The Bear That Fell From The Stars by Keith C. Blackmore

Author:Keith C. Blackmore [Blackmore, Keith C.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Keith C Blackmore
Published: 2011-03-11T00:00:00+00:00

The Lead Botanist stood before a bank of computer poles and studied the numerals and characters floating in the air before her. With a thought, she brought up another series of images, and studied them with great interest. There was a problem with the depth of the soil in the chamber, and the root systems of the towering sugi trees could go no further in the space that was afforded them. The Lead glanced up, taking in the towering heights of the trees, their foliage blocking out the starlight. She wasn’t quite certain what to do with the situation. The growing trees were an experiment spanning centuries, and they were brought aboard the starcraft when they were mere saplings. No one knew that the plant-life would flourish so well in space. It was an Earth forest in the heavens, and many had doubted her team’s ability to make it thrive. But thrive it had, to this point, where it could grow no further. It just went to prove what the Lead Botanist and her team of dedicated scientists were capable of.

She studied the dark height of the trees and breathed in the gift of the purest oxygen she had ever tasted. It was wonderful, the rush more satisfying than any of the stimulants found on their world. A few more years perhaps, and they would transplant these magnificent giants to their homeworld, and begin the phase of introducing new flora into their environment. The Lead Botanist looked down, and took in the vast domed chamber about her. She took a step away from the floating images of data and the problems they presented, and walked to the edge of the platform she stood upon. Here, from the observatory in the center of the dome, meters above a nutrient-rich earth floor covered in humus, she gazed at her creation. The dome was filled with thick foliage not only from the trees, but the vegetation allowed to grow and flourish underneath it like a thick, breathing blanket. Here and there, she spied her team members moving through the forest, conducting their research and recording their findings. The plant life rose up to their waists in some places, giving the illusion of the Aqjms wading through a deluge of woodland green.

She kept on watching and gradually became aware of a tapping coming from the entranceway to the dome, the only entry and exit portal in the entire chamber. It persisted for a short time, an irregular metallic sound, and then stopped, only to resume again. Curiosity, an Aqjm’s greatest weakness, prodded her to project a command to an Aqjm closest to the portal.

–Investigate the source of that, she instructed.

And a tall, white botanist, as willowy as the bushes surrounding it, moved towards the source of the sound.

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