Stephen's Secure Blog #16
These stories about Stephen began was when he was 10 years old, and
moving to a new part of the country to attend a special school for
gifted students, in the 1950's. This was from a time before computers
would fit on a desk, and when people communicated with friends in other
countries by actual letters sent through the postal service. He wrote
225 of them to a friend. He stopped writing to his penpal, but found he
still wanted to record his life, in case he lost his memory again, and
wrote 30 entries in his first logbook. Then he wrote to an artificial
intelligence called Geenee, in the master computer in his school for
gifted students, which he started attending in 2016. Now it's 2018 and
later, and he's continuing to save his memories in a secure blog.
All characters are fictitious, even if some of them might have names
that belong to some actual people, or act like people we know.
The stories may not be posted in chronological order.
Stephen is 12 in this story, in March of year 2 of his special school.
Stephen's Secure Blog #16 "Ssintris Starship is Near"
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After two more days, I decided to see if Zander could make a crystal.
In the afternoon, first we did projection training, then mind
management with isolating memories. Then I ported a blank crystal to my
hand and said, "You wanted to learn to record memories in crystals. Now
we will try." We could feel his excitement. I said "First, put it to
your brain and use your object sense to feel the arrangement of the
crystal structure in as fine a detail as you can." He did and I asked
how deep he went. He said "Almost to the molecular. That's not good
enough, is it." I said "Right, but we can still try. It's not as if it
will hurt you. Isolate a memory you want to store, and when I say, grab
it and thrust and project it into the pattern of the crystal. I will be
reading this memory, so you probably won't want to make it something
private. If it's about your food, things could get a little violent."
He and Ichi laughed. I said "Don't worry about losing the memory. It
copies and doesn't delete the original. Ready?" He said "Yes." I said
"Begin!" He did, and dropped the crystal. I picked it up and looked
into it very carefully. It was a jumble of incomplete images and
feelings. I told him what I read. I said "I'm not sure if you should
read this. It might harm you. Ichi, what do you think?" I gave it to
him and he read it. He said "I think he should risk it. He needs to
know we are telling the truth about this. Reality is more acceptable
than the truest word." I nodded, and he gave it to Zander, who read it
and fainted. He woke up right away and said, "I see what you mean. I
failed." I said "Don't lose all hope. Most of us can't do any better. I
think you will improve with time and practice, to be able to make
useful recordings. It will probably take years, but I think you will
have them to spare."
I said "Tell me about the ship's personal makeup and procedures." He
said "It has a Captain, and officers who are officers of the GC. The
regular spacemen are normal freelance hires. I don't know which ship it
will be, but it will probably be large, and have a crew of 40 to 50. It
could hold 100 to 200 passengers, with their belongings, and that much
again in cargo. It will have at least two shuttle craft. The ship will
come out of faster than light drive near the orbit of Pluto at its
maximum position, to avoid the disturbance of the big planets. To a
restricted world such as this one, it will proceed inward on regular
gravity drive, and probably come to rest in a sun orbit behind and
masked by the nearest planet outward, relative to Earth. That would be
Mars. Time for the inner system travel for this system could be one or
two days, depending on planetary positions, and on the caution of the
Captain. They will send one or two shuttles to the station, and other
stations of any other races in the system on request. Time to Earth
would be most of a day." I said "Thank you. There is a very slight
gravity disturbance in the near Oort Cloud of this system, indicating
there is an approaching ship using a GC FTL drive. I can see inside it,
but the distortion is more than I want to work with for now."
I said to Ichi, "Do you know how their drive works?" He said "I
don't, but I'm interested." I said with a grin, "I thought you would
be. I'll send it." I projected the information to him. He said "Oh, I
see. A strong gravity drive. They change the properties of matter
enough to change the speed of light in the space around them, which
also changes their location relative to galactic center. They fly blind
in a partial pocket universe, and depend on calculations and turning
off the drive to check their location and accuracy. That must use a LOT
of power!" I said "Fusion." He said "Must be a really big ship." Zander
said "You know all that from less than a second of communication with
Stephen?" Ichi grinned and said, "Not exactly. He sent me what would be
put in a crystal to teach one of your engineers. That includes the
complete specifications and repair manuals." Zander said "Wow!" We
grinned. I said "When you have more skill in mind management and
projection, you can send that kind and amount of information, IF the
receiving person has the same mind management ability, or it will
damage him, and possibly kill him. There is more. A person would need
the education and intelligence to understand it. Tell me, Ichi, do they
actually understand how their system really works?" He grinned and
said, "Not a clue. They either discovered it by accident, or some other
race gave it to them. It's all they can do to follow the manuals to
repair the things. If they survive any malfunctions." Zander said
"Another wow!" We laughed. I said "I am known for using almost any
situation for a learning experience." Zander said "I can well believe
that!"
I said "So, Ichi, look at the thing I'm pointing to. What do you
think about it?" He said "I see what you mean. The distortion you
mentioned is too strong. Their drive is out of balance. It needs to be
fixed, or all our time with our good friend Zander is going to be
wasted." I said "Yes, and now you know why I gave you all that
information. We have another complication now, which includes trying to
convince them of the trouble, and that we can repair it. Zander, any
suggestions?" He said "Technically, I am senior to the Captain of that
ship, but as it is everywhere, the Captain rules until he says he
doesn't, and that very rarely happens." I said "You have a little less
than two days to think of and offer us some suggestions about what we
might do about the problem. For now, Ichi and I will have a meeting
with the Senior Guardians to discuss this development. If you need to
communicate with us before tomorrow, please contact Ichi." We all stood
and bowed to each other, and Ichi and I ported to our bedroom. Then we
contacted Pete, and we ported to the emergency meeting he convened.
In that meeting, there were Rod, Chad, Pete, Race, Nigel, and
somebody I hadn't met before. He was introduced as Percy, who's major
interest was in space ships. Ichi told them what we knew. Then there
was a discussion. Chad said "We can't let them die, if the Captain
won't let us repair it." Race said, "In that event, we will have to
broadcast in the ship what the danger is, and offer transportation to
any destination anybody in the ship wants to go to." Percy said "We'll
need more ships for that." Pete grinned and said, "Who here didn't know
he would say that?" No answer, just grins. Nigel said "We can't." Rod
said "Why?" Nigel said "At what speed do we take them home?" There were
some ohs. I tapped Ichi on the knee next to me and indicated to watch
Nigel. He acknowledged. Pete noticed and indicated approval to us. Race
said "Then what do we do?" No answers. I said "You should know one
possible way. Remember the rescue in France, and what you did to the
kidnappers when we stopped the car?" He said "Oh! I shouldn't have
forgotten that. Put them to sleep." Nigel said "There could be problems
with that, with different species." I nodded. He said "There is another
way, but not nice to the Captain. We could put only him to sleep, and
one of us take his place and issue the right orders. Stephen could make
a crystal for us that would fool even the Captain." I said "If he or
she is of a race which we can do that for. Anything else?" Nobody
answered. I said "There is something else we can do. Give them a new
ship like theirs. There are two possible ways we could do that. Steal
one that isn't being used, or duplicate theirs." Percy said "We might
be able to build one, but it would take a long time, and use a lot of
resources." I glanced at Ichi, and he got the message. He cleared his
throat and said, "We can do it in less than a day."
That really got their attention. Percy said "HOW?" I said "Same as
the new belts." Pete said "Oh, that's right. Your 4th automation." I
said "Not just mine anymore. He said 'we'." Pete grinned and said,
"Ichi! Congratulations!" The target of that was looking very
embarrassed. I said "There is still the problem of convincing them to
change ships. Do we agree that sleep or impersonation are the best
choices, if we can''t convince the Captain?" They did. I said "We can't
do anything more until they come out of FTL and enter the system. They
are going to be scanned so hard, it might make their eyes pop out.
Well, or try to." They laughed. The meeting adjourned, but Pete and
Percy stayed to talk with us. Pete said to Ichi, "Who ran the meeting?"
He said, proudly, "Stephen did. They all said what he wanted them to
say, when he wanted it. He ran them, and depended on Nigel to spot the
flaws, which Nigel knew. Stephen obviously decided before the meeting
what we are going to do in any possible situation which could happen
with this problem, like he always does. He just wanted the others to
think they were helping, because he's a nice and generous person, and
can't help using everything which happens, to teach something." Pete
said "Good analysis." Percy said "Wow!" I said "We hear that a lot." We
laughed. I ported a crystal to me and put it to my head. Then I gave it
to Percy. He grinned, and said, "Thanks a LOT!" Then he ported away. I
said to Pete, "Tell me about Percy?" He said "IQ 214, fine object
sense, good projection, full 4th control, and absolutely nuts about
spaceships." We grinned. I said "I would have to do the scanning and
make the crystal, but he alone could make the ship. If we have to,
which I doubt, I want Ichi do do it. He deserves a little fun." I
hugged Ichi, and he didn't complain at all.
I said "There is something that's been missing. You said it before,
about me. Thinking big. There is a whole galaxy of material out there,
ready to be used. We have mastered the forth! Distance and scale are
not concerns anymore. For my automated constructions, I use the astroid
belt for material. I could use one from across the galaxy, just as
easily. So can any of us. Get my point?" He said "Wow!" Ichi poked me
and said, "I think he did." I said "Well, results will confirm that."
Then I tickled Pete, and then Ichi joined me, and we had a lot of fun.
I said to Pete, "I want Ichi to experience two hypersensitive nut
playing people in the link, like we did to Nigel in my last
incarnation. I think he deserves that kind of reward for all his hard
work." I started taking off his clothes, and he resisted, but not for
long when he saw the expression on Ichi's face. He gave in and said,
"Just this once." We ignored that and went to the floor naked, and
grabbed each other's nuts. I immediately put the link at the highest
intensity Ichi could take, directed at him, and he squirted in 3
seconds, with a loud yell. 10 seconds latter, we did it again, and Ichi
reacted the same. 10 more seconds, and again, and Ichi screamed with
pleasure. After 10 seconds, I asked Ichi, "Can you take another?" He
said "NO! Yes! Yes!" So we did it one more time, and Ichi squirted so
hard he fainted. 2 seconds later, he woke up and said, "I want that
forever, but I think I've had enough. For now. Thank you from the
bottom of my hard!" We laughed. We cleaned up and dressed, and hugged
each other, while Ichi kept saying "Wow!"
I asked Pete, "What does Percy know about me?" He looked at Ichi, and
I nodded. He said "That you are the aware reincarnation of the first
Stephen, and twice as good as you were then. He knows you are the
originator of the Guardians, our mentor, and our guiding light. Oh, and
that all who knew you, loved you, and still do." I said "Oh. Well.
Thanks for the information. I want something I don't know how to ask
for. I'm going to visit Ichi's parents in Japan. I want to tell them
about his rise in status, which I'm sure they would love to know about.
To do that, I need some official status, myself. I don't exactly look
like a very important person who can be believed about that." He said
"I see what you mean. You do own most of us, so I'm sure we can think
of something. I'll let you know before you need it. For now, you are
still the Master Teacher, Tomba and the Temple know you as, and while
the official title doesn't exist now, you are the Master Adept and
Guardian. Anybody who sees your aura, knows it." I said "I can't hide
that, so I have to accept the embarrassment." We hugged, and then we
ported out.
Ichi and I undressed in our bedroom, while he kept saying "Wow!" I
tickled him and said, "Don't wear it out." We laughed. He said "I knew
all that, but until I heard it from Pete, it didn't seem real to me,
that it's YOU who made ALL this happen." I said "I had a lot of help."
He poked me and said, "Like at the meeting." I said "That's the trouble
with you genius situation manager trainees; I can't hide anything from
you. Well, I'll live with that, and being really proud of you, too." He
almost broke me in half with his hug. I didn't complain.
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