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The most drunk drink in the world right now is Health Booster. I'm no exception to that rule. We were currently in one of the spaceports waiting rooms. With a magnificent view of the city. In the year since David Gard basically conquered China the cities here have completely transformed. Robots were used to make the cities more livable for the excessive population and the City's law and order is incredibly high. Honestly, at this point it surpassed his home in Britain. Although, considering the problems back home it's to be expected.
One of the reasons he left Great Britain actually. He was doing two things. Following his dreams and getting out of the incoming civil war. He wasn't blind, there were three powers in Great Britain right now, which was causing the Country to be so isolated despite supposedly being one of the strongest countries. You had the Noble Faction, and the Other Noble Faction, known as the Bloodline and the Commonality. The Commonality wanted to democratize the country and had a majority support from the common citizen. The Bloodline were a faction that believed they were superior to the common people, and despite not being popular, they had private armies and people loyal to them.
Then you had the Royals. Who were indecisive at the moment and dealing with excessive amounts of family drama and an internal war over the heir to the throne. Barely even paying attention to the common people at this point. Although he heard that the Second Prince was a good egg.
Oh well, I don't really care to think too hard about that now. After today it won't be my problem. Looking at the door, two more people entered the room. Escorted by a drone.
I looked at the gathering and took in all their details. I instantly noticed something. Despite the varied backgrounds each person had something in common. They were all smiling, or generally interacting with each other positively. Naturally I wasn't going to be left behind, no point in being a brooding detective.
"So you were working on documenting volcanos?" -
"Yep, It was actually rather interesting. You'd be surprised what you can learn from a few soil samples alone. The scanners were a larger help though."
"Fascinating."
I spoke up, "Well, since we are all here now… Director, would you do the honors?"
He grinned, "It's good to meet you all. I am Director Carter. I'll be in charge of our expedition to space. Making important decisions making sure we don't die from a stupid avoidable mistake. To start with let's go around, introduce yourself and your position while our ship is prepped for us to leave."
"I am Lin, no last name. I have the title of assistant."
"My name is Zhao Mei! I am an Archaeologist."
"I am Mikhail Orlov, you can call me Mikhail. Or Mik. I am a Bio Researcher. Mess with cells and such. I am qualified doctor if need comes."
"My name is Haruto Takahashi, I am an engineer. Sorry about the smoke. It is a bad habit but I figured I'd have one more before we took off, releasing the nerves."
"It's not really an issue anymore." Zhao Mei replied, gesturing to the booster drinks.
"My name is David, David Rickson. I am the Cameraman." That… was kind of obvious. He was covered in equipment, most importantly floating next to him was a floating camera ball, the red light on it signalling it was recording.
We turned to the last one, obviously the other assistant. The last guy was a big muscular white guy. "My name is Chad Wilkin! If you need help moving stuff let me know!"
After that, we chatted a bit more. Nothing really complex, mainly small talk before Shift floated back in.
"Good! It appears you are integrating well with one another! That is great. We will be going through a few more exercises before we take off. Standard stuff to make sure you are ready. Also a few last second tests to make sure you are all fully functioning. Please follow me."
We followed the floating drone out, and I couldn't help but look outside the windows at the Spaceport Facility, I could see parts being put into place to build small ships, and fully constructed starships of varying sizes, from the size of a small car to a full on blimp, and further back, I saw it. Well, part of it. There was a large ship in the furthest back area of the place.
"Please take a seat!"
I glanced back at the group. We were getting into a large booth like train thing. I believe this is one of the gravity rails used for navigating large facilities. Apparently they are everywhere on the larger space stations. Helps people get from one area to another area of a facility incredibly quickly without having to walk a mile to get from room to room.
When everyone took a seat, it started to move. I didn't even feel it move, instead I knew it was moving cause everything outside the booth blurred. Amazing. I don't feel sick, or feel like I am on a roller coaster. Then, less than a second later the surroundings stopped being blurry. Shift spoke again, "Please step off the Gravrail."
"I've never road a gravrail before." Lin spoke looking at the thing in awe.
Shift replied to him. "They are relatively new technology. Developed by Toyota actually. They are basically just a specially designed mix of Accelerator Drives and Kinesis Drives, but they work really well. Last I heard the others were talking about hiring Toyota to make a full on Gravrail system in this city."
"Fascinating." I replied. That would have made my trip here so much easier.
Then Haruto spoke, "I thought all USF Tech was developed by the USF?"
Shift's drone chuckled, weirdly human despite being a A.I. "That is a common misconception. Most of the technology we use was refined by other groups, we just provided the entry tech to allow it to be possible. The gravity gloves made by the Tesla Company for example are upgraded versions of the gravity guns, reducing the weight of anything you touch till you can easily move it. If the USF was paving the path of technology alone, Director Gard would not be able to pave new avenues or tech or refine tech further."
That is pretty fascinating. So David Gard made the building blocks of this technology, then others pushed it in different directions to be used in more civil life. Like Radios did after World War 1.
—
We separated from one eventually, mainly for tests. It was fast though. One thing I like about the new high tech needles, you don't feel anything when it pulls blood from your body. It was apparently refined deconstruction tech, uses tiny needles invisible to the naked eye to make a cut then stitches it back together using your own skin. I don't feel a thing from it. All it feels like is a tiny tube pushed against your arm before being removed a second later. The blood loss makes my arm feel a bit weak for a minute or two but I recover fast enough.
After that was it was various zero-g tests. We entered specialized rooms with the kinesis suits and learned how to manipulate the suit.
"Oh, now this is trippy." I said, I was walking on the air upside down. You could freeze your foot falls to move as if you are on the ground.
"Aren't we supposed to be uncontrollable in space?" Terrenace asked, he was standing sideways in the air.
Shift pulled their drone over. "Realspace Manipulators. That large pack on your back? It allows you to move as if you were on a flat surface, even if you are not."
"This is a weird sense of vertigo." Lin spoke, They were messing with the settings on their wrist and walking in circles, I mean their head was never where their feet was, they were treating it like a hamster wheel that didn't move and they could stick to.
Director Carter was jumping, turning disabling the realspace drive to fly across the fan room, before turning it back on to stop himself from hitting the other wall.
"Did Director Gard come up with this?" Zhao Mei asked, curiosity beaming.
"No. The Realspace Manipulator was designed and made by a Russian Company known as Blue Bear Industries. We purchased them in bulk after testing and realizing that they were incredibly useful in space. Originally they were meant for deep sea expeditions, they have since been repurposed."
Now I'm curious. "What was built by the USF?"
"Your fabricators. Which reminds me. It is time for the next test, please enable your real space manipulators and walk to the exit, unless you would like to fall onto the grate when the fans turn off."
Well, there goes that fun. I reorient myself to the exit. Fabricators huh. Time to see what they do.
One of the reasons he left Great Britain actually. He was doing two things. Following his dreams and getting out of the incoming civil war. He wasn't blind, there were three powers in Great Britain right now, which was causing the Country to be so isolated despite supposedly being one of the strongest countries. You had the Noble Faction, and the Other Noble Faction, known as the Bloodline and the Commonality. The Commonality wanted to democratize the country and had a majority support from the common citizen. The Bloodline were a faction that believed they were superior to the common people, and despite not being popular, they had private armies and people loyal to them.
Then you had the Royals. Who were indecisive at the moment and dealing with excessive amounts of family drama and an internal war over the heir to the throne. Barely even paying attention to the common people at this point. Although he heard that the Second Prince was a good egg.
Oh well, I don't really care to think too hard about that now. After today it won't be my problem. Looking at the door, two more people entered the room. Escorted by a drone.
I looked at the gathering and took in all their details. I instantly noticed something. Despite the varied backgrounds each person had something in common. They were all smiling, or generally interacting with each other positively. Naturally I wasn't going to be left behind, no point in being a brooding detective.
"So you were working on documenting volcanos?" -
"Yep, It was actually rather interesting. You'd be surprised what you can learn from a few soil samples alone. The scanners were a larger help though."
"Fascinating."
I spoke up, "Well, since we are all here now… Director, would you do the honors?"
He grinned, "It's good to meet you all. I am Director Carter. I'll be in charge of our expedition to space. Making important decisions making sure we don't die from a stupid avoidable mistake. To start with let's go around, introduce yourself and your position while our ship is prepped for us to leave."
"I am Lin, no last name. I have the title of assistant."
"My name is Zhao Mei! I am an Archaeologist."
"I am Mikhail Orlov, you can call me Mikhail. Or Mik. I am a Bio Researcher. Mess with cells and such. I am qualified doctor if need comes."
"My name is Haruto Takahashi, I am an engineer. Sorry about the smoke. It is a bad habit but I figured I'd have one more before we took off, releasing the nerves."
"It's not really an issue anymore." Zhao Mei replied, gesturing to the booster drinks.
"My name is David, David Rickson. I am the Cameraman." That… was kind of obvious. He was covered in equipment, most importantly floating next to him was a floating camera ball, the red light on it signalling it was recording.
We turned to the last one, obviously the other assistant. The last guy was a big muscular white guy. "My name is Chad Wilkin! If you need help moving stuff let me know!"
After that, we chatted a bit more. Nothing really complex, mainly small talk before Shift floated back in.
"Good! It appears you are integrating well with one another! That is great. We will be going through a few more exercises before we take off. Standard stuff to make sure you are ready. Also a few last second tests to make sure you are all fully functioning. Please follow me."
We followed the floating drone out, and I couldn't help but look outside the windows at the Spaceport Facility, I could see parts being put into place to build small ships, and fully constructed starships of varying sizes, from the size of a small car to a full on blimp, and further back, I saw it. Well, part of it. There was a large ship in the furthest back area of the place.
"Please take a seat!"
I glanced back at the group. We were getting into a large booth like train thing. I believe this is one of the gravity rails used for navigating large facilities. Apparently they are everywhere on the larger space stations. Helps people get from one area to another area of a facility incredibly quickly without having to walk a mile to get from room to room.
When everyone took a seat, it started to move. I didn't even feel it move, instead I knew it was moving cause everything outside the booth blurred. Amazing. I don't feel sick, or feel like I am on a roller coaster. Then, less than a second later the surroundings stopped being blurry. Shift spoke again, "Please step off the Gravrail."
"I've never road a gravrail before." Lin spoke looking at the thing in awe.
Shift replied to him. "They are relatively new technology. Developed by Toyota actually. They are basically just a specially designed mix of Accelerator Drives and Kinesis Drives, but they work really well. Last I heard the others were talking about hiring Toyota to make a full on Gravrail system in this city."
"Fascinating." I replied. That would have made my trip here so much easier.
Then Haruto spoke, "I thought all USF Tech was developed by the USF?"
Shift's drone chuckled, weirdly human despite being a A.I. "That is a common misconception. Most of the technology we use was refined by other groups, we just provided the entry tech to allow it to be possible. The gravity gloves made by the Tesla Company for example are upgraded versions of the gravity guns, reducing the weight of anything you touch till you can easily move it. If the USF was paving the path of technology alone, Director Gard would not be able to pave new avenues or tech or refine tech further."
That is pretty fascinating. So David Gard made the building blocks of this technology, then others pushed it in different directions to be used in more civil life. Like Radios did after World War 1.
—
We separated from one eventually, mainly for tests. It was fast though. One thing I like about the new high tech needles, you don't feel anything when it pulls blood from your body. It was apparently refined deconstruction tech, uses tiny needles invisible to the naked eye to make a cut then stitches it back together using your own skin. I don't feel a thing from it. All it feels like is a tiny tube pushed against your arm before being removed a second later. The blood loss makes my arm feel a bit weak for a minute or two but I recover fast enough.
After that was it was various zero-g tests. We entered specialized rooms with the kinesis suits and learned how to manipulate the suit.
"Oh, now this is trippy." I said, I was walking on the air upside down. You could freeze your foot falls to move as if you are on the ground.
"Aren't we supposed to be uncontrollable in space?" Terrenace asked, he was standing sideways in the air.
Shift pulled their drone over. "Realspace Manipulators. That large pack on your back? It allows you to move as if you were on a flat surface, even if you are not."
"This is a weird sense of vertigo." Lin spoke, They were messing with the settings on their wrist and walking in circles, I mean their head was never where their feet was, they were treating it like a hamster wheel that didn't move and they could stick to.
Director Carter was jumping, turning disabling the realspace drive to fly across the fan room, before turning it back on to stop himself from hitting the other wall.
"Did Director Gard come up with this?" Zhao Mei asked, curiosity beaming.
"No. The Realspace Manipulator was designed and made by a Russian Company known as Blue Bear Industries. We purchased them in bulk after testing and realizing that they were incredibly useful in space. Originally they were meant for deep sea expeditions, they have since been repurposed."
Now I'm curious. "What was built by the USF?"
"Your fabricators. Which reminds me. It is time for the next test, please enable your real space manipulators and walk to the exit, unless you would like to fall onto the grate when the fans turn off."
Well, there goes that fun. I reorient myself to the exit. Fabricators huh. Time to see what they do.
