Fred
Retired Staff
The file index is as encrypted as the rest of the files on the hard drive. Without the right encryption key, Miharu can't make head or tails of anything on the stored data.
What Miharu can do is take information you've already decrypted, see how it was encrypted, and start from there to try and piece out the rest. Decrypting the whole thing will surely take a good while, but Miharu can try going by a keyword match and decrypt select portions of the data in priority to other sections.
Basically, Miyoko seems to have a choice between taking it easy and wait for a week before being able to read the whole thing at her leisure, or go and ask for very specific topics she wants to learn about, just like you'd do an internet web search. After all, we can search over the internet without needing a file index to do so, and still find what we want to know (most of the time) as long as we know what we are looking for.
Asking to get the file index unfortunately means that Miharu would be able to make out more of what the index identifies anyways - so by the time Miharu would be done with the search, the decryption effort would be nearly over.
Also, it could be just because Miharu is upset Yukari had her self-destruct in a simulation, but she seems to think that because Miyoko is both a Heisho and the ship's science officer that she should stop asking Yukari for information, and instead be the person to provide information and solutions. =P
What Miharu can do is take information you've already decrypted, see how it was encrypted, and start from there to try and piece out the rest. Decrypting the whole thing will surely take a good while, but Miharu can try going by a keyword match and decrypt select portions of the data in priority to other sections.
Basically, Miyoko seems to have a choice between taking it easy and wait for a week before being able to read the whole thing at her leisure, or go and ask for very specific topics she wants to learn about, just like you'd do an internet web search. After all, we can search over the internet without needing a file index to do so, and still find what we want to know (most of the time) as long as we know what we are looking for.
Asking to get the file index unfortunately means that Miharu would be able to make out more of what the index identifies anyways - so by the time Miharu would be done with the search, the decryption effort would be nearly over.
Also, it could be just because Miharu is upset Yukari had her self-destruct in a simulation, but she seems to think that because Miyoko is both a Heisho and the ship's science officer that she should stop asking Yukari for information, and instead be the person to provide information and solutions. =P