And so began in my head the narrative of a story which will most likely never be completed. Still it would never have started without this journey through image and sound
“The historians have some tremendous fun tracking back and sideways on the various ages and eras since Humanity worked out how to traverse the distances that the Cosmos set up as a challenge. I mean we are such a curious, meddling breed, there was no way we were going to leave such a dare alone, was there now?
Of course there was still the variety of places to go, we couldn’t shrink that. We went scuttling off in all direction. No proper focus. I stick to the notion that’s why there have been so many Rises and Falls. Back in the wayback it happened on our own small birthworld. So bound to take place out in the Big..right?
Fridia is a neat and tidy world and the has convinced the five worlds of the current Confederation to be likewise; it and its Navy, of which I am proud to be a member. Not in the most glorious part- Investigation and Evaluation doesn’t even swash a buckle…. right?
Anyway. That ship, The Osmothea. No I still don’t know the meaning of the word, I leave that to linguists. We in I & E are used to wrecks and what find inside. All spans of Human Tragedy there. Most details are kept from the public. If you knew what has gone wrong Out There you wouldn’t even look up anymore.
But The Osmothea….
A big ship. Nothing odd there, mercantile, battle or migration attracts size. This one though, pristine. That wasn’t right for a start. The Cosmos has its price. Anyway we landed, and found a breathable, and still atmosphere, worse everything clean, and that pristine had been translated to the inside, in the dim steady lighting.
Straight away I ordered my scout team into full alert status, not that they needed encouragement. The whole vista was just odd. And made worse when our History Tech Specialist pulled a very long and unhappy face.
‘These insides are two thousand years old and three hundred light years into the Markel sector l’tenant. That cannot be right. The maths do not add up, never mind the cause or probabilities….’ They do work quick these Tech H hounds. Why they make History Tech Specialist only sergeants I will never know.
So I evaluated and ordered prompt withdrawal. For once I was not going to worry about what our Captain would think.
Sometimes you just know it’s not right. I hoped they would listen. They didn’t, of course”
To most likely never be continued…..
Straight out from watching and listening….and would not rest until I had written it down…I swear.
Evocative and sets the imagination spiralling.
I spent about 30 mins writing up an intro or outline to an SF narrative inspired by these two. Then posted the comment which was lost into the WP-verse. An inspirational experience in itself .
Taking the two episodes there might be room for an SF series on my blog…….
Evocative & Inspirational
Initially I invested 30 mins writing up an intro to story which spun out of the watching and listening.
But WP seemed intent on making that and my follow-up stake vanish into its own dimension.
So I wrote a reply here.
There might be a series on my own blog coming out of your post.
Well, à chacun son goût.
Why does everyone always say that to me?? 😀 😀 😀
🤣
And so began in my head the narrative of a story which will most likely never be completed. Still it would never have started without this journey through image and sound
“The historians have some tremendous fun tracking back and sideways on the various ages and eras since Humanity worked out how to traverse the distances that the Cosmos set up as a challenge. I mean we are such a curious, meddling breed, there was no way we were going to leave such a dare alone, was there now?
Of course there was still the variety of places to go, we couldn’t shrink that. We went scuttling off in all direction. No proper focus. I stick to the notion that’s why there have been so many Rises and Falls. Back in the wayback it happened on our own small birthworld. So bound to take place out in the Big..right?
Fridia is a neat and tidy world and the has convinced the five worlds of the current Confederation to be likewise; it and its Navy, of which I am proud to be a member. Not in the most glorious part- Investigation and Evaluation doesn’t even swash a buckle…. right?
Anyway. That ship, The Osmothea. No I still don’t know the meaning of the word, I leave that to linguists. We in I & E are used to wrecks and what find inside. All spans of Human Tragedy there. Most details are kept from the public. If you knew what has gone wrong Out There you wouldn’t even look up anymore.
But The Osmothea….
A big ship. Nothing odd there, mercantile, battle or migration attracts size. This one though, pristine. That wasn’t right for a start. The Cosmos has its price. Anyway we landed, and found a breathable, and still atmosphere, worse everything clean, and that pristine had been translated to the inside, in the dim steady lighting.
Straight away I ordered my scout team into full alert status, not that they needed encouragement. The whole vista was just odd. And made worse when our History Tech Specialist pulled a very long and unhappy face.
‘These insides are two thousand years old and three hundred light years into the Markel sector l’tenant. That cannot be right. The maths do not add up, never mind the cause or probabilities….’ They do work quick these Tech H hounds. Why they make History Tech Specialist only sergeants I will never know.
So I evaluated and ordered prompt withdrawal. For once I was not going to worry about what our Captain would think.
Sometimes you just know it’s not right. I hoped they would listen. They didn’t, of course”
To most likely never be continued…..
Straight out from watching and listening….and would not rest until I had written it down…I swear.
Roger
Glad you liked it. And I can believe it; this has a way of getting the creative juices flowing. 🙂
Ah, it did arrive then.
Ah the WP verse and its mysteries.
Evocative and sets the imagination spiralling.
I spent about 30 mins writing up an intro or outline to an SF narrative inspired by these two. Then posted the comment which was lost into the WP-verse. An inspirational experience in itself .
Taking the two episodes there might be room for an SF series on my blog…….
Thanks
Roger
The comment showed up. For some reason I needed to approve it, but it’s there and I enjoyed it! 🙂
Thanks, glad you liked it.
There are obviously many mysteries in the WP verse that still need to be explored.
Roger
Evocative & Inspirational
Initially I invested 30 mins writing up an intro to story which spun out of the watching and listening.
But WP seemed intent on making that and my follow-up stake vanish into its own dimension.
So I wrote a reply here.
There might be a series on my own blog coming out of your post.
Thanks
Roger
You may just be right.