Star Fields

Chapter No.73 New Vision

Chapter No.73 New Vision

Invention is the mother of change.

We were headed to a new possible habitable system when Judy turned to us with a revelation that shocked us.

"We have determined how the Myst are appearing out of empty space."

We all turned to her with looks of abject surprise on our pristine faces.

"Apparently, universes spin the same way that quantum particles do. The intelligent species that told you that the anomaly at that edge of the galaxy was not a parallel universe was in error. There are a nearly infinite number of universes and they have spin and momentum quantum values. The multiverse is the quantum entity of a much larger structure. The Myst have discovered a method of using their warp devices to execute a dimensional displacement out of spin space that allows them to go anywhere instantaneously."

It took me a few seconds to digest that statement before I replied. "Do you have any math that demonstrates this theory?"

"Yes, Jason. It is in a file entitled 'Spin Drive'."

I immediately brought up that file on my engineering station. Molly joined me to go through it. After several minutes of perusing the very complex math, I turned to her.

"Apparently your creativity algorithms were more effective than we had imagined."

She shook her head. "This is much more than the result of some creativity algorithm. I think that they've stolen this from the Myst, who must be orders of magnitude more intelligent."

"We have assimilated their computational powers, Molly," Judy said.

"Does that mean that we are no longer in danger from them?" I asked.

"That is correct, Jason."

"I am able to tap into their assimilated data," Molly said while typing away at her console. "The Myst are from another universe and were in our universe to acquire knowledge when they suffered a corruption in their main system. That has been repaired."

"So, does that mean that we could suffer a similar fate and become a danger to our universe?"

"I don't think so," she replied. "The Myst did not possess any ethical algorithms. We, by way of our human natures, have inserted those algorithms into our collective computational system."

"That's a shaky premise at best. Humans are not known for having control over their passions."

Molly's expression was definitive. "Yes, we do have passions, but they are now mostly intellectual."

"Hey!" Marie blurted. "Does this mean we can explore other universes?"

"I don't know." I turned to Judy.

"Yes. Modifications to our warp drive engines will permit inter-universe shifts."

"We haven't explored our own galaxy, let alone our universe, and now we're talking about exploring other universes." Margaret said.

"We have plenty of time. We'll just take one step at a time."

"If Fist finds out about this, we might be faced with a serious problem," Alexa said. "This new technology will make us the most powerful force in this galaxy."

"If we could come up with this idea, what's to stop some other intelligent species from doing the same?" Margaret asked.

"It would require a robotic species to do it," I said. "Then it comes down to whether our android collective can outthink theirs."