Tides of the Continuum 1: Making History by Keegan Hennis

Author:Keegan Hennis [Hennis, Keegan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Goodreads: 17796366
Publisher: Keegan Hennis
Published: 2012-07-11T17:00:00+00:00

-MESSAGE RECEIVED FROM ' BISHOP '

-FILTERING...

-DECRYPTING...

-TRANSLATING...

-DISPLAYING MESSAGE CONTENT:

We approach. If you cannot fulfill your obligation, then our accord is null.

-COMPOSING REPLY FROM 'ROOK':

You have no chance of success without

me. I'm back on schedule, but at the

cost of accuracy.

-END TRANSMISSION

11

Aurora and Lincoln walked from the maglev into a small hallway near the center of the ship. They entered a spacious room, the door of which held the label “Ops”. Inside the room, the walls were not decorated, nor were there any odd colors, as she had expected. The back wall sported several computer access stations, each with its own padded seat. Some people were milling around doing various jobs. As they entered, someone shouted, “Colonel on deck!”

Lincoln responded reflexively, “As you were. Give me an update.”

First Officer Paul Cutler approached Lincoln and reported. “Sir, we are currently on course to meet the Koratind Ratahn fleet at System 36 Oph. We project ETA at three days, six hours and thirty minutes. Athena reports our android forces are in position to be deployed at your command.”

At that moment, a call came over the central network. It was a matter concerning power relays or something. Aurora didn’t catch all of it. Lincoln left the room before the man finished talking, and the transmission was being routed through his collar comlink.

Aurora walked into the adjacent conference room. She went to the long mahogany conference table at one end of the room, and sat down. Until this time, she was completely unaware that any of this could be possible, let alone probable. Of all the science books she had read, not one had mentioned anything close to what she was living. Her life was being turned upside down in front of her eyes, and yet, when she thought about it, none of it seemed unlikely at all. It all made perfect sense.

And then, amidst her meditating, Aurora’s mind touched on something interesting. “Athena?”

“Yes, Aurora? Can I help you?” asked the computer.

“I had an interesting thought. Why would I be contacted with a message dream, if I weren’t the one in a position of responsibility over this ship? Why wasn’t Lincoln given the dream?”

“This is a good question, indeed. I myself have wondered about this subject. It could mean one of several things. The Colonel may have been too distraught to receive the dream. Recently, he commemorated the sixth anniversary of his late wife’s death. It may also be that the Visitors believe you are going to play some other part in future events. It may be that you needed to receive it to teach you something that you would have otherwise not learned.”

Aurora was tired. It was nearly nine in the evening by the Legion’s reckoning of time. She stood and stretched. “Can you direct me to my quarters? It’s almost my bedtime.”

“Certainly, Aurora. Shall I have a meal waiting for you when you get there?” asked Athena.

“Sure, and make it warm, please. I’m not in the mood for combat rations again,” said Aurora.

“You didn’t have to eat them the first time.

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