Getting ready
Two days ago, Dr. MINIMCOM proposed an audacious plan to inject Rei with the "tamed" VIRUS units called constructors and rebuild Rei's crushed spine from the inside out in the early portion of Rome's Evolution. Now I have never been to space so everything you are about to read only happened in my mind. I know it is science fiction but I tried to make it as realistic as I could having watched many a scifi movie and videos from space. See if you think I did a decent job getting the weightless operating theater ready for Rei's procedure:MINIMCOM, the starship, used his EG lifters to gently arise in the air until he was high over Deucado. He fired his plasma thrusters on their lowest setting, accelerating as minimally as possible, until they achieved a circular orbit around Deucado 200 kilometers up.So that's it. Rei turned down his last chance to back out. Nothing left to do but have MINIMCOM inject Rei's body with constructors and see what happens.
“I will be shutting off the artificial gravity shortly,” MINIMCOM announced from a grille in the wall. “Rome, Dr. Montrell, if you go into the side airlock, you can put on a pair of magnetic boots. That will allow you to remain in one place as I perform the procedure.”
“OK,” Rome said. She pointed then walked forward through the main corridor, followed by Dr. Montrell. She showed Russell the side airlock and when they returned, they were using the balky gait required to break the magnetic connection on the under-soles, one step at a time.
After they were back in the cargo bay, Rome said, “We’re ready.” She and Russell took up positions, standing by Rei’s bedside.
“Very well,” MINIMCOM said. “I am shutting down the EG lifters now.”
In the background, Rome could hear the sound of the magnetic shields rotating in place. As they were turning, Rome and Russell could feel all the weight draining from their bodies. Rei started rising up very slowly, held in place only by two loose fitting straps that had been secured around him before they took off. Rome had to fight off the urge to grab him and push him back down. She had to have confidence that MINIMCOM knew what he was doing.
With a whoosh and a pop, MINIMCOM’s livetar appeared in the cargo hold. He was holding a syringe in his hand filled with a grayish liquid.
Rei turned his head to look at it. “This is really going to work, right?” he asked.
“To the best of my knowledge,” replied the livetar. “You still have time to change your mind.”
“No, just do it,” Rei said. “I trust you.”
Published on April 10, 2017 06:48
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