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English, Lance spotted something and asked him to pause and rewind a section
“Take it slowly; a frame at a time if need be. It was around about here… There freeze it Arthur”
Lance almost deafened Arthur with his shout. On the display it was obvious that there was
something strange about the cut off of the signal beam.
“Oh; Great Maker! Is that what I think it is Lance?” Sandra said. Arthur zoomed in on the part of the
image that was giving them concern. Arthur sharpened up the frame; and sent it to the main viewer.
The others present stood; silent with amazement. How had Arthur never seen this before during his
encounters with the technology? Granted; the image was almost subliminal, but there it was never-
the-less. A clear image of a Star map; and one that Arthur knew only too well… It was a Map of the
centre of the Third galaxy.
“It must be residual data that was in the system memory and the data fetch routine must have
retrieved it and tagged it onto our data burst.” Lucius said in amazement “Arthur can you make an
isolated recording of just that sequence?” he asked. Arthur nodded and did a separate data crystal
recording; looping the sequence repeatedly.
“I knew that they had taken me somewhere at one point. I didn’t think it was right out there. I have
some kind of recall block so I cannot recall all the details. He zoomed in on a Star system; the detail
was incredible; twelve planets orbiting around a Blue Giant. “That one there with the three moons;
I’m sure of it.” He said shaking. Lance and some of the other data techs set about searching for
references; any references in legends, stories etc. to the home of the Gods. Barely visible orbiting
around the fourth planet with the three moons was what appeared to be a building; it looked
remarkably like a Sultan’s palace from India on old Earth. Arthur found himself repeating one word;
whispering it over and over, Gandarah...

… On Hylon progress was being made. They had managed to get in contact with an
intermediate colony and had gleaned more information. This time form survivors of an Enemy
attack. They would also send out some ships to Hylon and the other system worlds to help with re-
establishing the colonies. It was while the Trask were busy reanimating a contingent of Untharans
that a Beam transmission from the Platform came in. Some of the Trask had been assigned to
monitor the Beam Station and what was attached to the message had them agitated enough for the
Eloi to telepathically try and subdue them Zuul was the first of them to see the captured data that
had been sent from Sol system to the Eloi platform. At first he didn’t see what the fuss was about;
until he saw the detailed frames... He rushed over to Miah and Bexar. Flashed them with the
message and showed Bexar the detailed frames. The Eloi don’t have eyebrows as such; but if they
had, Bexar’s’ would have been halfway over the crown of his head. Myra took the images and
handed them to Midas and Dagnor; who had decided to join them on the surface of Hylon.
“It can’t be! It just can’t be” Dagnor exclaimed “That’s Lord Shiva’s flying palace; or Vimana from
ancient Indian texts. It fits the descriptions exactly. But what is it doing all the way out there?” he
added incredulously.
“Who or what is this Lord Shiva?” Miah asked. Myra and Dagnor took it in turns to explain about the
Ancient Earth legends; of the Indian sagas known as the Mahabharata. About the Ancient Gods;
including Ganesh, Lord Shiva and the Goddess Kali and the rest of the pantheon. How they had
battled over who should be masters of the world; the skies and the universe. Midas checked the
Endeavours Hive for better references and example texts. It took some time but managed to find
some really ancient archives. He supplied these to the highly interested Eloi.