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“Ensign Ta’ian, report your
status.” The figure stood there on the boulder with her arm spread out had just
stepped onto the hard surface. She looked to the ground layout before her. She
was dressed in the tight bodysuit with a silvery corset over her chest, and the
hip cut to cover over her navel. She had on her arms the silvery vambrace with the
built-in link to the mothership servers on the left and the arm phaser on the
right. She wore a pair of knee-high silvery boots that gives her flight
ability.
“Ensign Ta’ian, report your
status. I repeat.” The voice on the communication link resonated with the
impatient voice of the Commander. “I …”
“I read you loud and clear,
Commander. I am scanning the surface for the elements that were captured by our
sensors.” Ensign Timo Ta’ian responded. “I will send the updates to the
server.”
Ensign Ta’ian took her first step
on the surface with her mind recalling the brief that she was given on this
planet. The mothership was hovering over form covering a huge area with its
gigantic sphere design. Ensign Ta’ian took the shuttlecraft to reach the
surface. The shuttlecraft was designated NE-23 was a four-person craft
designed to explore both surface and marine environment. It was also designed
to protect the Ensign from any hostile movements on her. She had named the
shuttle ‘her protector Nemo’.
“The planet is in the Milky Way
Galaxy and it’s the third planet from the star there. There are thirteen
planets in orbit around what was a star. The star was a result of a nova that gave
birth to this system. As it was a transient astronomical event by our readings
then, we established an outpost there named Zetian Three on the third planet
from the star. We studied the planet evolution from its infancy era to the
later named Proterozoic Era. We were amazed that the planet took on its own
trail of evolution but it lacked on core element; living beings.”
“The Council of Discovery then
introduced the first form of a living cell that we named amoeboid; a single
living cell. The planet was suitable for the evolution of the single cell, and
with our research. We assimilated the cells to form into dynamic forms with the
inherent characteristics of the single cell. The assimilation was successful
for two factors; the environment of the planet on the surface and below it in
the liquid form. And the other was the stat was providing salvation in the form
of nutrients to the growing cells. We left the evolution of the cells to expand
by itself, and exponentially, it soon grew what we were term as the inhabitants
on the planet. The inhabitants evolved in the different era of the planet age
from the earliest Proterozoic Era to the Neoproterozoic and then the Mesozoic
Era when the inhabitants took on their own identity with the huge growths in
the frames. That was a mistake we made then.”
“The Mesozoic Era was allowed to
evolve without the monitoring of the assembled at Zetian Three. Their lack of
protocol to monitor the evolution caused mayhem when huge inhabitants took
dominance over the weaker inhabitants. It was the era of survival when the
strong fed on the weak. When we discovered the mayhem, we investigated the
cause. It took some efforts to identify the cause. The assimilation of the
cells held some savage characters that overtook the evolution. We tried to
correct the process but it was inherent into the cells of the inhabitants. We
were given new mandate in our works. We were to continue monitoring and studied
the results.”
“It was during the Mesozoic Era
that we discovered the planet took on its own course of eradication of the
inhabitants. It was thus named the Permian-Triassic extinction where almost all
the marine species and the two-thirds of the terrestrial vertebrate species
succumb to natural extinction. The planet took on its own destructive path with
thermal quakes causing the untenable conditions. It took over two million years
before the planet secured itself.”
“Are you saying the planet is
alive?” Ensign Ta’ian recalled the question raised then by another at the
Commander.
“We do not know, Ensign Kier.
Zetian Three was destroyed and we lost many data accumulated then. However, we
reconstruct Zetian Four which was later renamed Atlantis.”
“Atlantis was submerged into the
sea to monitor the marine life resurgence from its near extinction. While we
focused our works there the planet took on the form of a crude civilisation
with the huge superior homo-sapiens beings that dominated the surface alongside
the huge inhabitants.”
“Was it not the meteor that
annihilated the huge inhabitants?” Another Ensign raced the briefing events
“It’s obvious, that most of you
have studied the brief of the planet we are going to explore once more.” The
Commander was upset that his briefing was to shorten then. “Yes, for the
benefit of those who did not read the brief beforehand.”
“The meteor was identified by our
sub-space station and Zetian Four was alerted. We were told not to intercept
but observe. The meteor impact was great and impacted on the surface and
realigned the axis of the planet. It also caused a blanket of dark matter to cover
over half the planet. Many inhabitants then perished by its impact or soon
after it. The shift pf superiority son shifted to the homo-sapiens.”
“What of outpost Zetian Four?”
Ensign Ta’ian raised the question.
“Zetian Four was damaged by the
meteor and an evacuation order was given. We left the planet for some millions
of years. We did return later and discovered the inhabitants have evolved further
and the homo sapiens were seen to be superior in the thinking methodology. It
puzzled us and we remain to study them. Zetian Four was raise to the surface
and re-built. Atlantis existed with the new civilisation then, and our mandate
changed. We were no more observers.”
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