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will have to make on her own.”
Captain Dodd said, “What decision are you talking about?”
Tommy stood up and walked to the monitor on the wall and said, “Atlas, have you listened on everything said so far?”
The speaker on the monitor said, “I have but I’m not certain what you’re trying to do’”
Captain Dodd furrowed her brow and Tommy said, “I want you to take part in this discussion and we’ll see where it goes.”
Atlas said, “Please continue.”
Tommy looked Dodd and said, “Captain, Atlas is an Alfont.”
Cassie was stunned. She couldn’t find the words to say anything.
“Atlas was found by my father on Earth’s moon when he was trying to escape the directorate. He is an intelligent star ship and millions of years ago his race transferred their physical structure into the structure of their ship. Every member of the Royal Family as well as the leadership of the Algeans knows Atlas. No one else knows of his existence. Sprig and Twig are scheduled to complete their education with Atlas after their initial learning on this ship.”
The monitor on the wall said, “I’m pleased to make your acquaintance, Captain Dodd.”
Cassandra stammered out, “Thank you, uh, Atlas. It’s nice to meet you, too.”
Tommy said, “There’s more Captain Dodd. Atlas has a million of his fellow Alfonts being held captive by a race in a galaxy a long way from us. They have been captive for more than sixty million years and the captors are as far ahead of Atlas’ technologically as he is from us. Atlas will not even reveal what he knows about them out of fear that they will sense that revelation and attack. It is my chosen path to free his brothers from their captivity during my lifetime. Atlas and I have run into a knowledge barrier that has stopped us from finding the means of making it happen. How am I doing so far, Atlas?”
“I agree with everything so far, Tommy.”
“Good, now for the hard part. I am going to release the military data base and dump it into Twig and Sprig’s storage.” The two adolescents grew two feet immediately showing their surprise. Atlas, you are also going to dump your information center directly into them.”
Atlas said, “Wait a minute! That information contains the very thing I won’t reveal to you. I refuse to do it!”
Captain Dodd could hear fear in the Alfonts’ voice. She was still in a small state of shock over the revelation of a living Alfont; this new revelation was more than she could immediately process.”
“Atlas, you’re not going to do it electronically where the captors can sense it.”
There was a long pause and then Atlas said, “How do propose to do it otherwise.”
“The Algeans are telepathic. You will make the transfer mentally.”
Tommy waited for more than five minutes before Atlas said, “I would feel much safer if we had a means of escaping before I attempt this.”
“Atlas, we’ll go to a galaxy on the opposite end of the universe from the Captors location. We will work on the escape effort before we try but when it comes down to it, we have to risk it. If the transfer is done without interference from the Captors then you should feel safer giving us information mentally. However, we need a technological breakthrough to even start the process of freeing your kin.” Tommy paused and looked at the two adolescents and said, “We have two beings here that are stronger at correlating unrelated information than any computer in existence. We have to give them everything we have.”
Captain Dodd said, “Are you placing the Realm in danger, Duke Gardner?”
Tommy looked at her and said, “Probably, however, we are going to try and minimize the risk by distance. The real danger is that we are going to have to experiment with what our two students come up with. I suspect that like all breakthroughs, something will get broken during the
Captain Dodd said, “What decision are you talking about?”
Tommy stood up and walked to the monitor on the wall and said, “Atlas, have you listened on everything said so far?”
The speaker on the monitor said, “I have but I’m not certain what you’re trying to do’”
Captain Dodd furrowed her brow and Tommy said, “I want you to take part in this discussion and we’ll see where it goes.”
Atlas said, “Please continue.”
Tommy looked Dodd and said, “Captain, Atlas is an Alfont.”
Cassie was stunned. She couldn’t find the words to say anything.
“Atlas was found by my father on Earth’s moon when he was trying to escape the directorate. He is an intelligent star ship and millions of years ago his race transferred their physical structure into the structure of their ship. Every member of the Royal Family as well as the leadership of the Algeans knows Atlas. No one else knows of his existence. Sprig and Twig are scheduled to complete their education with Atlas after their initial learning on this ship.”
The monitor on the wall said, “I’m pleased to make your acquaintance, Captain Dodd.”
Cassandra stammered out, “Thank you, uh, Atlas. It’s nice to meet you, too.”
Tommy said, “There’s more Captain Dodd. Atlas has a million of his fellow Alfonts being held captive by a race in a galaxy a long way from us. They have been captive for more than sixty million years and the captors are as far ahead of Atlas’ technologically as he is from us. Atlas will not even reveal what he knows about them out of fear that they will sense that revelation and attack. It is my chosen path to free his brothers from their captivity during my lifetime. Atlas and I have run into a knowledge barrier that has stopped us from finding the means of making it happen. How am I doing so far, Atlas?”
“I agree with everything so far, Tommy.”
“Good, now for the hard part. I am going to release the military data base and dump it into Twig and Sprig’s storage.” The two adolescents grew two feet immediately showing their surprise. Atlas, you are also going to dump your information center directly into them.”
Atlas said, “Wait a minute! That information contains the very thing I won’t reveal to you. I refuse to do it!”
Captain Dodd could hear fear in the Alfonts’ voice. She was still in a small state of shock over the revelation of a living Alfont; this new revelation was more than she could immediately process.”
“Atlas, you’re not going to do it electronically where the captors can sense it.”
There was a long pause and then Atlas said, “How do propose to do it otherwise.”
“The Algeans are telepathic. You will make the transfer mentally.”
Tommy waited for more than five minutes before Atlas said, “I would feel much safer if we had a means of escaping before I attempt this.”
“Atlas, we’ll go to a galaxy on the opposite end of the universe from the Captors location. We will work on the escape effort before we try but when it comes down to it, we have to risk it. If the transfer is done without interference from the Captors then you should feel safer giving us information mentally. However, we need a technological breakthrough to even start the process of freeing your kin.” Tommy paused and looked at the two adolescents and said, “We have two beings here that are stronger at correlating unrelated information than any computer in existence. We have to give them everything we have.”
Captain Dodd said, “Are you placing the Realm in danger, Duke Gardner?”
Tommy looked at her and said, “Probably, however, we are going to try and minimize the risk by distance. The real danger is that we are going to have to experiment with what our two students come up with. I suspect that like all breakthroughs, something will get broken during the
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