"Captains log. This
is Captain Tairom of the Ship Turturon Alpha. Parent
ship of the Turturon science fleet. Long range sensors
have picked up a planet which may be capable of
sustaining life. Currently the planet is out of range
for wide range sensors. We will move in to examine. Not
getting our hopes up. End log."
Using the round
medal device in the center of his torso Captain Tairom
communicates with the ship. All systems are ready to go.
Black hole formation has begun. White hole exit
destination set. Primary shields fully operational.
Plasma field compressed by secondary shields. Black hole
stabilazation complete. Worm hole opening. Exit visible.
"Turturon fleet Commence."
The five vessels
move forward. The magnetic disturbance of the worm hole
forcing the plasma to glow brighter as they enter. The
vessels ride smoothly exiting seconds later one hundred
fifteen light years away. The fifth planet from the star
is the suspected life sustaining planet. "Wide range
sensors commence."
Sensors will feed
information directly to those who have proven worthy of
the control medal. Planetary mass trida tands.
Revolution speed 398.11659. Rotations per revolution
856.156987. Orbital satellites 3. Hydrogen dioxyde pools
in mass quantities. "Seems a direct link to sustaining
life outside the inner sphere of the galaxy. Life
outside seems more matter oriented than energy."
1387569271 life forms detected. Largest creature 9
tagle. Smallest are single cell organisms. None of
dominant sentience. "Good. No resistance. Turturon
fleet. Plant yous vessels. We begin organic exploration
at once. There apears to be eight major land masses.
Turturon beta plant in coordinates 18.357 - 26.86754.
Gamma 56.88547 - 20.862456. Alpha will plant at 0-0."
"Therus of team Beta reporting in. So far we have
gathered numerous samples. Each has been assigned its
own cage. Study thus far has shown little use to the
republic. We have had numerous attempts from the
wildlife to feed from us. All such attempts have proven
fruitless. Tocora nearly jumped out of his bio plasma
when one of the multi tentacle organisms attempted. We
shall report when we have anything useful."
"Breblend of team gamma reporting in. Our reports are
similar to team beta. Nothing much has proven useful. We
shall continue our search."
"This is team Alpha.
We have been planted on the surface for seven rotations.
The array of life is obviously something to be studied
regardless of its usefullness to the republic and as
such we are to stay until our research is complete. I am
initiating growth of subteranean research facilities in
both parent and child vessels. Settle in. We are going
to be here a while."
Team Beta - Subject
inspection room:
"Alteras. How many more to unload?"
"I'm not sure commander." "Why are you not sure. Can you
not count?" "I can count Commander. However the
incompitance of your gatherers has left many of these
crates empty." "What?! Impossible. I watched them load
the cages myself. Let me look. Impossible!" "There
appears to be only these mass of tentacles in the cages.
Did you watch your gatherers load these?" "Yes. Could it
be these things have eaten the rest?" "Possible. Though
it is unusual for a bio matter organism to feast on so
much. We will have to remove and study these things. If
they did consume so much. Perhaps we can use them after
all. Inform your gatherers to catch as many of these
things as possible. And keep them separate from the
other creatures. And Commander Therus. Remember next
time you enter my lab, you may in charge of security.
But this is MY lab. You will treat me with proper
greetings and respect here." "Yes Cal Alteras."
The
commander turns leaving the room. Alteras looks at the
organism "Ten tentacles. Maroon in color. Each appearing
to have numerous smaller tentacles eminating from them
in a perpendicular fashion. A single bulb at the mass's
center possibly holding the creatures organs. The
presumed top side of the organism is covered in dark
gray carapeces. The gelatinous material they secrete
seems to be acidic and has done a good deal of damage to
the cages. Perhaps a stronger alloy is required. Should
the commander be correct in stating that each of these
cages was filled with a creature large enough to not
slip between the bars then each of these organisms will
have consumed nearly thirteen times their weight in a
short time. There is little remains left of the
creatures which shortly inhabited these cages thus
little is wasted. How can this be possible? I must find
out."
Alteras reaches a
hand out towards a prodding rod with claws at the end.
He grabs one of the large tentacles at the base and
lifts the creature. It is heavy. Especially for his
fragile physical form. One large tentacle after another
wraps around the rod wrapping the smaller tentacles
around in a knot. The rod begins to smolder. Alteras
places the organism over a table. It will not let go. A
psionic wave pulses through the rod shocking the
organism. It releases falling to the table. The organism
lunges for him wrapping its tentacles around him. It
suddenly releases and is thrown across the room. "A
little too much energy for you. Let us see if you learn
from that mistake." Alteras walks over to the organism
grabing it with the rod. This time it is to stunned to
wrap itself around the rod.
Once on the table
Alteras signals the table to turn on. An electromagnetic
field strong enough to hold even organic materials in
place forms. Using psionic manipulation he moves the
tentacles until they are stretched out. Many of them
resting over the edge. "Beginning test on subject number
one. Thus far subject has ten tentacles extending from
its core. Each tentacle has numerous smaller tentacles
on two sides. Number of secondary tentacles seems to be
dependent on length of primary branch. The carapece on
the top side appears to be extremely hard and resistant
to organisms natural acidic secretions. Attempting to
remove said carapece." Alteras grabs a scalpel and
prongs lifting the plate. He cuts the flesh holding it
in place. "A red fluid is eminating from inside similar
to that of other organic organisms. The nutrient
carrying river appears to be as acidic as the subjects
secretions as it is eating my scapel. I must remember to
grab more. Hmm. Subject is attempting to move. Table
should hold it. Secretion glands appear to run the
length of the tentacles. To either side of the glands
the flesh is porous possibly for absorbing nutrients.
Smaller tentacles appear to have some type of needles on
them. Curious what this could be used for. Subjects
flesh has stopped bleeding. Flesh appears to be healed.
Interesting. Cutting flesh again. Flesh has rehealed
itself in less than three Dultims. Impressive. Drawing
blood sample now. I will leave the subject as it is for
now. Curious to see if the carapece grows back. I shall
return when I have studied the subjects blood."
"Subject blood
test results. I found an interesting cell structure
within the blood. Must test to see if it is in other
regions of the organism. Cell structure seems to operate
in a similar fashion as our tortuqen. The cells amplify
bio electric pulses running by them. I must see how the
subject operates. I have ordered another specimen to be
brought into the lab. It should be arriving soon."
"Second specimen
has been brought into the lab. A rather energetic
creaturs which has been trying to intimidate me through
means of grunts and growls but has yet to lunge at me as
subject one did. Four legs with hair on ninety-eight
percent of its body. I intent to release subject one
upon specimen two in a few dultims but first would like
to see if subject one has regenerated the missing
carapece. Indeed it has begun to do so. I would predict
within one of this planets rotations the organism will
have regenerated the carapece in full. We will see if I
am correct. I am going to stand agains the wall and see
if specimen one will attack specimen two. Initiating
now."
The magnetic field
eminating from the table shuts off. The organism flails
about obviously it had been trying to move the entire
time. Specimen two turns and stiffens as it lowers
itself, hair on its back standing up as it gets ready to
pounce on the thing on the table. Subject one has calmed
itself allowing itself to rest on the table.
Interesting. Specimen two stands straight again still
growling at the creature. It walks over still growling
as it begins to sniff a tentacle. Subject one's
tentacles latch onto speciment two's face pulling itself
off the table. The rest of its tentacles wrap around
specimen two until the entire creature is wrapped. The
creature is struggling, moving faster than before. It
runs around the room pouncing about until it comes to a
stop. Subject one begins to secrete the gelatenous
fluid. Specimen two lets out a whine as the fluid
touches its flesh. Before long more fluid is leaking
between subject ones tentacles as it begins to compress.
The creature wrapped inside it obviously being crushed.
The fluid is absorbed by subject one. Subject one rests
on the fluid mess on the floor. Alteras walks towards it
to study. Subject one lunges at him again. It is
repulsed again.
"Intelligence is
rather limited on subject one. Perhaps we can alter
that. Thus far it seems to have good potential for
republic weaponry. More tests need to be done. It will
be some time before I report again as most of the
testing will take place then I will report. This
constant recording of every test is rather....testing on
my patience."
"It has been some
time since my last report. So as not to rouse suspicion
I suppose I should relay some kind of information. It
has been nearly three revolutions of this planet around
its star. The passage of time seems to progress slower
once outside the inner sphere. However research is going
well. We have discovered the tortuqen cells within the
multi limbed organism which feeds on anything have the
ability to recieve and amplify bio electric signals
passing through them. This allows the organism to match
and exceed the strength of its prey. A rather
interesting means of doing this are the small needles on
the end of the smaller tentacles. Once the organism
which we have deemed Arcaneia touches its prey
compressed blood from the main tentacle is pushed into
the smaller tentacles making them longer and more
controllable by means of micro muscles. The needles
enter the epidermus of its prey reading and feeding off
of the bio electric signals running through its preys
nerve and muscle tissue while at the same time forcing
its prey to move faster than expected using up its preys
caloric resources bringing forth exhaustion.
Once this is
accomplished glands running the length of the tentacles
both small and large release an acidic enzyme which
digests nearly any bio material. It even has damaging
effects on our strongest alloys. The organism itself
seems impervious to its own acid. We believe the
tortuqen cells energize the acidic gel at a vibrational
frequency which makes it potent by both chemical means
and quantum means. Further research is going into this.
Back to the subject. Once the prey is turned to a liquid
form by the acid the Arcaneia absorbs the fluid by means
of the same glands that released the acid. A sort of
pump similar to the organs of gas dependent creatures.
Inside the tentacles double as muscle and digestive
organs. The entire organism is one large digestive
organ. Thus far we have not seen anything like it. The
nutrients needed it takes and the acidic fluid gets
stored for later use. That which is not reobsorbed is
replaced. We believe the tortuqen cells are also
responsible for the organisms rapid regenerative
properties.
Though the
organism seems to be dependent on the amount of bio
matter it has digested to determine the rate of
regeneration. To bring me to a previous point. It did
take one planetary revolution for subject one to
regenerate its missing carapece. Subject one has since
been disposed. I have recieved a datastream from Captain
Tairom indicating the republic has upgraded the control
medal system. I am to overlook these upgrades and apply
them as necessary. I am rather curious to see if the
control medal can be adapted to manipulate the Arcaneia.
Or any other organic life form for that matter.
Hopefully these upgrades will allow the facility to
finish growing before the proposed time. I am running
out of room."
"It has been
nearly half a solar revolution since my last report. I
have overlooked the upgrades to the control medal
systems and installed them within myself and my crew.
They offer much better energy manipulation and are
more...comfortable. Our compact models within our chest
are now efficiently obtaining energy from the boost
dimension. Hyperspace energy as the larger ships control
medals use is still unobtainable. With the increase in
efficiency should one of our crew member suffer a
tortuqen failure for some reason the generation of bio
plasma can be reinitiated possibly preventing the poor
bastard from dying. A rather painful process. One I hope
to not endure. We seem to be able to communicate with
greater ease between teams. Contact with the republic
according to Tariom is initiated in less than half the
time. After thorough alanysis of the control medal
upgrades and the initial designs I believe I can modify
them to be adapted to bio matter based beings. Now that
the labs have grown to maturity I can continue with my
experiments. I shall begin this test with a four legged
creature. Subject 7768. It is covered in fur with a tail
and head. As the head of most bio matter based oganisms
contains the bodies primary control organ it seems
logical to install the control medal at the foremost of
the head. Just above the eyes. Now it is time to study
the organ to see where it is I need to insert the
contact wires. I have the cranial cavity open and can
see the organ. I shall probe and see what motivates
what. Proceeding now. .....Well. Apparantly the organ is
more sensitive than expected. Subject seems to
have....extinguished. I shall continue my research into
this organ and report back when I have something
relevant. Team Gamma seems more interest in the entire
circulatory system. I am curious as to what they
discover."
"I have come to
realise this work is rather consuming. It has been
nearly three solar revolutions since my last report. I
have come to find that most of the organisms on this
planet have similar area of the control organ in which
signals to certain organs are controlled. This makes
adapting the control medal a bit more universal. I have
reporgrammed the control medal to use organic wiring
similar to the nerve system in the subjects. These bio
wires have sensors which will penetrate the organ and
burrow their way to their designated control areas. Only
after I have successfully attached one can I learn more.
I am proceeding with a subject similar to the first one
I tried. Subject 9132. Attaching control medal now."
Alteras places the
control medal on the creatures forehead. The control
medal levitates above the creatures head as it vibrates
its wiring into the cranial cavity. The control medal
sets itself in place as the creature writhes about. The
sea green crystal glows as the creature calms. Alteras
remotely connects with the creatures control medal. Data
about the creatures movements, organs, automated
controls, consious controls, video, audio, nasal, oral
sensitivity information, nutritional requirements,
psionic sensitivity, and more. The download finished
Alteras commands the creature to walk. It does.
"Success. Now to do so to the rest of the organisms and
see what we can find out."
"After
successfully integrating the control medal into the
control organs of thirteen hundred species I decided to
try it on the Arcaneia. The control organ is not very
big but the control medal has succeeded. The information
I have obtained shows the organisms body is nintey-five
percent consciously controlled. The only thing not
controlled is the dispersion of the nutrients it
absorbs. The number of primary branches the organism has
seems to be dictated by the circumference of the core.
The smaller tentacles arranged by the length of the
primary. From the genetic programming I do believe this
organism to be simple to alter. I am going to add
control medals to others like it. Most of the other
creatures are to be secondary to my studies of the
Arcaneia from this point on."
"I have paid
little attention to the passing of time. All of the
Arcaneia in my lab have had the control medal
integrated. I have found a means to force the Arcaneia
into a more handleable formation. The carapece's seem to
hinder it from the form I would it to take. I have been
working on a program when successful will allow the
Arcaneia to recieve and maintain knowledge. I believe
this will allow the control medals work to be less
hindersome. The many tentacles seem to slow down the
processing capabilities."
"My program works.
We can now send information directly into the control
organ of the organism. It is working perfectly. One of
my subbordinates has suggested attemtping to teach the
organisms of this planet. Apparently he feels we can
teach these things to perform work for us moving matter
on a scale far greater than we can achiece on our own. I
feel he may be correct. We shall see where this goes."
"Five planetary
revolutions since we began the training. We have seen
some organisms prove to have potential. Others are
simply not working. The Arcaneia seems to be able to
recieve the information and maintain it however efforts
to get them to perform work has proven difficult as
their limbs are not designed for lifting. Their strength
however surpasses any other organism on this planet when
they are fed. Commander Tairom has visited us to see how
things are progressing. He was impressed with the
organisms armor. He would like to know if there is a way
we can harvest the carapeces or grow them larger to form
an armor for our soldiers. Perhaps. However I feel if we
focus on using the rest of the organism as well we may
be able to achieve something more...grand. Team gamma
has been working on a means to supress the organisms
hunger and supplement its energy source using the
control medal to try and allow it be active for longer
periods of time. As I record this message it seems they
have been successful. Perhaps I can use this to my
means. Hmm. I am going to try and allow the Arcaneia to
grab a creature and allow it to work then release. I
shall try that now."
Alteras orders an
Arcaneia brought to the feeding room along with a four
legged specimen. His crewmen out of the room he sends
the information for the control medal to enhance the
Arcaneia's energy requirements. Then enhancement takes
some time. When done he signals the newly enhanced
Arcaneia to wrap itself around the specimen. It does so.
The specimen moves around quicker than normal not used
to the added strength. The time it normally would have
taken for the Arcaneia to drain the specimen passes.
Finally the specimen begins to slow down until
exhaustion takes over and it falls. Alteras signals the
Arcaneia to release. It wants to resist but its simple
mind if no contest for the control medal or the psionic
strength of Alteras. It releases. The specimen is
unharmed other than the lack of energy. Its vitals show
no damage. Some food and rest and it will live to see
another rotation. "Hmm. Perhaps if we can make the
Arcaneia immune to our bio plasma we can use this. I
must try this."
"I must admit,
after the discovery of the organic matter program we
discovered deep in living cells it has been difficult to
learn the means to alter this programming. However we
are learning. I have strengthened the Arcaneia's body to
withstand out bio plasma and will test one on one of my
subbordinates. We shall see how Ladeline holds up. I
expect her any time now."
"Ah. Here she is.
A young one who has grown too close to the organisms on
this planet. She seems to be unkeen of us extinguishing
them for the sake of knowledge. If the Arcaneia revolts
and turns on her it may change her mind."
Ladeline enters
the feeding room where one Arcaneia is waiting, its
tentacles wrapped in a circular fashion around its body.
She leans over to look at it. It lies still. "It is not
working." She says. The organism lunges off the table
wrapping itself around her as she screams. Alteras can
not but help laughing in his head. Of course it did not
work. He has it under his control.
The organism
tightens itself around her forming a sealed shell. The
carapeces extending around her in an unnatural fashion.
"Rather cumbersome." He says. "Can you move?" She moves
her arm. She nearly hits herself in the head. "I feel
stronger." From the control medal in her chest he can
read she is functioning fine. Movement is hindered due
to the placement of the carapeces. "Perhaps altering the
position of the carapeces will allow for better
movement. It will take some time but we will manage.
Release." The Arcaneia lets go falling to the floor
wrapping its tentacles around itself once again.
Telekinetically Alteras lifts it back onto the table.
Ladeline comes
out. "Do you suppose we could teach them to communicate.
Increase their intelligence to work with us so that they
may learn what it is we are doing?" "Why would we do
that? If they learn to communicate they will learn to
resist. No." "Acknowledged." She leaves Alteras's lab.
In the hall she thinks of the benefit of teaching other
organisms to communicate. Perhaps if she can continue
this work without him knowing she can gain the respect
of the council and finally be given her own research
facility.
She makes her way
back to her study where she overlooks specimens 87035
through 99386. Among them are a number of Arcaneia.
Alteras would have the facility send the upgrades
through the control medals in all the integrated
specimens. Hopefully she can code some of them to
perform this work.
"Private logs of
lab tech Ladeline. Acess code, tongues. I have randomly
selected specimens from my section of the facility to
perform what I feel will be beneficial research to the
republic. I am hoping to bring the level of intelligence
of these specimens to that of leel 3 possibly level 4.
In doing so I hope to allow these specimens to
communicate with us so that we might create a stronger
bond with the specimens. I am beginning work on a
program which will require a code for access. I will
install the program and begin the process as soon as I
have finished it."
Ladeline - "It has
taken me two solar revolutions to finish the program. A
little longer than I had hoped but I am confident now
that noone will be able to detect what I am doing. I
hope. Should I be caught I will surely be exiled to Dal
shallad battery station for disobeying an order from my
lead researcher. Not something I wish to experience.
Anyway time to get started. I have randomly chosen
specimens in groups of ten from different species and
will begin."
Alteras - "I have
discovered the secret to positioning the Arcaneia's
carapece's. I have also been working on the positioning
of the Arcaneia's tentacles when it covers one of our
bodies. Movement is now 100%. No restrictions. The
organism however is awkward in appearance with the
carapece's in their new positions. Using the control
medal I have been able to direct and speed up the
regeneration process. It now takes less than half a
rotation to grow a single carapece or a main branch
tentacle. My next task is to see if I can combine the
unusually strong carapece with the armor we use on our
ships to offer an immunity to space and a number of
other environments. This may take some time."
Ladeline - "I have
begun my attempts at teaching the specimens. A few have
shown progress. This may take longer than expected.
Alteras has augmented them to his liking. Especially the
Arcaneia. Rather crude. I can only hope should I
establish communication with some of the specimens they
do not show aggression for what has happened to them."
Ladeline - "To my
surprise one of the Arcaneia has responded. It does not
communicate sonically but by sending images through our
control medals. Its intelligence is low but seems to be
growing at a regular basis. It has even shown signs of
being able to solve simple puzzles."
Alteras - "It has
been some time however I have successfully integrated
our organic armor with the organism. Both the tentacles
and the carapece have been increased in strength and
endurance. I have modified the acid releasing organs to
house an increased number of tortuqen cells making them
an energy amplifying engine of sorts. Still dangerous to
the host should the control medal fail however strength
has been increased dramatically. I have had some
suspicions for some time that Ladeline has been altering
some of the specimens on her own. Recently I was
informed that she is trying to teach them
communicational skills. I do believe I instructed her
against this. I will be going to see her soon."
Ladeline - "One of
my fellow researchers stumbled into my chambers while I
was performing my studies. No doubt word of what he
found me doing will spread to Alteras. I am releasing
the locks on the control medals on my subjects so that
they may continue to learn on their own. My program
should keep them from being detected. A number of them
have shown remarkable progress. The Arcaneia has even
greeted me upon my entry of the room. My subjects shall
be dismissed into the failure pit. A putrid hole where
the deceased subjects are thrown. Perhaps some of them
can escape and once again be free to roam their world
which we have so rudely invaded."
Alteras -
"Ladeline has been placed in custody. Her subjects are
in order though some are missing. Cause seems
termination. She tossed them into the pit. Unfortunately
if she extinguished them there is no recovery her
experiments. Pity. She is obviously hiding something.
Unless she tells me what it is she will be going to Dal
Shallad. If she defied my orders she will go there
anyway. Team Gamma has informed me they have discovered
how to generate the cells required to grow the Arcaneia
using the energy manipulation of a master Control Medal.
I must admit I am jealous. We will be working with them
to better augment the organism to our needs. Apparently
they have some motors to grow within the unit which they
feel will allow us to increase our strength while
donning the organism. A means to reduce our bio plasma's
effects on it and allow it to more effectively bond with
us. We will be leaving to join them soon."
Team beta uproots
their ships leaving the lab behind set to biodegrade.
Amid the pile of failed experiments an Arcaneia moves.
its control medal undetected by even the ships sensors.
Even if the ship had detected it being in the failure
pit they would have ignored it. The arcaneia is free to
move for the first time in a long time. The knowledge it
now has enough to probe the control medal for answers,
know what types of creatures it is crawling on. Little
more. The program to accel the creatures intelligence is
running. The control medal will continue sending data to
the organisms control organ while monitoring the rate of
its growth. If need be assess any possible adaptations
to the organ and modify.
Though it feels no
need to feed the arcaneia releases its digestive fluids
upon the mass of creatures it rests on. Its body's
ability to do so hindered by the experiments but not
shut off entirely. Here it will stay for some time. The
night gives way for day and day for night time and time
again. The passings should be lost if not for the
control medal. For three revolutions the Arcaneia sits
atop the pile slowly feeding. It is mindfull not to
destroy the control medals of the others. The program
runs modifying the control organ time and time again.
The organisms intelligence has risen from three to
fifty-seven with potential for more. The creators
intelligence rates from three hundred foty-three to
three hundred fifty-eight. The higher the intelligence
the organism reaches the faster it learns. As to be
expected. It begins to consider leaving the pit to
explore its surroundings. See the landscape for the
first time with its new perspective. The pit is steep
and not easily climbed. It waits.
Two revolutions
later its intelligence has reaches one hundred
ninety-six. It has rumaged through the designs of the
many creatures in the database to choose one it can
attempt to modify itself to. Of all the designs it has
found none fitting. The incoming information for
upgrades to its body it has stored but not used. It
finds the twistings and reconfiguring to be rather
uncomfortable. Naturally it has grown three times its
size since being dumped into the pit. The source of
carcasses is nearly diminished. A ring of control medals
placed around the bottom of the pit.
The arcaneia has
tried to climb the walls many times but they are too
steep and too smooth. It could wait until it grows large
enough to reach the top but that would be some time and
the source of food is diminishing. The control medals
ability to sustain it is nearly reaching its limits now.
The crystals allowing it access to the boost dimension
while convenient will only be beneficial for a short
while longer. Without food its body could shrivel to a
size sustainable but that would not be acceptable.
Sorting through the data files it files ones with
aspects it finds appealing. The beings performing these
horrid experiments move about on two limbs containing
six joints, multiple appendages at the base, two limbs
similar near the peak of their height a large torso and
a cavity containing most of the sensory organs at their
peak. Other creatures containing things such as wings,
tails, claws, multiple limbs, poison glands, sensory
organs, etc. It formed an image of what it wanted itself
to take. Two legs with feet, a large claw on either side
of the foot to dig into the ground for extra traction, a
tail which can divide into two, a torso equal in length
to the legs, four arms each with hands, two fingers and
a thumb, each with claws, Two large wings each extending
1.4 times its height when open. A head with audio, and
visual sensory organs. Its entire body will retain the
ability to taste, smell, and digest. Not in need of
cumbersome organs within the torso it can use the space
for extra tissue. Possibly an area for tissue
development. To hold itself in this form it will need
something to frame itself on. The control medals resting
around the pit should do. Their construction is not that
difficult, especially when you have the materials. It
can allow its body to digest them and maneuver the
materials as needed. The DNA reprogramming will take
some time. Time is all it has right now.
Filing the DNA
sequences takes a full revolution. While doing so it has
outlined the base structure for the skeleton. It will be
a framework for the figure it has chosen, bone
structures outlining the wings and their fingers, the
tails, The medal will take the desired shape of the
bones in one piece, hollow, inside the crystals will
form a layer allowing it the continuous access to the
boost dimension of all eight hundred forty-four control
medals. Perhaps in time it will try to access hyper
space as the ships do. Not yet. The skeleton control
medal system will work as the control medals do
retaining knowledge and controlling the body while
directly linked to the as primary control medal. This
will allow for the computation of multiple processors.
Every bone structure will be capable of holding the
primary control medals data in three segments should
anything happen to the primary the rest will sense for
and detect what is left reforming from the largest
portion of the body. Any smaller sections will wait for
the body to reabsord them unless they move more than
fifty paces from the larger section in which case the
smaller body segments will release its digestive acids
and extinguish itself.
It will form a
layer on tendrils around the skeleton to make a muscular
structure. These tendrils will burrow their way into the
skeleton for direct access to the energy syphons. A
secondary layer will wrap around the first forming a
larger muscular system. This too will burrow tendrils
into the bone while amplifying the first. A third layer
will rely upon the energy of the core tendrils while
amplifying the energy of the second already amplifying
the first. Crystal encased tortuqen cells will form
throughout the body to offer energy to the tendrils not
recieving it directly thus allowing the entire form to
be sustained at any given time. The primary control
medal will reside within the head. A much larger medal
not requiring open access to the outside. The visual
organs will offer this for direct control medal to
control medal communication. Audio organs will form to
either side of the head. Most of the body will be
covered in carapece's leaving room for maximum movement.
Estimated time for execution....two revolutions.
"Subject title -
95157. Organic augmentation complete. Organism Control
Medal integration successful. I am awake."
Subject
95157 looks around the pit seeing for the first time.
Its mind never capable of offering the kind of image it
now received with is single optic sensory organ. A long
thin line across the top portion of the front of the
head. The organ stretches nearly all the way around the
head. It opens its wings stretching itself. Its wing
tips touch either side of the pit. It is time to explore
this world. The physics of flying are simple. It bends
down and leaps into the air forcing its wings down as it
lunges lifting itself. Maintaining stability is
difficult. It will compensate. Slowly it flies over the
ridge of the pit and lowers itself. Upon trying to land
it stumbles forcing itself to roll forward digging its
foot claws into the ground it stops itself. It stands.
It folds its wings, the tips stretching up behind its
shoulders. It looks out over the landscape seeing the
green trees and blue waters of the ocean for the first
time. Stunning. Some flying creatures soar above it
unwittingly mocking its performance. It will do better
next time.
It recalls in the days before they
came it could often sense many more forms of life.
Memories of what they had done suddenly come to it. The
pain it was forced to endure. The torment they put the
rest of the species through. A message suddenly appears
to it. A female entity. The one who freed its mind. "My
dearest subjects. I hope at least one of you will hear
this. I must leave you now as I am being sent to the
battery prison where I will await my trial for defying
my senior officer. I am not sorry for what I did and I
can only hope you enjoy the freedom I have given you.
Good by." Message ends. It tilts its head in an attempt
to better understand the meaning of the message. None
found. Simply a good bye message.
The direction
the message was sent comes from direct north. The
entities Alpha base. Perhaps there it can find solace in
tormenting those who tormented it. Carefully taking its
first step it sets forth. Each step an infinite
calculation and compensation as it learns.