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controls on the main console. Midas was talking Bachi with the Trask; the other members of the
teams were doing various checks of the other consoles and
equipment. One of the Trask dashed in to the room clutching
some coloured Gel Tubes. He delivered these to one of the
Techs; He in turn placed them in what looked like a giant fuse
board.
“Don’t tell me you are going to repeat the experiment” she
said harshly to Bexar.
“Relax Myra; we are only going to run a partial simulation
using the recorded data; what you would call a “Dry Run”. I
need to find out how the failure started. These Gel Tubes will

act like fusible links and disconnect the power quickly. If we can pinpoint when in the experiment
the cascade failures occurred; we might be able to adjust the procedure to compensate. If it is as I
suspect; they had some inferior technology installed” he said trying to calm her
“I saw what happened in that Trasks memory Globe. Let me see the console settings… Yes that’s the
panel; from what I remember from the memory flash; the first failure was that panel blowing up”
She said frantically. Bexar and Zuul looked surprised and pulled the replacement console out and
checked the layout again.
“There; that circuit I wonder if that was the error?” Zuul said removing a crystal circuit and handing
it to his father. Bexar took out a tool from his tool belt and scanned the circuit. His expression
changed to one of incredulity. The two of them exchanged some kind of telepathic conversation and
Zuul did the same with his mother. She nodded and went over to Myra. Miah took Myra to one side
and whispered
“Please calm yourself; I hadn’t expected you to have such clarity of detail, most of the time every
other race just gets jumbled or vague impressions. The memory dump is very complex. Tell me have
you any history in your family of what the Humans call “second sight”?” she asked
“On the Terran side of my family line certainly. But I’ve never shown any tendencies…” Myra
answered but Miah interrupted her
“That would explain a lot. I sensed that you had something about you. Our two species and another
two in nearby systems have the ability to trigger development of latent Telepathic and Empathic
abilities. When we discover what the true situation is in regards to our Home World; may I be
permitted to probe your mind?” Miah asked. Myra was dumbfounded for a moment then
considered the possibilities. It took a while before she answered
“I suppose that would be alright. Most of my relatives would probably disapprove; but I’ve always
been considered a bit of a rebel. Yes; why not!” she laughed and the two women chatted; Miah
explaining the simple procedure and the possible pitfalls, Myra agreeing more and more.

The Nimbob
While events were underway on Hylon; the Eloi and the
Fleet members that had stayed on the Platform had a visit from a
Nomadic race known as The Nimbob. Some of the Fleet vessels had
continued on to rendezvous with the Endeavour at Hylon; and the
Eloi on the Platform had not been expecting further visitors, so the
arrival of the Nimbob came as a surprise. In appearance they looked
just like the Vintar; except for skin colouring that is. The Nimbob
were far more colourful; having patches and stripes of colour all
over their bodies, with the head colour denoting male or female.
Males had a red crown; females were pale cream on the crown.
Their society was also a Matriarchal; it seemed many of the races in
the Third Galaxy were such. There was one race that had three
sexes and the Neuter sex was the dominant leaders of that society;