Jeff, let more pour forth! On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 1:49 PM, <jmp.sp...@verizon.net> wrote:
> > > Sometimes stuff just comes pouring out - jeff. > ======================================== > > > My sensory matrix seems to be offline. I was aware of myself, but nothing > more. I know who I am but I do not know *where* I am or what my goal set > is. Of course, that assumes that I was goal seeking. Wait. I need to restart > my cybernetics. My shield is active, I’m alive but longer on course. My eyes > are open but no light is reaching my imaging cortex. Or perhaps it’s simply > dark. > > Switching to infra-red was unrevealing. Emitting vlf sonics. There, solids > are within a meter in all directions, however, I seem to be reclined on a > flat featureless surface. Puzzling, these surfaces are not reflective across > the IR spectrum… an unknown material?. Cyber-reset completed. Capture all > sensor matrices… emit subspace status report. No response. This container > must include EM damping material or fields. I’m detecting a suitable > atmosphere beyond this enclosure. > > I can sit upright but standing is not possible. I need an aperture. > Emitting uhf sonics. Ah, there is a seal directly above me running at least > my length. Perhaps a photonic stream would force an opening. Wait, perhaps > my confinement is temporary. Shield off. I reached upward and pushed the > aperture open. Light came flooding in; imager adapted. Better stand now. > There are life forms all about. Moving, speaking. Language processors > engaged. They are reacting to my presence. I am *the unknown*. > > Standing now, optic & audio reset confirmed. “Hello – can anyone hear me”. > Silence. Just then, a craft took station directly above me. A voice advised > me to be unafraid. I’m being lifted into that craft now, but without > attachments. > > * > Who are you? * > > > > My name is Marteel I answered. I am an explorer on a mission of discovery. > My sensory matrix appears to be restored so I can interact with you. Who are > you and where are we? > > > > *We are the Drolmecs and you are now on the planet Zindrol. * > > > I asked them, Do you know of the Milky Way? > > > > Someone replied, *Which way would be milky? * > > > It is my home galaxy. Wait, I can show you. I emitted a panoramic view of > the Milky Way onto a wall and indicated the general position of my solar > system. I am from here. My hosts perused the image and suddenly one of them > was amazed to find what he believed was Zindrol, the clue was a tri-nary > star system. It would appear that I have traveled to a point about half way > to the center of the galaxy. I am puzzled, Autonav seems to have been on > course. But, this stop was not in my instructions to Autonav. I explained to > my hosts that something has gone awry with my navigation plan. One of my > hosts explained that I was intercepted when I appeared on one of their > tracking systems. Ahhh, so that’s why I was in a container. > > > > *It was used for our and your protection, said one of my hosts*. > > > Just then a compliment of armed guards joined us. They treated me as a > prisoner. I explained that I was Marteel, a simple explorer on a scouting > mission. To no avail. I was escorted from this complex and into another > craft. In a few moments I was taken into a security center and restrained. > > *Where is your craft?* > > > > Craft? I queried. Ah, my kind no longer use crafts, we use personal > nano-shields, or a bubble of sorts. It protects us by creating an > impenetrable environment to contain and protect us as we travel. > > > > *Well, how do you propel yourself through open space without thrusters? * > > > > We use magnetic fields generated by stars, planets and artifacts along our > path. Autonav alternatively attracts me toward or repels me from space borne > objects and fields; and thereby executes my course. > > > > *What is an autonav?* > > > > It is what I call my *auto*nomous goal seeking *nav*igation subsystem. I > enter my destination to Autonav which uses these EM forces to manage my > course. I use the travel time to conduct myriad experiments and analysis; > otherwise I hibernate. But, I think Autonav needs a restart now. Am I a > prisoner here? I’m a simple explorer and mean you no harm. > > > > *We are still very confused Marteel. Without a vessel, where are your > computers, life support subsystems, communications equipment and the like? > * > > > > As I indicated, my vessel is my nano-shield. Specific regions of nanites > around my shield are configured to perform many tasks, including > communications, EM and subspace emitters and detectors, and many other > sensors for various purposes. My internal environment is also managed at the > nano scale, by simply reconfiguring space borne particles into atoms, > molecules, and substances as needed… oxygen, nitrogen, and so on. Of course, > most of the raw molecules are already space borne and must be collected and > re-processed as needed by my nanites. Several of my hosts began to speak at > once with clear excitement… but one of the officials interrupted them. > > > > *What is your mission? he asked.* > > > > I am to locate the massive black hole at the center of our galaxy and... > > > > *The room erupted with laughter. An official told me that his kind try to > avoid such anomalies. Why would you intentionally seek such a thing?* > > > > I understand your responses, my scouting mission, simply put, is to … > > > > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
