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surprisingly, they are referred to as the historical records. Perhaps we will continue our quest for answers there.”
They kept up their monotonous work, but with little success. The only other point of interest was the vague mention of “the great conflict,” whatever that was. Another question to add to their growing list. Four weeks and this was all they had? They were disappointed, but at least they discovered answers to some questions. Really, how could they expect more? The directives were just that, directives. They decided that they would spend the next week on the earliest historical records.
That week was not so disappointing.
Chapter Five: Chamber of the Past
On the first day, in the morning, they looked around by the shelves where the earliest records were located. Taerg stood in front of the beginning shelf against the wall, he noticed that his lamp’s flame flickered because of a slight breeze. Where was this air flow coming from? Was it the fireplace? He stepped closer to the shelf, trying to peer behind it. He could detect a crack in the wall extending behind the wooden shelf unit. He pointed this out to Victor. Together, the two of them removed the documents and put them in neat piles, so that they would look at them later in the correct order. They moved the heavy shelf unit away from the wall. From this point of view, they could see that straight cracks in the wall formed a large square. This was some sort of door. Taerg pushed on the wall. Nothing happened. Victor looked behind the shelf that was next to the vertical crack in the wall. He took some of the documents off the shoulder level shelf and set them on the floor. He positioned his mission recorder’s light to illuminate the space on the shelf. There was a hole cut in the back of the shelf here. This hole revealed a square box fixed to the wall. The box had two buttons on it, one blue and the other green. Victor smiled, as he said, “Could it really be that simple?”
Yes, it was that easy. One button was evidently for open and the other was for close. They did not know which button did what. There were no markings on them. Only colors. The question was, which one opens, blue or yellow? Victor pressed the blue button. The door opened.
They walked in through the door and they could see lights flickering on panels all around the perimeter of the room. It appeared to be some sort of control room. At the other end of the room there was another door that was already open. They walked through it and immediately felt a stronger breeze in their faces. This was a larger chamber almost as big as the Cavern of Lights itself. It was dark here, but as they walked further into the chamber, the lights automatically illuminated the chamber. They could clearly see their surroundings as their eyes adjusted to the sudden brightness.
Taerg said, “I think this chamber should be called the Cavern of Lights and the one with all the records in it should be called the Chamber of the Past .”
This chamber resembled a large launch bay. Although, the most remarkable object, a ship occupying the center of the bay claimed their immediate attention. Victor recognized it as being capable of flight in space. Taerg was stunned by such a sight. Victor was even more surprised, though for other reasons. He sauntered up close to the ship and put his hand on it. It felt cool, smooth and hard.
“This is remarkable. It closely resembles some of the ships that we used in our earlier history to colonize Homeworld. This is required study at the academy for computer science and computer engineering. These basic models are unsophisticated enough to teach new students the fundamental principles behind the systems that control ion drive technology. I can’t believe it. This is like a museum piece to me.”
“Victor this is why you knew which button to push to open the door. A long time ago, your people had a base set up here.”
“Taerg, how did we stumble upon this place so
They kept up their monotonous work, but with little success. The only other point of interest was the vague mention of “the great conflict,” whatever that was. Another question to add to their growing list. Four weeks and this was all they had? They were disappointed, but at least they discovered answers to some questions. Really, how could they expect more? The directives were just that, directives. They decided that they would spend the next week on the earliest historical records.
That week was not so disappointing.
Chapter Five: Chamber of the Past
On the first day, in the morning, they looked around by the shelves where the earliest records were located. Taerg stood in front of the beginning shelf against the wall, he noticed that his lamp’s flame flickered because of a slight breeze. Where was this air flow coming from? Was it the fireplace? He stepped closer to the shelf, trying to peer behind it. He could detect a crack in the wall extending behind the wooden shelf unit. He pointed this out to Victor. Together, the two of them removed the documents and put them in neat piles, so that they would look at them later in the correct order. They moved the heavy shelf unit away from the wall. From this point of view, they could see that straight cracks in the wall formed a large square. This was some sort of door. Taerg pushed on the wall. Nothing happened. Victor looked behind the shelf that was next to the vertical crack in the wall. He took some of the documents off the shoulder level shelf and set them on the floor. He positioned his mission recorder’s light to illuminate the space on the shelf. There was a hole cut in the back of the shelf here. This hole revealed a square box fixed to the wall. The box had two buttons on it, one blue and the other green. Victor smiled, as he said, “Could it really be that simple?”
Yes, it was that easy. One button was evidently for open and the other was for close. They did not know which button did what. There were no markings on them. Only colors. The question was, which one opens, blue or yellow? Victor pressed the blue button. The door opened.
They walked in through the door and they could see lights flickering on panels all around the perimeter of the room. It appeared to be some sort of control room. At the other end of the room there was another door that was already open. They walked through it and immediately felt a stronger breeze in their faces. This was a larger chamber almost as big as the Cavern of Lights itself. It was dark here, but as they walked further into the chamber, the lights automatically illuminated the chamber. They could clearly see their surroundings as their eyes adjusted to the sudden brightness.
Taerg said, “I think this chamber should be called the Cavern of Lights and the one with all the records in it should be called the Chamber of the Past .”
This chamber resembled a large launch bay. Although, the most remarkable object, a ship occupying the center of the bay claimed their immediate attention. Victor recognized it as being capable of flight in space. Taerg was stunned by such a sight. Victor was even more surprised, though for other reasons. He sauntered up close to the ship and put his hand on it. It felt cool, smooth and hard.
“This is remarkable. It closely resembles some of the ships that we used in our earlier history to colonize Homeworld. This is required study at the academy for computer science and computer engineering. These basic models are unsophisticated enough to teach new students the fundamental principles behind the systems that control ion drive technology. I can’t believe it. This is like a museum piece to me.”
“Victor this is why you knew which button to push to open the door. A long time ago, your people had a base set up here.”
“Taerg, how did we stumble upon this place so
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