Three generations of super humans grace the American landscape.
Today what’s left of the normal culture is very old. Technology
development seemingly overnight has spurred tremendous change. Over the
road terrain vehicles dominate highways. The weather that plaque’s mankind for
centuries, is completely out of control. Man who lived for eons defining himself
outdoors, spends his existence inside.
Hospitals are nowhere. The buildings that once were large and
spacious today are filled with senior citizens in makeshift fitness centers and
large L.C.D screens that glow from every room. The scientific community leap
frogs.
The Human Genome is mapped and controlled. This long awaited marvel is
Referred to as Gene altering. Or- A.T for short. People live Healthier with a
Stronger competitive will. Institutional learning Is accomplished at birth.
Super humans have no known contact with children. They share no emotional
Systems as in times of old. No pain, No Crying, No loneliness. They feel no
longing for the opposite sex or seek communion with. Women have evolved into
different creatures. Child bearing and husbandry are a distant
memory.
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Today Men and women compete fairly. From higher learning to
political decisions. The world population under raps. Food is grown four
times faster underground and is not sold in open stores or markets. These
cloned animal-plant combinations resemble energy bars similar
to those of the - 1980’s. Taken orally they remain in the blood
longer. Once defecated, they are usually recycled. Supers
seek Life on a higher plane. They hold no religious, racial or sex
interest. Or even prejudice there of. He lives in communities
of his own gender lusting for time in a an advance system of pleasure
called-- The Pipeline. During suspension. He reaches a reinvigorated
emotion state similar to having left life and entered heaven. So many
units of work equates to time in- suspension.
Most animals of the earth long gone. No birds, Fish or Cattle. Super humans
Find artificial life compelling. Robotic creatures commonplace. Supers
Use telepathy and Are taught basic language for the benefit of left over
Humans. They call man an easily pronounce word----The --Squeakers.
In rare instances. Super communicate with man and are
easily understood. Their mimic of basic language is somewhat difficult.
Most communications are done through signs and or mannerism.
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In rare Instances man has learned or picked up on-- super human
telepathy. Today’s world - Everyone wears ultra sleek light aluminum
looking clothes and no undergarments. They take showers with
Their clothes on as often as three times a day. A special outlet
Sends a spraying mixture of antibacterial soap and a warm mixture
Of water that with a heated blast of air dries the skin quickly.
The sun unbearable, Most activities outside are
preplanned in arena’s and are limited to token showings in pre dawn
formats. A Monitoring system prohibits virus
And bacteria infection. It even lets the wearer know when they’re most
at risk. A Fluid Canister is sewn in the clothing. It allows the wearer his
Favorite refreshment--Coffee, Iced Tea or Spring water. All though a sleeve
sewn safety lever lets the user stop when told, while simultaneously
Beefing up his immune defenses.
Communications:
Today all government duties and tasks are second nature. Predisposed for in
Their rites of passage at birth. Who collects the trash- Who makes outer
Space voyages. Supers with the more favorable traits are selected for the latter.
4.
In planning for a space exploration. Supers are awarded individual tasks and
priorities based upon experience or needs of a mission. Today 40 were
selected.
Five different age groups are to be represented.
1. Two years of age and ten.
2. Eight years of age and eighteen.
3. Twenty eight years of age and thirty eight.
4. Forty eight years of age and Fifty eight.
5. Sixty years of age and Seventy Eight.
All groups have identical metabolisms & body composites for space travel
criteria.
All are self reliant and team assist oriented.
With one outstanding Superhuman difference.
I’m the only boy.
The plan: Attempt sustained control of violent forces of weather with newly
invented equipment.
Use a distant atmosphere for the setup and if successful return
Crew and equipment in tact.
When we trained we had programs jammed in every sensory organ.
5.
Space craft of today have evolved along way. They are much bigger with
separate Compartments for changes in work mode. Gravity under wraps and
Pressure at one atmosphere. Supers walk about freely and can eat, drink and
Find recreation-- The Pipeline is installed in the front cabin section- Crews
Are without loss of appetite as in the earlier century exploration. Weightlessness
and or a long work stretch is nonexistent.
Supers- enjoy space travel. They find Space rewarding. The
Command Module is 8 times the
size of twentieth century shuttles. They look Identical in some ways but have
built in Virus and microbe sensory control. L.C.D Screens which are three
Dimensional and interactive. Sophisticated Robotic help moves burdensome
Objects during routine function.
Speeds can reach Mach 12 at G-1 force. Computers guide and steer our voyage.
Speed adjustments seldom delay or disturb crews. Our command
is by the way named after something passed down from earlier times.
We’re the U.S.S Cyclops.
Named from the Greek one eye god of mythology. Our spaceship
was first to be powered totally with nuclear fission and non operational in any
way by It’s crew. We’re also a first-- to use a portable version of the Hubble
telescope on board in the front section of the cockpit.
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On Duty 24 hours. It allows obstructions to be veered from well in advance of
reaching dangerous proximity.
Our goal : Land on : Neptune-
Information gathered from satellite positions and Virtual Reality probes show
this to be our most forgiving workstation in the outer reaches of our Galazy. Ideal
should explosions or mistakes by our envoy take place. Her distance would
impede a catastrophic chain reaction or spillover reaching Earth with our
advanced deteriorating Ionosphere. Scientist believe- Neptune with a
A Six month cycle of a Spring and an extended Fall period. Our best most
favorable Site for testing a new technology.
Most reports vary as to her hard surface density. Many believe Neptune to be
Only clouds or gases. Storms of sever magnitude are a genuine
threat. Ideal if we make it through her orbit- find a place to spear.
Oh- I’m sorry. It’s a term we use to describe a
Shell encasement that deploys forming a two mile long stretch to land.
Ideal for a steep stall angle descent by our mission.
In Orbit:
Our voyage has taken two hours. Neptune is our eighth planet. A bluish haze in
view. We now descend. No windows, LCD screens on board display a fog on a
computer screen.
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Our spear deploys.
We continue off in a distance then veer back lowering down. The landing
site moves about splashing on a large ocean under the platform.
Noise from the Air displacement can be heard three thousand feet above in our
Our pressurized cabin. We descend.--Four, three, two,--Touchdown.
Our ship zooms about then slows first taking a few seconds then slows to a
complete stop.
It moves its way for the landing zone office at the far end of the
spear. One occupant studies a cliff formation. Now aware of hard evidence of
land and a surface not to far off. The Crew takes precautionary
measures wearing oxygen masks before disembarking. A
strong wind blows everything. It peals at the matting of our site. You can hear
water splashing under our platform. Immediately everyone rushes in closing the
Office door. One Robotic creature leads the envoy as we double step single file.
A Super connects a device which
Immediately scans a few miles of our perimeter. He pushes an image to
display on a newly assembled large screen which now lights up on our wall.
Everyone sits on the floor making themselves comfortable. Looking with the help
of the optics at a distant moon. Everything becomes focused. The Matting of the
spear rocks our
site continuously as the ocean splashes beneath us. Winds beat our
post with a growing force.
I stagger with a rocking sway to our lead -commander.
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Using telepathy- A senior female looks
at me as I look focused at her -- well?
She points to a distant tornado a few miles away. A super we
know as Teresa interrupts- Justin-- inbound- Under Two hours- A robotic
creature moves things for a second creature now with a large
wheeled workstation.
This device mounts on site, while a second group of robots furiously adjust the
apparatus to a large white Coned tripod mounting outside. The lead mission
commander turns at everyone- Anyone interested in being airborne? I nod.
Everyone else seemingly volunteers. I feel a sensation aware I’m selected.
Three others make their way to the office door. Our space craft starts and
Prepares to taxi. One older women looks at another display in the right side of
the Cockpit display. She shrugs as two other violent storms moving toward our
position.
Teresa one of the others who made the pick looks at me frowning-I’m beginning
to have a weird sensation. I actually feel something. I look at the space
commander Then
watch the landing zone as we gain
More altitude from the site. I feel the urge to scratch my wrist. I rip off my
glove. She laughs--See! I stare at another crew member. She begins
Removing her head mount. We all start laughing. I go into hysterics.
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I glance over at Teresa- We’re not so different from-- the squeakers. The
Space craft veers by its --first challenge. A slow moving tornado. I look back to
The cockpit screen- It’s bigger then we thought. Its really a small hurricane.
The commander pushes a visual enhancement of the object for the rest of
Mission at the landing zone to see.
The Storm forces closer. Teresa activates a Screen setting- It’s -
3oomph and closing!. On the ground a haze darkens the far side of the spear.
Ocean waves pound splashing the entire site. A sudden bright
orange light beam makes the frontal system. It disintegrates on contact. Our
crew lets out a cheer which reaffirms my suspicions.
Yes we can- We can control and predict the weather. We can even
gain or feelings and emotions. The spaceship veers to our next weather storm
challenge. Teresa stares at me concentrating- This thing’s a-- water funnel of
some kind. The commander activates a Screen Mode that shows the storm to
The landing zone. Once more a Orange light hits the pressure system. This
time the water droplets causes our sensors to go blind. The water funnel begins
to settle. The crew really begins to cheer. I turn about the space craft- Well-We
proven our point- The ship commander spots another storm off in the distance.
She activates the screen back on the Spear. A robotic arm moves an adjustment
Increasing the power of the cone sending the beam to a much greater distance.
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We veer back for our site. The beam reaches the tornado initially not causing
a reaction then suddenly, a loud exploding noise. The space commander shrugs
at us- Wow! Its sure funny feeling things for the first time. She looks at Teresa.
Smiling. Terasa grows embarrassed-Think we better head in land- ok?. They
decelerate for the site. I find myself staring at her all the way to the
officer. She’d looks back at me making a warm frown. A smile follows. We
quickly enter the workstation. A walk thru instrument
Checks our suites for foreign contaminates. The ground crew commander smiles -
Good work comrades! Great visuals too! I even notice the oceans a lot calmer.
Not wanting to waste time and resources, Our explorers begin packing and
preparing to board the Cyclops. Robots
remove our heavier equipment breaking it down in a systematically format. It
Quickly loads in the cargo hull. Our mission --accomplished. We close the
Space ship. Teresa bumps
my arm- We did it!--We
really did it! The space craft taxi’s then lifts from the spear. A United States flag
Blows with a plaque on a distant land marker.
To our brave comrades of space exploration- Veni vidi visus. ( We came- We
saw- We Conquered!).
The infamous haze of blue surrounds the craft as we climb from Neptune’s
Orbit.
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I activate a iced tea then study the thirty nine others.
One mid life women looks at- Teresa. She begins to smirk back at me- She’s-
Pretty!
The whole crew hears her and begins to laugh. I realize our mission is
bringing back more than we ever dreamed or expected.
Not just the badly needed advance equipment to save our planet but our real life
Emotions. We travel home safely and slowly make Reentry.
Earth appears on our screen. We descend at a sharp pitch angle
Minimizing heat factors, Suddenly the Atlantic coast of Europe.
We pass over then turn due West for Huston, Texas. Teresa smiles - So this is
what it’s really like? I shrug- What‘s --what- like? - Her eyes tear - Earlier
humans- They really felt something for one another.
The End.