The Foundling Saga: Revelation by Bowring S D

Author:Bowring, S D [Bowring, S D]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: S D Bowring
Published: 2015-04-07T22:00:00+00:00

The Transportation

Keller was told that he would be going to ‘Gate 12’ the following day which was apparently a two hour journey from his temporary home in London. Prior to that journey, he would have further visitors. These would be from a variety of Regents - all of whom seemed to perform various functions.

One uniformed man advised him of what he called ‘protocol’ which specifically referred to how he should communicate with, and approach, various groups of people. These included different grades of passengers, security, pilots, stewards and so forth. Then there would be another set of protocols once he arrives at New Exeter. There, he would be met and handled by other advisers, including representatives from Rayleigh.

Several Regents who visited seemed to be interested in how he reacted to certain questions and generally wanted to be sure his state of mind was okay for travelling a long distance. Two of them repeated medical checks that had already occurred on his arrival. They even examined what he deposited in the toilet - which really puzzled him until Sophia told him that it was possible to detect many illnesses from these deposits. He had already begun to just believe what he was told - no matter how fantastic or unlikely it sounded. He could see that the Londoners were very clever people with complex tools. Each of these tools being useful in some way or another to find out whatever they needed to know about almost anything.

Despite all these clever tools, they still seemed like ordinary people to him. They were all as different as any group of Outsiders might be, some were serious, some withdrawn, some friendly, some unfriendly, some funny, some kind and some disinterested or even just a little mean. That observation meant that, whilst he felt alone, he was not totally lost amongst them. It did, however, concern him that he liked one or two of them and this made him feel guilty when he thought of his family on the Outside who would, he knew, be worried sick about him.

He was wearing a small disc with dots on that he was told should not be taken off until he arrived at New Exeter, an I-disc they called it. It apparently allowed easy identification of his unique attributes (finger and palm prints, eyes, DNA, travel information, credits etc.). Credits allowed him to buy things during travel and at certain off-world centres.

He was informed he would be joining a great many other passengers who would be taken into the sky, and a little beyond, to transfer to a great craft taking them to the New Exeter hub. The vehicle in question was known as the Maurice Gould and Keller was informed that for several weeks this craft had been receiving various types of freight, including some live animals, which would accompany them to New Exeter for holding and distribution to various off-world colonies. The Maurice Gould would apparently receive a similar type of return load, albeit smaller in terms of both freight and people, for its return to Earth.

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