Page 258 - The Chronicles Ser2 (6-10)

Midas and T’luha had returned with the Trask and a small hover trolley loaded with parts. Myra
played back the recording to them while Zuul. Bexar and the Trask continued repairs. Zuul walked
over.
“It’s as my father feared. They tried the same procedure we did to get here; only on a grander scale.
From what we can tell; they almost succeeded. But the power couplings and circuits were not robust
enough. As they cascade failed; they sent surges back along the supply. There must have been some
kind of catastrophic fault in the regulation at number four reactor. That exploded and started
another cascade failure; this time of the distribution nodes in the Polaron grid. The resultant
explosions would have been very large but localised to the nodes and the surrounding area. We saw
that as we flew over. The radiation and exotic particle clouds must have caused widespread
contamination of the whole planet. It was a wise move to send the population into stasis” he said.
Miah flashed something telepathically to her son and he smiled. He went back to Zuul and passed on
the message. Zuul looked surprised them beamed a broad smile. The others not being party to the
conversation looked puzzled.
“It’s a personal matter that I don’t wish to discuss” Miah said and did another of her winks “Later
perhaps when all the upheaval is over. She added signalling a rest to the conversation.
“The location of that persons’ stasis pod is nearby, as is the base commanders. I wonder if we should
look to see if they are still present in their pods” she said after calling up a personnel directory.

The Trask were only too pleased to guide them to the Stasis chambers. The young woman’s
Sarcophagus was the easiest to locate so that is where they went first. She was still inside in a state
of deep stasis. The Commander’s pod had developed a fault some time shortly after the disaster so
she had not survived.
“That’s a pity; she may have been able to give us a partial explanation for the events” Miah said. She
instructed the Trask to attempt to mind dump the recent facility history files she’d found hidden in
an archive on the console. And her personal logs from the Endeavours history archive.
“He is going to do what the Ulahri alcoves do; and attempt to
bring our young friend here up to date with the situation before
she is reanimated. That way we should be able to communicate
better with her. Some of the other reanimated Humans are also
getting an education. They have a lot of history to catch up on”
Miah added. One of the other Trask brought Myra an orb. She
took it and examined it closer. It was a crystal ball of sorts, but
seemed to be glowing from deep within its heart.
“What am I supposed to do with this Miah?” Myra asked. T’luha
looked at the orb
“One of the Trask handed me one of those also, mine is green, and yours is white. Tell us Miah what
is the significance?” T’luha added
“They are Memory Orbs. Place them at the side of your temples and clear your mind of all thoughts”
she replied.

Myra placed the globe against the left temple and cleared he mind. She was instantly flashed
a series of memories. It was like watching several movies at once in high speed. The last image was a
bright glaring flash. She unfroze and brought the globe around in front of her. It was now just a clear
crystal ball. Slowly he brain began to untangle the “download” of memories and sensations. She felt
woozy and felt herself collapse before passing out. As she succumbed she heard Miah say to the
others
“This is alright; this usually happens the first time…” The rest was unclear and she fell into blackness.
She came round on a long couch in a well lit room. Her mouth felt dry and T’luha gave her a glass of
a bluish liquid. It tasted slightly sweet and smelled like strawberries.
“Whoa! Still feel dizzy; but I’m beginning to remember all the stuff I saw… I saw the disaster
unfolding” she managed to say. Her words sounded distant as though she was controlling her body
remotely. Then everything snapped back into place Miah was with Zuul and Bexar going over the