with the discussion.]

Trust me, Mister Curtiss. I'm well aware of that fact. I'm not military, but I'm not exactly inexperienced with this kind of thing.

...take it as you will. [It might make him a liability, after all.] Odds are that I might be one of the only ones in town that can provide a little insight into this.