Under a Starless Sky

Chapter 41

They arrived at a computer room. High Tech Computer towers, super computers standing in rows, pillars of salt rock that were visually stunning as lights moves as if there was cyclone of lights inside. The pillars were not all made from local salt. Some were black towers with blue lights. Some were marble. Some were gleaming metallic. Some cylinders contained enough pixels to create a virtual image and make the tower seem as if wasn’t there- or make it shine like Christmas, tiny hexagon pixels, hexagon diodes. Banks of monitors, control panels from light switch size to flat screen television size. Work stations with chairs and monitors, and the glass desk was the interface, mouse and keyboard. A central chair, less like a captain’s chair and more like a dentist’s chair was prominent in the room. She brought him to the far window. He looked down on a room that had one artifact, a giant moon gate. Orbs were busy at work, scanning, cleaning, or something business like- something that resembled important work, but could have just been orbs running around in play like bees that were having a time out or quarrel with a peer. One orb became human long enough to extract a plate from a wall, traced gold filaments and chip patterns. She placed it back and withdrew into her orb and was off. Crystal of every sort comprised the inner working, diamonds, emeralds, rubies… There was enough treasure here to satiate any dragons’ desire to horde. The dialing device in the gate control room reminded Shen of the Pylon technology from the original ‘Land of the Lost.’ A pedestal holding glowing crystals with runic type markings. A strip attached to the pedestal had twelve indentions that clearly were intended to cradle the crystals. There were 64 crystals- 27 of them had distinct colors and rune symbols drawn on them- the others remained unquantified and were clear.

“A star gate?!” Shen said. “Why didn’t you tell me?”

“It’s just now completed,” TL said.

“It’s operational?” Shen asked.

“I have every reason to believe it is a fully operational portal,” TL said. “It has not been tested.”

“Open a portal to MyEnterprise,” Shen said.

“No,” TL said.

“No?!” Shen said.

“You don’t just magically open a portal to wherever you want to go,” TL said.

“Yes, you do,” Shen said.

“Okay, yes you do, and yet you don’t. I definitely don’t,” TL said. “You’re the magician, you open one.”

“I don’t know how to do it,” Shen said.

“Yes, you do. This is not rocket science. It’s magic, and art, and science, just not rocket science,” TL said. “Look, I can start pushing energy and see if something catches. It will be random. If I find a place, I can hold the coordinates and return to that place, or reasonably close if the interval of reconnecting isn’t too great. Ideally, linking to a second moon gate, or attaching to any permanent structure, especially an arch, fortifies a link. A permanent link can be maintained for the lifetime of the structures. Obviously, gates on the same planet will be easier to catch and maintain than gateways connecting two astronomical bodies. Destroy the structure, or this gate, the connection is lost. Planet bound or not, you will not likely regain that gateway through random energy searches.”

“So, how do we connect to the MyEnterprise?” Shen asked.

“Complicated. One way to establish link between two specific destinations is remote viewing,” TL explained. “Remote viewer sits here, I monitor brain functions, derive essential coordinates, and we establish a presence at the remote place through bilocation; we, together, can forge a link. If you were able to remote view the ship, put yourself next to the ship’s portal, we could forge a link.”

“If I could bilocate, I wouldn’t need a portal. I’d just go there and stay there,” Shen said.

TL nodded. “With caveats, yes. May you someday be so skilled,” she bowed.

“I’ve been there. I’ve connected with High Counsel since being here,” Shen said.

time you log in, and Loxy is physically in the

just have to sit here until I log in,” Shen

the

not fucking

“I thought you liked her slave outfit,”

ha,”

are not Skywalker. But you are Preston G Waycaster. And he was bi-locating before Luke manifested that ability,” TL said. “That is established

cannon, or

“Not relevant…”

a character,

come from the field. Preston was you, another aspect of you; that life was real, and came from

believe that,”

why you still don’t achieve magic on demand. Seriously, Waycaster’s problems with his mother is a reflection of your relationship with your own mother, from a symbolic perspective,” TL said. “Humans have been trained to ignore

me, if you make

know everything you need

blaming me for being stuck here?”

not, your subconscious knows the answer, which means, by definition you know it. Now, either you can do what you need to do to access that, or- there is a reason for not knowing. You have something to learn or to

not paying attention. I have

said. “You

it,” Shen

won’t forget it,” TL

you,” Shen said. “I am sorry.

lot,”

for being homesick,”

this is homesickness,”

I am fucking bipolar,” Shen said. “Label me with a mood disorder NOS

me to medicate you?” TL

to channel Waycaster so that he and I can switch, we’ll

a gateway to that object. We could in theory entangle an object, put

not going to

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