Technopia Full Box Set by Greg Chase

Author:Greg Chase [Chase, Greg]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bayou Moon Press LLC
Published: 2019-03-03T05:00:00+00:00

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Chapter 23

Sam loved the agro pod, loved the village, loved floating free with the plants and people, but sometimes he just had to escape. As the others busied themselves with the regular activities of daily life, he snuck away down the connecting passage to the rest of Leviathan.

He had friends out there, but none challenged his intellect as much as Dr. Elliot Shot. The confusingly old man had set up his office on the ship’s bridge. He said he’d gotten bored with life on Earth, but that answer didn’t cut it with Sam. Some comments were intended more to create further dialogue than finish a conversation.

The ship’s bridge had undergone yet another transformation. Physical books lay scattered across command consoles, and functional, built-in crew seating shared space with large, comfortable lounge chairs. Not that it mattered. Once Lev had become sentient, the one-time center of activity on the ship had become little more than a museum piece.

Dr. Shot stood hunched over some calculations that showed up on the central view screen—something about radioactive decay that Sam couldn’t understand.

“Spare some time for the slow student?” Sam asked.

Dr. Shot’s bald head sprang up to meet Sam’s smile. “Always. I could use someone to bounce ideas around with.”

Sam relaxed into one of the large chairs. As his hands ran along the leather arms, he realized it had come from Dr. Shot’s study on Earth. “Nice of Lev to let you set up on her bridge.”

Dr. Shot made some quick notes then joined Sam in the matching chair. “Well, ownership’s kind of a confusing topic when you’re talking about something as complex as Leviathan. Rendition owns the ship, and I’m partially responsible for Lev’s creation, so when I mentioned I’d like to spend some time on her during the rescue of the minor planets, she lent me this space. She never asked for it back, so I just stayed.”

“But why? You’ve got that beautiful mansion on Earth. Why become a live-aboard? And don’t tell me you were just bored. That was just a way to get me back here.”

Dr. Shot pulled out the familiar glass pipe and began to fill it. “Would you believe it’s because Yoshi’s cannabis is better than anything I can get on Earth?”

“If anyone else said it, sure.” Yoshi’s pot was the best. But for an intellect like Dr. Shot, it was far from enough of a reason to leave Earth.

“Remember our conversation on time, back when you first came to Earth after learning you were god to the Tobes?”

“Of course. That was one of my favorite intellectual discussions.” More like the only enjoyable scientific speculations I ever took part in.

“After the Moons of Jupiter dumped their radioactive material on our moon, I started to develop an idea. We’d been seeing a spike in cancers just before those garbage runs. Not a huge increase, and they paled in comparison to what we saw after the moon lit up. But that was what got me thinking. No one had ever done a study on what happened to people before a nuclear incident.

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