This is the first 50 pages in order. The segments are all in order for ease of reading. This is not the final draft. Characters and scenes will be added and approximately 45,000 more words.There will be a book and a movie script when the project is finished.
© Walt Barrett 2014 - 2015
The
Adventures of Jennifer Starfield All
characters appearing in this work are fictitious.
About
the past, the present and the future
First
installment
- Segment
1
It
all started May 8th 1910
in rural northern Rhode Island. It was an exciting summer for Molly
Sterling because Molly was very interested in science and there had
been several stories in the local newspaper about the appearance of
Haley's Comet. Molly had been forced to leave school at age 14 and
had already been working for over four years in a local textile mill.
She was an avid reader and continued to educate herself as best that
she could. Molly wanted to be a science teacher, but she was the
oldest of eight children and her parents who ran a large dairy farm
needed her to work in the mill to help support their growing family.
School would have to wait.
It
was Sunday and Molly had the day off from the textile mill. Her plan
was that after she finished her Sunday farm chores she would walk to
the very high hill which was actually the rear pasture of their farm
where there were no trees and it was so high that she could see for
miles in all directions.
Late
Sunday afternoon Molly told her mother that she was going to climb
the hill in the back pasture so she could try to see Halley's Comet
because it only came by once every 76 years and she did not want to
miss it. Her dad advised here that she would need to get a lantern
and matches from the barn so that she could return safely in the
dark. Her mom advised her to wear a warm Jacket as the evenings were
still quite cool in May. Molly gathered up her jacket, a small
kerosene lantern, and some cardboard paper matches and started off to
climb the hill in the back pasture.
Her
parents watched her in the distance as she climbed the
hill in the last light of day as she had done so many times before on
her adventures to gaze at the stars. Molly had climbed the to
the top of the hill in the back pasture where she could get a clear
view of the southern horizon. As the daylight totally faded into
blackness the stars were literally popping out of the sky at her.
Finally, she spotted the comet. It's tail streaming for millions of
miles. Molly was thinking to herself how lucky that she was to have
seen Halley's comet because it would be another 76 years before the
comet would come back again and the chances of her still being alive
and able to see it were slim to nothing. It had gotten quite dark and
Molly was thinking that it was time to light the lantern and start
down the hill to the farmhouse. Suddenly he noticed a very bright
light on the horizon and it was coming right towards her. Molly had
heard stories before about strange lights in the sky and rumors of
people from other worlds. No one never talked about the subject very
much and there seemed to be a conspiracy of silence regarding the
entire subject. Molly stood frozen as the light drew closer until it
stopped right over her head just hovering there.
Molly
could not move. She was totally captivated by the strange glowing
light that warmed her in the chill of the springtime evening.
Suddenly a beam of light shot out of the glowing object and
surrounded Molly. Molly felt herself getting very sleepy. She
was frightened and then she blacked out.
When
Molly woke up she found herself in an unfamiliar room that seemed to
be lit by glowing walls and a glowing ceiling. She was sitting in
strange kind of soft chair. There were several of them in the room.
The glowing light and the soft chair made her feel very relaxed and
strangely comfortable. Then Molly realized that there was a young
woman sitting opposite her in one of the chairs. She told Molly that
her name was Jennifer Starfield and that she was there to be her
friend and to cure her from a serious health problem.
Next
– Molly takes a trip to the future with Jennifer Starfield.
Jennifer's
Ship is next
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Now
let's find out who Jennifer Starfield really is.
Thank
you,
Walt
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Segment
3
Next
Who
Jennifer Starfield really is.
Jennifer
Starfield is an ageless time traveler from the 31st century.
She is from an extremely advanced civilization where every one's body
is embedded with highly radical technology including micro electronic
devices for medical monitoring and total treatment. Medical
micro-robots, Brain implants including perfect vision and infra red
vision, lightening fast reflexes, enhanced super intelligence and
knowledge, limitless skill sets, photographic high speed memory and
built in electronic weaponry that with one touch can render her
opponents unconscious for hours.
She
also has a particle physics implant which allows her to change
dimensions, shapes or size and can literally walk through walls made
from any material. The total weight of these micro devices is
5
grams including the power supply that is powered by particle
physics technology. Jennifer's medical implants can detect any
sickness, disease or injury immediately and manufacture a cure
including cells as needed. She has the ability to regenerate any and
all body parts. Her brain implant can manufacture unlimited brain
cells and constantly maintain and upgrade her brain. She can send and
receive messages telepathically anywhere in space and time including
instant upgrades to her knowledge base with no time delay. It
even tells her what to eat each day to supply the minerals and
vitamins she needs to keep her body and electronics operating
properly. Jennifer's medical electronics constantly monitor her
entire body and brain and sweep it clear of any unhealthy buildups,
debris, viruses, diseases or bacteria. Jennifer Starfield is
truly a person from the future.
Next
Jennifer
explains to Molly
Jennifer
Starfield explains the situation to Molly Stirling by Walt Barrett ©
2014 Segment 4
Segment
4
Jennifer
explains the situation to Molly
It's
1910 and Molly Sterling doesn't know that the nice comfortable room
she is sitting in is really inside a space ship that is capable of
traveling backwards and forwards through time.
Jennifer
asked Molly if she had ever read a book called “The Time Machine”
written by H. G. Wells that was published in 1895. Molly said yes
she had and it was very interesting. Jennifer asked Molly if she
believed in time travel and Molly said yes. Jennifer then tells
Molly that the room that they are sitting in is part of a real time
machine that travels through space and it was built by a very
advanced civilization that had lived on the Earth for thousands of
years and that it was not like the fictional make believe time
machine in the book. Jennifer was watching Molly closely
and gauging her
reactions to the startling disclosure she had just made to her.
After all, this was 1910 and Molly's farm house didn't have
electricity, indoor plumbing or running water. Molly appeared to be
holding up well under the overload of new information. Jennifer
Asked Molly if she believed her ship could fly through space and
time and Molly said yes she did because she had climbed the hill to
star gaze many times before and had seen the colored lights in the
sky that could only be space ships.
Then
Jennifer told Molly that she had fainted just as Jennifer's ship had
landed on the hill top. Jennifer said that she was very concerned
and had transported her on board the ship which was something that
she did not usually do. She told Molly that she wouldn't understand,
but she had done what was called an electronic medical scan of her
entire body while Molly was unconscious. She told Molly there was a
problem in her brain, but not to worry because it could easily be
fixed and it would not hurt a bit. Molly asked what would happen if
she did not cure her brain and Jennifer answered that she would
eventually die.
Molly
thought about that for a minute then she said that said she had
better do it then, but what would she tell her parents, she had
already been gone a long time. Jennifer said not to worry because
after Molly was cured she would return her back to the hill top and
it would be like no time has passed at all and Molly could just walk
down the hill and return home like nothing ever happened. Molly
decided to let Jennifer go ahead and heal her, but she wanted to
know what Jennifer was going to do to her.
Next
How
Jennifer Starfield heals Molly Sterling
Segment
5
Jennifer
led Molly down a long corridor and opened the door to another room.
It was just a normal size room with just one narrow padded table in
the center. Jennifer told Molly to lie down on the table and relax
while a piece of equipment that was fastened to the end of the table
scanned her. Molly asked if she was going to be operated on and
Jennifer told her that this was the 31st century and there were no
more operations. Surgery had been replaced by medical implants and
scanner beams several hundred years ago. The machine at the end of
the bench was going to scan Molly and do the implants in a matter of
minutes. When the implants were installed Molly would be healed and
be much stronger and much more intelligent. She would also be an
average 31st century
woman who would be returning to the 21st century
with the most intelligent brain and most healthy body of that time,
but she could never tell anyone because there was no telling the 20th
century scientists of 1910 would do to her with their experiments and
as it was they couldn't even cure a common cold.
Jennifer
asked Molly if she was ready and Molly said she was. Jennifer told
Molly to lie still for a minute and then she turned on the scanning
machine. The machine gripped Molly in a magnetic field that held here
perfectly still and it began to scan her entire body.
It
moved down from her head to Next
her
toes while stopping now and then and aiming different colored beams
of light at her body. The medical scanner was actually beaming fully
compatible medical
micro robots and micro electronic control and memory chips directly
into Molly's body. Molly would never need a doctor again.
The
New Molly Sterling © 2014 Walt Barrett
Segment
6
Jennifer
told Molly that she could get up off the scanning table now and she
asked Molly how she felt. Molly said that she never felt better in
her life! Jennifer said good, Let's go back to the Salon where she
could relax while Jennifer explained what changes had been made to
Molly's mind and body. Jennifer told Molly that now that Molly had
been scanned she would be much more able to understand What Jennifer
was about to tell her. She said that Molly would be gradually
learning many things from the knowledge base chip that was implanted
in her brain. She must keep all information about the future to
herself. Jennifer said that they were on board a space ship that
could travel through space, time, and dimensions. It could be made
invisible at any time for security purposes and it could travel at
any speed. She told Molly that she could now understand all of this
technology because of the expanded memory chips in her brain. A
micro medical scanner was also implanted along with micro robots that
patrolled her bloodstream through her entire body and brain. The
robots were able to make instant repairs to all the organs of her
body. Over the next several weeks her bones and muscles would
become much stronger. The micro robots would be converting part of
her food intake into exotic metals and carbon derivatives and
depositing them into her bones and muscles to replace weaker
materials and make her body stronger. Her skin would become
cosmetically perfect and more impervious to damage. This is how
all women and men were designed in the 31st century.
Jennifer asked Molly if she understood and Molly said yes she did.
Jennifer Told Molly that all she had to do to reach her was to think
about her and call her in her mind and Jennifer would answer back
with her mind. They now shared a telepathic connection. Jennifer told
Molly that her current job was to patrol this sector and be aware of
all the goings on. If anything unusual happened to report it to
central command at once. Molly asked Jennifer what kind of things
could be happening and Jennifer answered that there could be
epidemics, plagues, natural disasters, alien intruders, meteor
strikes and any number of other things that she might never have
heard of before. For example, in June 1908 an object was heading for
a major city in Russia and Jennifer's ship was patrolling the area.
It was assigned to divert the object to an uninhabited part of
Siberia and blast it to bits at several miles above the Earth. It was
Jennifer's job to follow orders and do whatever had to be done to end
these threats.
Jennifer
told Molly that she was going to send her back pretty soon, but
wanted her to have an energy drink first to boost her strength. It
had been a long evening for her, being scanned and all.
A
cart with two large glasses on a tray silently rolled into the salon
and stopped between their chairs. Jennifer told Molly to help herself
and picked up the other glass. You will find this very pleasant she
told Molly. Molly tasted the drink and found it to be excellent. When
they were finished Jennifer told Molly it was time for her to go home
and that she would be contacting her soon. Jennifer reminded Molly
never to tell anyone or they would think that she had lost her mind.
Jennifer
then told Molly she was going to put her outside again and Molly was
to take one last look at Halley's comet and then pick up her
lantern and Jacket and walk back down the hill. She would arrive home
on time like nothing had ever happened. No one would ever realize
that Molly had gone missing.
Next
Jennifer
takes Molly on an adventure
Jennifer
takes Molly on an adventure Segment 7
It
was several days since Jennifer had first met Molly Sterling and had
given Molly superhuman powers that Molly could never have dreamed of.
Jennifer was parked in orbit over the farm where Molly lived in
Northern Rhode Island where she could watch over her and monitor the
signals that her newly integrated electrical parts were emitting. So
far, Molly was OK and had not told anyone about her bizarre
experience of meeting Jennifer on the top of Mound Hill several days
ago.
Jennifer
was getting ready to do her daily sector report to her commander back
at Rachel City. Her commander was expecting her to call and she had
already told him about Molly the previous morning. The commander
asked Jennifer what she thought of Molly and Jennifer said that Molly
was fine so far although all of her systems had not come on line yet.
Jennifer reckoned it would take at least another week for all of
Molly's systems to fully function.
The
commander said to bring Molly to Rachel city for a visit that evening
so he could see how she reacted to the future. Jennifer said that she
would do that. That afternoon while Molly was walking home she heard
Jennifer's voice in her mind and Molly answered just by thinking the
words. Jennifer said that they had to take a trip for the evening
because there were some people that wanted to meet her. Molly said OK
and that she would walk up the hill after dinner, but where were they
going? Jennifer told Molly that they were going to her home city in
Rachel, Nevada in the 31st century, but not to worry
and she would find it very interesting.
That
evening Molly walked up the hill where Jennifer was waiting for her
and suddenly Molly found herself inside the space ship. The two of
them went back to the salon and made themselves comfortable. Jennifer
said that she wanted to explain about Rachel City and the
31st century
to her. She told Molly that the city would appear very different to
her mostly because they would be 1000 years into the future. Everyone
had electricity now and many more machines were operated
electrically. There would also be many more bright lights in the
evening. This was all because some very smart scientists had figured
out how to easily extract electricity from particles that were flying
around freely all over the universe. Molly asked Jennifer why their
headquarters were in Nevada. Molly said that she had read in a
magazine that Nevada was just a big dry desert. Jennifer told Molly
it was not a desert anymore and that some other smart scientists had
invented machines that took in gases from the atmosphere and using
all the free electricity available they could convert the atmosphere
into as much water as they needed. Nevada was now full of lakes and
gardens.
There
were farms that were run by robots that grew and packaged
fruit
and vegetables day after day and they were in many parts of the
country. Most cities had their own
robot fresh food gardens There was free
power everywhere and no one worked anymore. There were even
robots who designed and built the robots. Everything was delivered
instantly by large transport space ships that were also operated by
robots. No one worked unless they wanted to. Work was now a form of
recreation for those who wanted it. The robot machines were
everywhere and they did everything. People were free to paint,
invent, sculpt, make movies or music or do anything they wanted to
do.
Jennifer
suddenly stopped talking and said that they had arrived and it was
time to tour the city and then to meet the commander.
Next
Segment
8
Jennifer
tours the city and meets the commander.
Segment
8 ©2014 Walt Barrett
Molly
Meets The Commander
Molly
had never seen a city like Rachel before. It was very flat with
groups of low buildings spread over acres and acres of green grass,
small
lakes and tall groves of trees everywhere. The electric water making
machines made more water than they could use. There were families out
walking and others were sitting around in groups on benches having
discussions and everyone seemed quite contented. It was more like a
park than a city. The buildings were very spread out. There
were four wheeled robot carts everywhere and they ran by themselves,
stopping at the various groups of people, some to offer
transportation and others to offer them food or drink. Jennifer
explained that everything was free and that the robots made
everything that they needed including their homes and maintained them
too. It was all possible because of the free electrical energy.
People could now focus on improving themselves. No one really had to
work anymore. Jennifer told Molly that it was time to get her some
new clothing so she would fit in with the rest of the people while
she was visiting. Jennifer took Molly into a long low building with
lots of windows in it. It looked like a giant version of the country
store back in Molly's home town in the 20th century.
There were robotic trams with seats that were lined up just inside
the door. Jennifer got on one, sat down, and motioned to Molly to get
on and sit down beside her. A voice from the tram said where too, and
Jennifer told the robot tram to go to the woman's department and stop
at the body scanner. Jennifer told Molly That she was going to get
several crew type uniforms similar to her own.
The
robot tram stopped and announced that they were at the body scanner.
Jennifer and Molly got out in front of the body scanner which was two
full length mirrors with scanning lasers on them and placed in a V
configuration with a turntable set in the floor between them.
Jennifer told Molly to step onto the round plate in the floor, take
off the factory dress and stand up straight. Then Jennifer to the
machine to scan her. The round plate began to turn as the lasers
scanned up and down Molly from head to toe. It turned for one full
revolution. A robot voice said ready – what style? Jennifer said 5
full sets of flight crew number 4 everything including undergarments,
boots and socks. The robot asked Jennifer where to send the clothing.
Jennifer said to send it to number 10 Galaxy Way and asked how long
it would be. The robot replied one hour.
Jennifer
said that they had to go now to her home and get ready to meet the
commander. The robot tram took them back to the entrance. They got
off and Jennifer told Molly to follow her into a small room that
looked like an elevator and then Jennifer slid the door shut and said
10 Galaxy Way. The next thing Molly knew she was standing in the
middle of a beautiful room and Jennifer was welcoming her to her
home. Jennifer told Molly that they only had one hour to get ready to
meet the commander and that they would have to freshen up, change and
transport right over to headquarters.
Headquarters
turned out to be a very large anti-gravity space ship about one mile
across and it was saucer shaped being about a quarter of a mile thick
with many levels in it. Molly reckoned that it was about the biggest
thing that she had ever seen. It was hovering silently just a few
feet above the ground. Jennifer explained to Molly that it was an
anti-gravity machine of the galaxy cruiser class. Molly was
practically speechless. Jennifer faced the ship and asked for
permission to come aboard and they were instantly transported to the
office suite of Commander Cruz. The commander welcomed them and told
them to make themselves comfortable. He asked Molly what she thought
of the 31st century so far and Molly told him that
what she had seen so far was unbelievable, but she thought that she
could adjust to it. The commander said that was fair enough and that
they would like to offer Molly a chance to enter their society. Molly
told the commander that it was a wonderful offer because the only
future she had back in 1910 was to work in a textile mill the rest of
her life to support her family. The commander told Molly that they
realized that, but it would be very easy for them to replace Molly
with an android and no one would ever be able to tell the difference.
He explained that they did this often bring new genes into their
society. Molly asked if she could have a few days to look around the
city some more and think things over. Commander Cruz told her to take
all the time that she needed.
Segment
9 The Adventures of Jennifer Starfield
by
Walt
Barrett © 2014
It's
the 31st Century in the now thriving city, Rachel,
Nevada.
Jennifer
Starfield had given Molly a very large suite of rooms in her
country
home on Galaxy Drive. Molly was relaxing by herself and thinking
about her future. It was wonderful. There was an entire wall in one
room that was a television screen. Molly had never seen or heard of a
television before, but the chip that was implanted in Molly's brain
explained to her what made it work and how to operate it. It was all
run by voice command. People could talk back to it and could even use
it to vote. It had entertainment, education and news. Molly thought.
“Whoever heard of such a thing?”
Now
Molly had to decide if she would like to spend most of her time in
the 31st century with Jennifer Starfield or go back
to 1910 where she came from. Molly liked the modern things that she
had seen in the city and she liked the clothing and the boots that
people wore. She could not even begin to list all the modern
conveniences that people had and the homes were like palaces where
robots did all the work like cooking and cleaning and laundry. The
Robots even ran the farms on the outskirts of the city. There was hot
and cold running water and a giant tub in an indoor bathroom. “It
was absolutely wonderful!” Molly thought. Thanks to the electronic
chips that had been implanted in her brain Molly was as educated as
well as anyone in the 31st century and then she
thought “What will I do if I stay here?” “Back home in 1910 I
have a job six days a week spinning yarn in the yarn mill to keep me
busy and all my friends that work in the yarn mill too.” And then
Molly thought. “Just because things had always been that way in her
lifetime and in her mother's and grandmother's lifetime it didn't
mean that things had to be that way for her.” After all, Molly's
grandmother had died of a heart attack while tending looms at the
textile mill and no family in their town that Molly knew ever had any
money or a nice home with things like these people in century 31 had.
Molly thought, “Maybe I should stay here, after all, I can still go
home and visit. Maybe I'll stay here.”
Then
There was a knock on the door and Jennifer said “May I come
in?” Molly said “Yes, of course, I'm trying to decide if I
should stay here or go back to 1910 and I think that if you can
replace me there in 1910 with an Android and If I can visit my family
once in a while then I will stay here.” “Good, then it is
settled.” Jennifer said. “We'll take you down to the Android
works the first thing in the morning for a total body and brain scan;
and then there will be a new Molly the factory worker Android while
the real Molly Sterling goes on to bigger and better things.”
Jennifer was smiling and said “She was very happy that Molly was
going to stay and that she would be teaching Molly about the
31st century
and that there was a lot for Molly to learn.” Jennifer told Molly
“You will be my assistant for at least two years while you learn
all about our society and our space fleet operations.” Molly said
“thank you, this is very exciting and I won't let you down.”
Jennifer
said, “Now that I know for sure that you are going to be with me I
have something exciting to tell you.” Molly was on the edge of her
chair. “What
is it she asked?” Jennifer replied, “I have been asked to take a
battle cruiser to the Planet Mars and investigate some irregularities
in the robotic mining and smelting operations that we have had going
on there.” “No one has visited in over fifty years.”
Molly asked, “When do we leave? ”Jennifer replied, "We
leave for Mars in four days, but first we have to drop off your
Android replacement and you can visit your family while we are
there.” "Tomorrow we'll pick up your Android."
The
Android Works Segment 10
by
Walt Barrett © 2014
The
next morning they woke up early and readied themselves for the day
ahead. Jennifer said, “Be sure to bring all the clothing that you
were wearing when I picked you up because we are going to the Android
Works this morning.” Molly said “Yes I have it all packed and
ready.” Then they transported to The Android Works which was run
entirely by Androids. When they arrived they were met by an Android
named Andrea who said “Welcome Jennifer, welcome Molly, please
follow me to the scanning room.” Molly said to Jennifer, “She
seems like a regular person to me.” And Jennifer replied, “Well
basically she is exactly like a human and you could never tell the
difference without special equipment.” Andrea said. “ Come into
this room and lie on the scanning table. You will find it very
comfortable and it's only going to take about fifteen minutes.”
Molly looked at Jennifer and said, “What, another scan?” Jennifer
said, “Yes, but this one is a little different. It will copy all of
your physical dimensions and it will copy every memory in your brain
and transfer them to the Android's new synthetic brain which will
actually be more efficient than your normal brain.” Molly asked,
“How will it do that?” Andrea answered, “Our scanners use
magnetic field pick ups, sonar, radar and laser measuring devices to
map and record your entire body inside and out. We will copy your
brain and memory right down to the last molecule and your Android
will know you better than you know yourself.” “Now we must get
started so we can finish today.”
Andrea
completed the scan on Molly and said, “ OK, Molly the Android
version will deliver herself to your residence in eight hours via the
transport and wait for you there.” They thanked Andrea and started
towards the nearest transport booth. Jennifer said to molly, “We
have to go to the Headquarters right now. I received a Telepathic
message from Commander Cruz while you were on the scanner.” They
ducked into a transporter station at the entrance of The Android
Works and Jennifer said “Space Command” and they were back in
gang way of the Galaxy cruiser in an instant. Jennifer told Molly
that Commander Cruz had said, “Report to the war room as soon as
you arrive.”
Next
Preparing
for the War on Mars.
Possible
War on Mars ©2014 Walt Barrett
Earth
Century 31
Segment
11
On
the way up to the war room Jennifer said, “The only real value that
Mars has for us is the rare materials that we mine there. There is no
atmosphere for humans to breathe and not enough gravity to hold the
atmosphere even if we made one. It's very expensive to keep humans
alive on an airless planet and also we don't want to pollute our own
atmosphere with the toxic gases from the ore smelters so we smelt the
ore here.”
Molly,
still trying to get over the incredibly wild idea that she would be
going to Mars at all asked, “Then why are we even going there?
Can't you mine the materials here?” Jennifer said, “No, we cannot
find any of the materials that we need to build the high
voltage circuits for the cosmic particle amplifiers that we use to
make power. We use very rare metals and the blue crystals.” Molly
asked, “Well if people cannot live there how do you find all these
materials and then mine them and load them on space ships to bring
them here?”
Jennifer
replied, “Everything including the metal refining and smelting is
done by advanced robotic machines there on the Planet because it's so
much less expensive in the long run not have to maintain life support
systems. Machines don't need an atmosphere to operate and by smelting
and refining there we save a great deal of cargo space and weight.”
They
entered the war room. Admiral Cruz was talking informally with a
group of officers sitting around a large conference table. Cruz
stopped in mid sentence and said, “Captain Starfield and Cadet
Sterling, welcome. Now that we are all here I will brief you on the
situation. We have extensive mining and smelting operations on the
planet Mars and we have lost contact with the robot ground operations
and the orbiting security ships.” Admiral Cruz continued, “Mars
is one of our prime sources of the giant blue carbon crystals that we
use in our water recombining machines and in our power generators.
There's something going on there and we have to take a galaxy class
battle cruiser to be on the safe side and see what's going on. Does
anyone have any questions?”
Jennifer
asked, “Could this mean that we are going to be at war Admiral?”
Cruz said, “There's always that possibility, unless it turns out
that there has been a major power breakdown and if that's the case
we'll have to repair it.”
Admiral
Cruz stood up and said, “Captain Starfield will be the mission
leader and if that is all then we'll get on with the preparations. We
leave in one week and in the meantime Captain Starfield will return
to 1910 and put the Molly Stirling replacement Android in place. That
will be all for now people.”
Jennifer
said to Molly, “Lets go to patrol cruiser and make sure it's
fully
stocked, armed, and ready. After we return the Molly Android we will
bring my cruiser here and store it on board in the main hanger.
My
patrol cruiser is parked right nearby and we can transport over to
save time. We can have the Molly Android transported directly to my
patrol cruiser from the Android Works.”
They
transported directly to the control room of Jennifer's cruiser where
they were met by an Android crew member.
Jennifer
Said, “Molly, this is Lieutenant Greg. He is my first officer and
you will find him very helpful.” Molly said, “Hello Lt Greg, it's
very nice to meet you.” Greg Replied, “And you the same Cadet
Sterling.”
Jennifer
said, “Greg knows everything there is to know about all the
spaceships in the fleet. It is built into his circuits as we have
built it into your brain upgrades. As we travel he and I will
familiarize you with the entire ship including how to navigate
and maneuver it.
We
are waiting for Molly's twin Android to arrive from the Android Works
and then we will be setting course for Earth, 1910, the night that we
picked her up. Make the time 8 PM. Please see that everything is
ready.”
Jennifer
turned to Molly and said, “Now Molly, Your Android copy will be
arriving soon. It's going to be like having an identical twin sister.
Don't let that throw you. The only difference is that she will have
all of your memories since childhood, she will know
all of your secrets
and she also will have all of the advanced circuits that the rest of
us have built into our brains. When she walks down that hill back to
the farm your family will never tell the difference from you. She
will be you. She knows when to get up in the morning, exactly what
she is supposed to do and where to walk to get to work. She already
knows everyone that you know and by their first name. She also can do
your job better than you can and she never gets tired. I want the two
of you to spend some time together so she can study the finer details
of your voice and mannerisms.”
Molly,
being a very bright person said, “Don't worry, I understand
completely. This enhanced brain treatment that you have given me is
excellent. I could never go back to the way that I was.”
Jennifer
said, “Great, Your new twin will be here in about an hour. In the
meantime you can get some rest.”
Next
Molly's
Android goes back to 1910
Segment
12
Molly's
Android
Molly
woke up in about an hour after falling asleep in a nice soft chair in
the salon. First she saw Jennifer sitting in her chair and then she
looked to her right and saw her identical Android twin, except, her
twin was dressed in her factory dress that she had on the night she
met Jennifer. Molly heard a voice in her head say, “Hi Molly, I'm
Molly Android and I'm speaking to you telepathically.”
Molly
said, “I understand you and then thought back, can you understand
me?”
Molly
Android answered, “Yes I can.”
Jennifer
said, “Both of you speak out loud so that I can compare your
voices.” Jennifer continued, “Alright now, here's what's going to
happen.” “We're going back to the Sterling Farm in 1910 on the
night that Molly and I first met and Molly Android is going to gather
up her things she left on the ground and go back down the hill to the
farm house.” Molly Android said, “Yes, I know the way back and
I'll go in the house and tell everyone what a great time that I had
viewing Haley's Comet from the top of the hill and they will never
know that I have been gone for several days traveling ahead in time
to the 31st Century.”
It will be like I was never missing.
Molly
said to Molly Android, “Are you sure that you can run my machine at
the factory and will know all of my friends and relatives?” Molly
Android said, “Yes, I gathered all of your life experiences
telepathically from your brain last night while you were sleeping. I
have every experience that you ever had in life and know everyone
that you ever knew.”
Just
then Jennifer interrupted. “Come with me you two. You sound just
alike by the way. I'm going to show you how to do a time slide. It's
time for Molly Android to go home to the family farm.” Jennifer led
them to the control room and to a small computer with a keyboard on
it and she said, “We usually speak directly to our computers, but
in the case of time travel we always type in the actual numbers. Then
we have two people review them. There can be no margin for error.”
“Sit down here Molly” she said. “Look at the screen. Across the
top it says today's date, year and time. On the next line we have to
fill in the blanks where we are going.
Type
in the blanks. The Month 05, The Day 08, The Year 1910, The Time
2030, and destination #10 which is the assignment number I gave your
family farm. We will arrive at that date and time. When our business
is complete we will just type [#1 return] into the keyboard and we
will return to the base here in Century 31.”
Molly
said, “That wasn't very hard. When are we leaving? Jennifer said,
“Right now, just press that red button next to the keyboard.”
Molly
pressed the red button and then she hesitated and said, “I didn't
feel anything move.” Jennifer said, “You won't feel anything
because you are doing a time slide and the ship is not affected by
external gravitational forces because it is in a capacitive anti
gravity field and unaffected. We will be at your farm in 1910 in four
hours so let's get some rest.”
Four
hours later they were parked on top of the hill at Molly Sterling's
farm and the ship was in invisible mode. Jennifer, Molly, and Molly's
Android Twin opened the ships hatch and descended the steps to the
grass. Molly said to the Molly Android, “I think you will like it
here and I have lots of nice friends. We all have great fun together
on Sunday afternoons. I have a dog too and his name is Bear. I'm sure
you will get along just fine. He'll be glad to see you.” Jennifer
said, “We have to get back and prepare for the Mars trip.” Molly
Android said, “Don't worry I'll be fine and I'll watch over your
family. You can talk with me telepathically and can see what I see
anytime you wish. I have to go now.” She picked up Molly's
belongings from the ground and started off down the hill. Jennifer
said, “Come on Molly let's get back on board the space ship. We're
off to solve a problem on Mars.”
The
Blue Crystals © Walt Barrett 2015
Segment
13
Molly's
Android has returned to the Sterling farm in the year 1910 to replace
Molly.
The android can contact Molly Sterling anytime she needs to in order
to fill Molly in on any details necessary. Jennifer has ordered their
ship back to the main base at Rachel Nevada in the 31st century.
The return will take several hours as they will be traveling 1000
years ahead in time.
Jennifer
says to Molly, “It's time I gave you a thorough tour of the ship.”
Molly
is very excited and says, “Oh, I'd like that!”
Jennifer,
as they walked down the corridor to an elevator. “Well then, we'll
start with the flight control deck. It's two levels down” “The
flight control deck is located in the center of the ship where it has
the most protection. There is a duplicate flight deck located near
the top decks in case this one is ever damaged for any reason. The
screens in the control room are wired to cameras and sensors that
tell us everything that is happening outside and inside the ship. The
ship is basically manned by Android Robots, But there are always
humans on standby to take over if necessary.”
Molly,
“Why do you use so many Robots?”
Jennifer,
“Because Robots do not require food, water, or oxygen and they work
twenty-four hours a day.” “We also have a complete Robot
fabrication shop on board, it's right nearby, I'll take you.”
Molly,
While they are walking to the Robotics shop, “You use a lot of
Robots and electric power to do the work in your daily life. If the
Robots are doing all the work, What do the people that live in Rachel
and other cities do?”
Jennifer,
“The people do whatever they want to do. They can work, study or
travel, do research, invent things, anything that you can imagine.
There is no sickness or mental illness, and certainly no need for
crime.”
Finally
they were at the Robot shop where several Robots were busily
repairing
and
servicing other Robots.
Molly
asked Jennifer, “Where does all this electricity come from?”
Jennifer,
“The electricity comes from the blue power crystals that collect it
from
Particles
that are everywhere in the Universe.”
Molly
said, “How did your scientists ever discover them?”
Jennifer
said, “Well In the 1960's the American space explorers traveled to
the surface of the Moon and they brought back as many rock samples as
possible. Among them there were several elongated bluish-green
crystals ranging from very tiny to several feet in length.”
Jennifer continues, “Many were too heavy and they could only save a
limited number of smaller samples and one larger sample about a foot
long. All of the crystals had a faint glow in the dark.”
Molly
said, “That's very interesting, what happened then?”
Jennifer
replied, “Well it seems that one of the Astronauts, although he
wasn't supposed to, kept a small Blue Crystal for a souvenir.” “He
took it home and eventually forgot about it.” “One summer in year
2020 one of that Astronauts great grand-daughters was digging around
in the attic and discovered an old military foot locker.” “It
contained many items from her great-grandfather's days in the space
program.” “One of the items was the small blue crystal that her
great-grandfather had picked up and kept while he was exploring on
the Moon.”
Molly
said, “That's really interesting, what happened next?”
Jennifer,
“Well she was a very bright young student who was attending
engineering school at MIT a local research university.” “Her name
was Emma Fulton and she became famous for pioneering the blue crystal
power receiver.”
“After
the summer was over, Emma took the blue crystal back to MIT with her
so she could study it more precisely.” “Emma had no idea where it
came from.”
“Over
the course of her electrical engineering studies at MIT Emma studied
the blue crystal and discovered the crystal was glowing because it
was picking up cosmic energy from space.” “It didn't take Emma
very long to trace the source of the blue crystals back to the old
NASA Space Center In Florida and then to the Moon where they came
from.” “Emma stayed at MIT for many years and was giving her own
research team.” “They used the remaining crystals recovered from
NASA for serious research and eventually Developed the current
unlimited power system that we have today and eventually went back to
the moon to mine more crystals."
Molly
was absolutely spellbound by the story of Emma Fulton and the blue
power crystals. Her old farmhouse back in Lincoln, RI didn't even
have electric lights or running water. Everything was done by hand.
Jennifer Starfield had taken her a thousand years into the future.
Jennifer
“Once we had unlimited electric power we had the power to change
the World.” “With the compact, self contained blue crystal power
units it allowed us to build intelligent self powered robots of all
shapes and sizes.” "With all that limitless electricity we
eventually developed the capacitive anti gravity drive space ship
like the one we are traveling now. This led to both the ability to
travel in space and time.”
©
2015 Walt Barrett
Molly's
Android Returns to 1910 ©2015 Walt Barrett
Segment
14
Molly's
Android found the lantern and lit it. She didn't need it because she
had full infrared night
vision, but she lit it in case anyone at the house was watching.
Then she started off very surefooted making her way down the
hill to the farm house. It was as though she had lived there all her
life.
Her
Bioelectronic brain fully primed with all the knowledge of the known
world and very specific knowledge about Molly Stirling's family. The
Stirling's will never realize that the real Molly is off exploring
space a thousand years in the future in Century 31. As she reaches
the barn she puts out the lantern and let it cool off a couple of
minutes and then hung it up. Then she walked across the dooryard and
slipped in the kitchen door. She immediately noticed a very large
German Shepard dog sitting in the corner. It got up immediately and
walked over to her. Molly scanned the dog and said telepathically,
“You are not a dog, you're a shape shifter. What are you doing
here?”
The
Shape Shifter Responded, “Jennifer Starfield sent me here to watch
over you and the rest of the family. They think that I have always
lived here. I am also an android like you and will always have your
back. Please just call me Jeff, and by the way, I have a medium size
space cruiser parked on the far side of the moon with a robot crew
manning the controls. It is fully protected by Android security. We
can summon it any time we need it.”
Her
mother, Sarah, who was still cleaning the kitchen after the evenings
dinner asked, “Did you have a good time dear?” Molly answered,
“Yes mom, it was wonderful up on the hill tonight. You really
should come with me some time.” Molly Android stood looking at her
mother. Behind her eyes where the hidden sensors were buried, Molly
Android was evaluating Sarah Sterling. It only took 30 seconds to
scan Sarah's entire brain and body. The evaluation came up. Sarah was
35 years old and was prematurely gray, she has had many children, she
was missing 12 of her teeth, she suffered from early tuberculosis,
and was generally run down from overwork and having too many
children.
Molly
messaged Jeff telepathically, “I just scanned her and she is in
terrible shape.”
Jeff
replied, “I know, and well have to help her or she won't make it
another ten years.” "The whole family is in terrible
condition.
Molly
said, “Do you have spare medical chips on board the cruiser?”
Jeff,
“Yes, we'll get them tonight when everyone is sleeping. We can call
the ship and have them transported down to us along with medical
sleeper kits. They'll never know what happened. We might as well do
the whole family. ” Getting back to her mother in that split
second Molly said, “Oh Mother, Haley's Comet was so beautiful! I
didn't want to miss it because it won't come back for about
seventy-five years. I want you to come up the hill some evening
before it leaves.”
Sarah
spoke softly, “Yes Molly, I promise and you better get up to bed
now Molly, because 5 AM comes early and you have your morning chores
to do before you walk to the mill.”
Molly,
who never really slept said, “Goodnight Mom” and went up the
staircase to her room. She would come back down later while everyone
was asleep and she and Jeff would get the medical chip kits and apply
them to the whole family while they were sleeping heavily from the
effects of the knock out spray. It took them several hours to implant
all of the medical chips into the entire family.
Molly
said, “There, in three weeks they'll be as good as new!”
Jeff
replied, Yes, but in 200 years they'll still be walking around town
as good as new.”
Molly
laughed and said, “Well maybe we'll just take them all back to
Rachel in the future. In the meantime these people are terribly poor.
Maybe we can help them to make some money.”
©2015
Walt Barrett
Segment
15
Molly
learns about the GEN-6000 “Boss” computer
Jennifer
Starfield's ship has landed back at Rachel city in Century 31 and is
safely secured on the flight deck of the giant galaxy cruiser. They
are underway to Mars. Molly, who has been performing her duties on
the flight deck flawlessly thanks to the added knowledge chips in her
brain is very excited about the mission to Mars.
Jennifer
who has a day room office just off the flight deck summons Molly to
her day room. Molly arrives in about a minute. She knocks on the door
and enters the room. She looks around. There are several comfortable
chairs, a large conference table and the four walls are a relaxing
pale blue color. Jennifer says, “ Come in and take a seat Molly, I
want to talk to you. I've had excellent duty reports regarding your
job performance on the flight deck. This is a very serious mission
that we are undertaking and I have to get you up to speed on the
Gen-6000 Computer. We call it the “Boss” for short.”
Molly
asks, “What does it do?” Jennifer responds, “The Mars operation
is entirely robotic and we use the “Boss” computer to run all
such remote operations. There are no humans normally stationed there
for the sake of economy and efficiency. Humans need oxygen, food,
water, quarters, heat and waste disposal. This is very inefficient
and expensive. “We cannot be putting humans on planets where we
don't really need them just because some scientist wants to visit
there. We have robot explorer units for that. The “Boss” is the
main computer that controls the entire mining of the Blue Crystals,
the Diranium ore, the metal smelting operations and the electrical
power plant. It also controls the entire security of the planet. “The
“Boss” system is very efficient. And runs entirely without
humans.” Jeniffer paused and said, “Do you follow me so Far?”
Molly nodded, “Yes, I understand.” Jennifer continues, “The
problem is that several days ago the “Boss” went silent and so
did all its back ups. We have three of them there and none of them
are communicating. We have to find out what the problem is because
the output from the Mars operation is critical to our government.
Mars is our main source of the Blue Crystals and something could be
very wrong.” Jennifer continues, “I'm going to show you how to
operate the “Boss” computer so pay attention. Molly says, But I
don't see any computer.” Jennifer replies,”That's because it's
not here in the room. It's hidden in the ships hull for security.
There are several for added back up. They're fully self contained
using Blue Crystal power.
It's
voice activated, watch, I'll show you. Remember the commands that I
use.” Jennifer Speaks, “Boss, on screen.”
The
entire four pale blue walls light up into a giant display screen with
the whole galaxy on display. Molly is almost speechless.
Jennifer
smiles, “This is a little different from the smaller screens down
in the power room. Now I want to show you some things that you can do
with a “Boss” computer.” Jennifer turns to Molly and says, “I
have a surprise for you.” Molly replies excitedly, What is it?
Jennifer says, “We are going to visit Molly Android back on Earth
at your home this morning so pay attention.” Then she speaks to the
Boss computer again, “Boss, get Molly Android.”
Suddenly
the screen lights up and we see Molly Android sitting at the small
desk in her bedroom back on Earth. She looks into one of the hidden
micro cameras that she has placed in her room and says “Ah,
Commander Starfield and Cadet Stirling, how may I help you this
morning? I was just getting ready to do my morning chores before
walking to work at the mill.” Molly said “We'll I'll just watch
while you do your chores and eat breakfast with all the family. That
way I can see all of them together.” The Android replied, “That
would be fine.”
Jennifer
interrupted, “Molly, I have some things to attend to. I want you to
stay here with the “Boss” computer and Molly Android and have a good visit watching your family. It's a good way to get used to working with
the “Boss” computer. I'll check on you later.”
©2015
Walt Barrett Feel free to point out any glaring errors, problems or mistakes.
