Temporal Incursion by Neil A. Hogan

Temporal Incursion by Neil A. Hogan

Author:Neil A. Hogan [Hogan, Neil A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Maldek House
Published: 2019-03-03T22:00:00+00:00


Episode 5

Builderbots

Chapter 33

Patel looked at the flashing light on his wrist band. “Hiro!” he said. “Any luck?”

“You’ll never guess!”

Patel frowned. “I might be the smartest human in the Solar System, but I can’t access my entire brain at once. Do you want to play 100 questions as well?”

“Point taken. Short version. The upgrade has been hacked. I’ve been able to get a copy of the download and a copy of the original. The upgrade contains a new instruction that disables the doors, and increases external security. It looks positive, but it essentially turns it into a fortress.”

“So, this isn’t a case of a faulty upgrade, or one that has been interrupted mid installation. Someone is deliberately trying to prevent the Stellar Flash from going somewhere.”

“I guess with all the crew on leave, Victoria in another star system, a temp in space station command, and updates being installed, it was the perfect opportunity for a test run. We just don’t know yet why.”

“It could be any number of reasons. Thank you, Hiro. Keep me updated. I think I know where to go next.”

Patel turned to the window. Saturn was directly in front, and little robot worker drones were flying pieces of material, continuing their construction of Ring Four. Even though humanity had advanced a lot since 2033, and there was a much more upbeat and positive feeling to reality, there was always some segment of the population that wanted to cause trouble. Selfishness was innate in young humans, and no amount of a utopian society was going to change that.

It was why he continued to run a secret services organization which had access to much more advanced technology than anyone on Earth could acquire. He doubted giving all humans access to time travel and frequency shifting technology, not to mention phase shift and astral communication, would be good for reality as a whole. He knew from history how a simple unregulated piece of technology could destroy an entire galaxy for millions of years. Imagine giving space-fold technology to humans.

But, who would need the Stellar Flash disabled? Or, for that matter, need to work from Saturn Space Station X1-a? He could run a simulation, but waiting for Watanabe’s results might be just as…

Then Patel laughed to himself. “Simulation it is!” He looked for an address on his flash band, and disappeared. Moments later, he appeared in a laboratory in Ring Three. The humans and aliens inside greeted him as he walked through, and headed to a crystalline computer system. The heart of the station’s A.I. unit.

He approached it, deep in thought. “A.I. Create a signal isolation field around our communications. Scan current space-time, and model the future for me.”

“Estimated time for answer, 7.5 million years, making the enquiry obsolete. Though, I could make a prediction that the answer is 42.”

Patel chuckled. “Funny! I should delete Douglas Adams’ radio play from your records. Localize the simulation to this station and the Stellar Flash. Project for one day’s time.”

“Simulation estimated to take 1 hour.”

“Yes. Advise me of anything that might cause a problem.



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