Cadets by Edward A. Miller

Author:Edward A. Miller [Miller, Edward A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Space Opera, SciFi
ISBN: 9781500605377
Google: CsvKoQEACAAJ
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Published: 2014-08-04T00:20:54+00:00

Chapter 31

Searching For Answers

Admiral Thompson was at his wits’ end. The team at the Nevada base was still searching for answers and it didn’t look like they were going to find anything anytime soon. Sure, they’d uncovered a few secrets that had apparently been kept from the public through the centuries, but so far they hadn’t found anything that seemed remotely related to this case. At one point, Morgan had called him and said they’d found photographs and reports of verified UFOs, but no mention of an alien capture, and certainly nothing about an amulet or any kind of landing. Of course, they still had a lot of boxes to go through.

Meanwhile he’d just about exhausted all his searches concerning the cryptic note he’d found hidden in General Williamson’s desk. He looked at it again.

The Queen is with her loyal subjects

Inside the truth is sealed

Only the worthy who see the ten

Shall have the path revealed

“The Queen is with her loyal subjects,” he said to himself several times, as if repeating the phrase would somehow magically cause it to make sense. He’d searched all of the old military codes and couldn’t find anything that matched. He’d even researched cryptograms and ciphers—anything he could find involving queens and subjects. Most of it was nonsense. And the phrase “inside the truth is sealed” didn’t help at all. He’d thought perhaps it meant inside the general’s desk, but he’d left instructions to have it dismantled and they hadn’t found anything. As for “the worthy who see the ten,” that wasn’t much help either. There were some biblical references, but they were useless. His thoughts were beginning to blur and he was running out of patience.

Just then, his communication link beeped. Finally, the call he was waiting for.

“Please tell me you have some good news, Morgan.”

“Nothing that will help us yet, Admiral,” she said. “We’re only halfway through these boxes. We did find a few filled with microfilm and microchips, but we don’t even have the equipment to decipher any of it. It’s ancient technology.”

Thompson sighed. “Damn it. I should have thought about that. I’ll have a team of experts on old military protocol there within an hour or two. That’s gonna cost us time.”

“Well it hasn’t exactly been business as usual, sir. It’s hard to think of everything.”

“Sure it’s hard,” he said. “But it’s the small details that’ll kill you every time and it’s my job to think of them. Anyway, I have a meeting with R&D in thirty minutes. Let me know when the experts get there.”

“Will do,” said Morgan. “Good luck, sir.”

“From your mouth to God’s ears, Morgan. Thompson out.”

He practically flew outside, where a transport was waiting to take him to the research and development buildings located on the opposite side of the base.

As the vehicle pulled off, his mind was racing. He was wracking his brain still trying to make sense of the bizarre message. He was good at puzzles, but he wasn’t getting anywhere with this one. He decided maybe the best thing was to put it out of his mind for a bit.

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