Stephen's Secure Blog #407
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 after
2018, 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 21 in this story, in Summer of year 11 of his special school.
Stephen's Secure Blog #407 "Nagindra Fleet"
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There was almost no controversy from my false history rant on CNN.
Even I felt some disappointment. When I announced that to my family, I
received hugs and kisses in condolence, while they were grinning and
poking me. Paolo said, "The Pope has asked me to give you the negative
of his thanks, but in a very respectful and humorous way." I said with
interest, "How can you do that?" He said "I don't know, which is what I
told him. He laughed. We've had an increase in requests to comment on
what you say, and for releasing the files." I said "And?" He sighed,
and said, "We have remained silent." I said "Better say something while
you still have people who might actually listen." He said "We are of
the same opinion, but do not have the requisite courage." I said "Nice
buildings, though. Maybe you could rent them out." He stared at me, and
I grinned. He had to laugh.
I got Pete and Ichi on contact, and said, +Do we have a panic
button?+ Ichi said +We could make one. Got a use for one now?+ I said
+Space ships. An armada headed our way.+ Pete said +Any info?+ I said
+Not yet. Two light years away and using String Drive. Same as the
derelict.+ He said +Nagindra? Somebody talked?+ I said +Not known yet.
I propose duplicating the drive, which we can do better, and matching
their vector and velocity, and examine them then.+ Ichi said +You
already have the ship, if I know you. I'll test it. You can't be
risked.+ Pete said +Right. Set it up after full conference.+ We had
that conference. I showed them the new ship. Percy wanted to go on the
test drive, too. I told him, "Why risk more than one of us? I would
rather you didn't go, but I know how much you really want to, and how
you would feel if you didn't. Have fun. Don't die until I get to where
I can stuff you into a great kid. You, too, Ichi." We all shared hugs,
kisses, and tears.
They reported back and said the ship worked flawlessly. I said "I'm
not doubting you, but I want to do a complete scan of you both, and
match that up to what I did before you left." They agreed. I said "The
only changes are those expected due to time and experience. But we
should find out if you can still squirt." They all laughed very well.
And we found that they could. That we all could. I said "We should have
some Nagindra students with us." Pete said "Right. I'm telling Zander.
He wants to come along, too." I said "Fine. Not more. No sense in
risking more than we need to." Pete briefed them.
Percy piloted the ship to match their course and speed, but far
enough away from them that they couldn't see us. We didn't want to risk
using the radiation absorber stealth screen, in the drive distorted
space we were in. Ichi said "I'll try first with a 4th viewpoint.
Can't." I said "I propose a meld, Rose and me." They agreed, and we did
that and went right into the one of the ships. We could see everything,
and they couldn't detect us, not even their Adepts, if we didn't do
anything to alert them. We even read their minds. Then we poked into
the command ship, and learned what we needed to. We withdrew our meld,
and organized the pertinent information, and then offered to push it to
the rest of us, and we did. They had captured an Atlana scout explorer,
and had learned about them and us. They didn't believe the reports
about me, and decided to check us out, and take us over if they could,
before attacking the Atlana. We decided on a plan, if I could send a
working image over to the ship. I tried it in an empty room, and I
could use all my 4th controls, and even my psionics through the
viewpoint. I could work in all the 167 ships at the same time, if I
wanted to. But not port to them. Couldn't get a lock.
I sent a 4th solid light reflecting image of me to the command ship's
bridge. I said in their language, "I am Stephen. You are looking for
me. How can I help you?" They had really strange expressions, which
made Hawk go almost hysterical with laughter. After the shock wore off
a little, the Commander said, "Please wait for the Captain and the
Admiral to arrive." I said "Alright. Interesting ships you have here. I
see something of an old ship I once visited. Same kind of star drive.
Some little design flaws, though." I described two of them. An engineer
said, "Yes! We had trouble figuring that out." That earned him an angry
look from the Commander. I said to that look, "I see you aren't
interested in my help with that. Unfortunate." He couldn't help
himself, and said, "Why is that unfortunate?" I said "If we are talking
about the same derelict, well, you could have the same problem they
had, which caused all aboard to die." He said in surprise, "You know
what happened to them?" I said "Sure. I could see it in their engines,
even before I talked to their computer. It told me the whole story.
Could have been worse. They didn't live long enough to suffer much." He
almost said wow. I said "Your Admiral doesn't run as well as your
Captain." That made some smiles happen before they could be suppressed.
Hawk laughed really hard.
The Captain burst into the room. Then the Admiral. The Adept walked
in a little more composed, which changed when he saw me. I waited while
the Commander repeated everything that had happened, and well, too. The
Admiral asked me, "Is that report correct?" I said "It is, and well
done. So, you're looking for me. What can I do for you?" He said "I
didn't expect this." I said "You didn't expect to see the person you
are looking for? Strange." He said "No, I didn't expect to see anybody
new on this ship while in star drive." I said "Well, now you have.
What's next?" The Adept whispered in his ear. I said "In politeness, I
should inform you that I can hear that." The Adept said, "You aren't
here!" I said "Oh. Then who are you talking to?" He looked frustrated.
The Admiral glanced at him, and barely held back a grin. I said "If you
want to have a useful conversation, I suggest you try to be a little
more communicative. Or do you need some help with that?" The Adept was
very angry. I said "I suggest you calm yourself. You are disturbing
your energy centers." He acted like I had splashed a whole bucket of
cold water in his face. I said "Oh my, you look really odd now." A lot
of people had trouble concealing their amusement.
I said to the Admiral, "An unpleasant fellow. Which rock did you find
him under?" The Admiral couldn't help it, and let loose a loud guffaw.
Hawk's was louder, but in the other ship. The Adept attacked me with
pure psi energy, and fire. I absorbed it all, and didn't let any of it
hurt anybody, or cause any damage, either. I said "Been eating too much
spicy foods?" Shocked laughter. Some hadn't known he could do that. I
said "Chew on some fat, and it will stop your tongue from burning. Have
we forgotten something? You want me. What for?" The Admiral said "I
think I'm going to have trouble with my orders." I said "So, your
people didn't believe what they heard about me?" He said "It seems so.
I was ordered to attack your planet and capture you." I said "And
you're thinking that might not be possible?" He said "Is it?" I said,
with a big grin, "No." He chuckled. Then he said, "There is more, isn't
there?" I said "Oh yes! I will not permit war between star empires. You
want to attack the Atlana. I have too much work invested in them, in
convincing them not to attack another empire. I don't want that
wasted." He said "You won't interfere with our own empire?" I said "Not
if I don't need to. Try to attack another, and you'll see." He said
"Would you kill us?" I said "I don't kill. I don't need to. You should
have seen that already." He said "Did I miss something?" I said "What
that clumsy baby Adept tried to attack me with, would have killed and
injured half of your crew here, if I hadn't prevented that from
happening. Oh, and he thinks I'm not here because I'm not letting him
see anything more of me than you do. Well, it wouldn't be fair." He
looked surprised. Then very thoughtful.
The Admiral said, "May we go to our conference room?" I said "Sure,
but you should know something. What will happen there, will be
projected here, and in every control and common room in all the ships
in this fleet, as it has already been." He said "Wow!" I said "I hear
that a lot." He had to laugh a little. He led the way to the conference
room. After we were seated, I said, "And there is another projection
happening. Your bosses on your home planet are seeing this, too, in
real time. I don't see any need to repeat myself all over. So, what's
on your mind?" He gulped. Then he said, "If we disobey, what would you
do?" I said "I don't know. It would depend on what you do, and what
lesson I wanted you to derive from it." He said "Have you done some of
those things to other people?" I said "I have. I see you want to know.
I have put a barrier around a world, after transporting its people from
other worlds to it. That will stay in place until they become extinct.
I almost did that to the whole Atlana Confederation, but they accepted
my help in er, improving their military, after one of their ships tried
to enter my system, and refused to stop." He said "What did you do to
that ship?" I said "I cut off all its power, and told them it would not
be restored until they agreed to vector out of my system. They did.
Then I went to the person who had ordered that mission, and well, he's
not exactly the same person he used to be." He gulped again. I said
"The Atlana your people captured probably told you all that. Oh, your
bosses agree. They did." He said "How powerful are you?" I said "That's
not really a good question. For example, the energy that is contained
in this table, if released all at once, will make a VERY big bang. So,
power relative to what?"
He said "Could you destroy the entire galaxy at a thought?" I said
"Is that all power is to you, the ability to destroy? Yes, I have that
ability. But I cannot have the will. I see you disbelieve. Then why did
you ask? I am not able to lie." He said "Can you be killed?" I said "As
far as I know, I can't be injured or killed unless I permit it. I will
die when I am supposed to." He said "Supposed to? I don't understand."
I said "I've been given a task. When it is complete, I will be allowed
to join my er, boss. Then my children will carry on for me, with these
small matters." He said "Er, who is your superior? Who can order YOU?"
I said, "I think you might have an idea about that." He gulped really
hard, and nodded. I said "Still want me to say it?" He nodded. I said
"I have had many lives. Almost two thousand of them, which I remember
completely. I've been assigned specific tasks, often. I was allowed to
reincarnate this one last time, for one last task, by who is not
describable in words, who created all we know, and more. Before I leave
you, I will share something of me and my boss with you. Then your Adept
will know the truth. His decision to tell you about it truthfully, or
not, might be of some interest to you."
I said "I will not allow you to contact the worlds of the
Confederation or Galactic Council. All ships that try to, will be
destroyed, and their crews will be stuffed into the offices of your
government. This prohibition will remain until your people become fit
to associate with. Adepts should NOT rule governments. If your people
torture or kill any more Atlana, I will be very displeased, and what I
may do about it, well, you might want to kill those who did it, to
silence their agonized screaming." He said in horror, "What would you
do to them?" I said "I would do what I have done many times before. I
would make them feel what all their victims felt, every hour of every
day for the rest of their lives, with the prohibition that they may not
harm themselves. The first person killed himself as soon as he could. I
would prevent that. I don't like enabling this consequence, but cause
and effect must be maintained. I don't get to choose not to do what
should be done to balance things. I think I am not believed. I can
change that. Here is what those Atlana felt." I made all in the
government who were seeing my projections, and all in the ships, feel
that for one long second. When they recovered, I said, "You should know
I feel every consequence myself, that I enable. It is fair. Now for
another demonstration. Please stand and move away from the table." They
did.
I grabbed the table in 4th hands, and crumbled it into splinters. I
said "Much of the table was comprised of carbon. I will add to it
carbon from the other conference room tables in all your ships in this
feet, and make this." It was one of their kinds of trees, and it filled
most of the room. I said "It is made of crystalized carbon, with
natural coloring. Many cultures consider it a precious substance. I
have created a similar thing in one of your government offices. Now you
will have something of who I am, and beyond me." I glowed with power,
and sent out my love to all in the ships, and in the government
offices, and those above added their power and love.
Then I said, "There is now a file in your central computer called
Master Guardian, which is a recording of my visit here. You will turn
away from my system, and return to your own space. You know now what
will happen if you do not. Go in peace. And with love." I vanished my
projection. We watched them through my viewpoint I had left active,
just sit there, stunned. All my people piled onto me, with a whole lot
of hugs and kisses, and some tears, too. Then Ichi said "Everybody on
More hugs and kisses. I said "One thing you might not know. My love is
in the trees." Rose said, "Even better!" Hawk said "I wonder how long
it'll be before they smash them." I said "Won't matter. My love will be
in each piece." Minster laughed almost hysterically. When he could, he
said, "They can't resist making things out of it and selling them. Your
love will go all over the world, and people will know it's not theirs,
but yours. You KNEW this!" I said "Great reasoning! Yes, and as planned
from the beginning of this adventure." Hawk said "The Adept is still
saying you weren't there. He's too stupid to realize that if they
believed that, they would think you were even more powerful than they
thought." Rose said "Right. Really stupid." Minton said "What I really
would like to know, is if they are going to link what you did here, to
the squirting corpses." They all looked at me. I looked behind me, and
they laughed. I said "They might, but probably not to me, but to God,
or an angry demon."
I said "Zander, we now have more work for our students to do;
monitoring their ships for incursions into forbidden space." I told him
how. He said "Useful and important work. Yes, we'll do it. Thank you. I
still can't understand how you alone, one man, with almost nothing but
words, could do all you did." I said "Want to know something? I don't
think about it much, anymore. Happens on Earth a lot, now, too. I just
do what I think I should do at the time. I don't really plan to say
what I say. It just comes from me when it should. Works, though, so I'm
not complaining." Rose said "The Admiral is issuing orders. They are to
change vectors, and step down from star drive, and then start back as
soon as they can." Ichi said "Again Stephen saves the world, and much
of the galaxy, too, this time, and they won't know." I said "Can't
know. They would panic. Even those of the GC." Zander said, "A fair
assessment. But they will be told someday. They should know." I said
"It doesn't really matter, and won't, except to ignored historians.
Sorry Zander." He said "Not a problem. You're probably right,
unfortunately." I said "I'm updating Krack and his PA, and sending them
the recording. I'm not going to stay and hear their wows." Some
laughter.
said, "We're there." We ported to the pool area, stripped, and jumped
into one of the pools. We had a great time, and had a lot of great
orgasms, Ivanna, being the loudest of us. Well, with three ball
sensitives in the link, that was bound to happen. Nobody complained.
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