The Other Humanity

amart29 (68)in #esteem • 7 years ago

Greetings to everyone, the following story was inspired by the digital art of @xpilar, I invite you to visit his blog. The picture that motivated this story is the following.

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The Other Humanity

After the discovery of a new colonizing ship, submerged in the middle of that planet's ocean in Bernard's Galaxy, the entire fleet settled in Apollo was mobilized to Cassiopeia, and established at Yone's Lagrange L1 point.

-It is a priority to send a frigate to establish positions in the proximity of the planet, I believe that we must rescue the ship -exposed Admiral Nicolas Petersen, leader of Yone's fleet and in charge of coordinating the exploration of the planet PGB-1, as it was temporarily named, in the absence of some form of known coding to name planets of other galaxies.

-I agree with you, but it is not possible for our cruisers to cross that bridge, the conduit is very narrow, it could destabilize and collapse it is necessary to build a new bridge -explained Dr. Beatriz Alfaro, professor of space-time engineering, in the academy of Casiopea, who was brought as a consultant, along with Master Rolando Werner, astro archaeologist and biologist, of the same institution.

-What are you proposing, doctor, because it is imperative that we move units to that world, -insisted Petersen.

-I think it is convenient for the bridge to be installed far from an inhabited planet - Werner intervened - it is obvious that there is the presence of some civilization that we don't know and I don't think it is convenient to establish a bridge to an area close to our populations, it is also convenient for this bridge to be destroyed, we don't know what its purpose is.

-I agree with Master Werner, I think it would be convenient to send a light ship to install a bridge that is in the Lagrange L2 of the planet, I also think it prudent that the entrance bridge is in the space between the Orion arm and the Exterior - explained Alfaro.

-Well, according to what Admiral Tylor informed, the Inus wants to collaborate with the operation, they are interested in knowing the new unexplored space, even more outside the galaxy, - agreed Admiral Petersen.

-I think it's appropriate. In addition, their technology would be of great value to us, I understand that the Icarus fleet was reconditioned by them, using a new type of space-time impulse engine. For one of their ships it would be easy to get there in a few days through the bridges that have already been installed in the outer arm space, to the low-density stellar space between both arms and install the entrance to the bridge there," - she explained -. While one of our ships enters from here and fixes the other entrance in the space close to the planet.

-I agree, I will speak to the parliament to authorize it, and I will coordinate the installation of the portal with Admiral Tylor - concluded Petersen -. In the meantime, two platoons will be sent to take positions on the other side and a rescue unit will be sent to recover the colonizing spacecraft and upload it to the planet's orbit.

The military operatives were installed in PGB-1 a short distance from the bridge, after crossing the abandoned structures in front of it, they found nothing of value, only the strange peculiarity that they seemed to be conditioned for humans, by the level of degradation of the materials, seemed to have about ten to twelve thousand years abandoned and seemed to be conditioned to accommodate a maximum of ten individuals.

After two weeks of exploring the planet, ROBERT reported that apart from the structures in front of the bridge and the crystal platform over which the colonizing ship was located, there was no other point of interest on the planet apart from being a suitable world for population.

The ship, whose name was Hiparion, was rescued and placed in orbit around PGB-1, when it was explored it was found that all its load of embryos, both human and other species, had been extracted, however, the colony had never been installed, the wetnurses and all the other devices responsible for educating and maintaining the colonists, were still in the ship.

Not far from PGB-1, in a planetary system formed by twelve planets, of which four were in the habitability zone of their star, a yellow G-type dwarf. Five worlds populated with a variety of species native to the Earth prospered.

In one of them, the eighth planet closest to the star, in the middle of a plain formed by vitrified rock, which covered most of it, similar to the one that formed the largest of the continents of Cassiopeia, on a peculiar plateau of circular form, there was a structure formed by three buildings of conical roof, the only buildings in all the plain.

-Ud, the new apprentices, have already boarded the vehicle, -said a robust man, dressed in a loose orange mameluke, going to a kind of altar made of blue glass.

A sphere of green light was projected onto the altar and a voice was heard echoing on the walls of the building.

We thank you for your efforts, your descendants will be properly educated - a hexagonal-shaped ship rose from behind the plateau and came out vertically at an incredible speed, until it lost sight - your favors will be repaid with prosperity for your peoples, your descendants will be back with you after three planetary cycles.

The sphere disappeared and so did the man behind it, his body vanished as if it were transparent until it disappeared completely. Far from there, in the middle of another continent, a large village formed by a multitude of small round houses, with conical roofs and within a larger structure, located exactly in the middle of the village, the same man of the orange mamluk reappeared, around him three other individuals dressed in the same way, welcomed him.

-Greetings, Sigfrido Regent, we have seen the signs of your return and we came to receive you, Ud welcome our children? -question one of the individuals.

-Yes, Regent Olbert, he has promised prosperity for our children and our people.

Outside the building, a cheerful, colorful village was boiling with activity. Small two-seater three-wheeled vehicles moved from one side to the other, children played in parks and streets, merchants loudly promoted their products at the entrance to their businesses, street artists and acrobats delighted people of all ages who gathered around them to watch them. A human settlement like any other, which differed greatly from the humanity of the descendants of Perseus.

Text of @amart29 Barcelona, Venezuela, September 2019

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