In 2157, a signal was detected from a research base on Neptune. If you have read the previous series, a strange Planet called Zigrida, you would have a good understanding of the circumstances and situations that developed. To simplify, they need males after a disaster hit their planet. Earth Space Command wanted intelligence regarding planet Zigrida's capabilities, policies, and intentions after a twenty-year disengagement. They were hoping to establish good relations this time around.
I am continuing this futuristic story of earth's first contact with a planet in the Galaxy.
2177 on planet Zigrida, supported by a sophisticated robotic device, an earth spaceship had left 20 years ago. This Bot was instrumental in Helping them understand earth's technology.
This transformed their world's society.
They questioned this Robot about many issues hearing things unknown to their understanding. However, in time were able to achieve advancements at an alarming rate by being excellent learners.
This robot taught them about minerals, where to find them, in what manner to make various synthetic fabrics and plastics, and how to build with metals. Their whole world was involved in a project to find a way of obtaining these items.
From Quzerline province, Leilani from Malena valley was now in charge of what they call (Objective Mechanism) - a new space agency their world built. They unanimously chose her from the best people in all the planet's provinces. She was the only one with first-hand knowledge of the people who had escaped; even the one fleeing, one of their own, a woman (Ia'lena from Azula valley). They were all determined to get these males back by all means necessary, and Ia'lena, whom they thought these males abducted for some strange experiments, Leilani told them about.
In 20 years, they quickly went from an agrarian society to a mixture of it and technology, maintaining the unity they had always known. Even though they had found a settlement of males to the south, they were not enough to preserve their planet's population balance, as their men passed away during fertilization.
They did possess a few advantages; they aged slowly due to the protection of the Nebula that Zigrida was inside of. Also, their bone structure was stronger due to the size of their planet and its gravitational, magnetic field; to put it mildly, they were all strong. In harmony with animals, they also could control all males.
Leilani and her team were almost ready to attempt their first space flight outside the nebula. At a gathering of the political leadership's annual report, she was summonsed to discuss the year's progress of the newly formed agency. At the meeting, Leilani told them," We know we can get through the radiation using our Focus Telepathic Resonance Beam. However, how to make it back once outside remains a problem, but we will find a way."
The earth robot also warned them of the radiation that existed beyond their nebulas' protection, which was a problem until the first mission to their dark moon revealed the leftover remnants of the spacecraft left behind by the earth people. This revealed information would help them travel with super speeds and shieldings of various kinds.
Recap On Earth
Engineer Steve and science officer Lisa married three months before she gave birth to a blonde-haired baby named Krystal back in 2158. Lisa is now head of the science department at the Houston Academy but still does science missions aboard the Space-ship Enigma, Captained by Commander Scott, from time to time. Steve teaches and is the head of the Earth Engineering Institute at the Houston Space Academy. He's settled down now but thinks about planet Zigrida and his daughter left behind, but he doesn't say anything to Lisa about that.
The spaceship Enigma is sent to the radiation belt to ensure everything is well and nothing unusual happens yearly, along with sophisticated satellite systems circling, sending back moment-to-moment sensor readings to the Neptune research base. Commander Scott believes Lisa tags along to ensure that Planet Zigrida's females are not up to anything.
"Look, Commander, I want to ensure those women stay on their side of the radiation belt, and we're on ours." What could he say? Lisa is very protective of her husband; you would understand if you read the other stories.
Earth Space Command has not tried to send any missions attempting to penetrate the radiation barrier since the loss of two Light Ships. Earth scientists have spent the last 20 years trying to find a safe way through; however, nothing has been promising.
Captain Scott's missions over the years were to gather sensor readings only.
Mike, the ship's navigator, and Rachel, his wife, had another baby they named Hannah.
Their oldest daughter Emily graduated from the space academy in 2170, quickly rising to Captain a few years later. At 33, she is a bright, intelligent, and enthusiastic young woman. Their son David studied engineering at the ETH Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Europe. Mike and Rachel were very proud of their children.
Commander Scott and Ia'lena's family continued to grow; they married and had another daughter they named Qwi'lena, after Ia'lena's grandmother.
Details in a series called, A female from another world.
Their son Wy' Jen, handsome and physically talented, quickly took up basketball, baseball, and football, excelling at all three.
The girls were into gymnastics, Meringue scoring a perfect 10 to win the overall championship at the USA Gymnastics Academy and the Olympic games in 2175. Muffin, her sister, was victorious in the balance beam and parallel bars competition, both as beautiful as their mother.
By the year 2177, Wy'Jen was now twenty, along with his sisters, as they were all twins, them being Identical, and he the fraternal of the three.
The commander was beginning to show his age; being 57, simi retired and only traveled on yearly missions to gather findings from the radiation belt, which Earth Command reluctantly allowed him to do. He loved his family, wife, and kids, something he thought he'd never have.
Ia'lena remained in the Space Security Services as an agent.
Wy'Jen, Meringue, and Muffin, after hearing stories of their parents' adventures, were extremely curious about their mother's home planet wanting to return there someday. Meringue joined the Space Academy, and Wy'Jen, a Jr Officer, just received authorization to train for a captain's command. Meringue was already a scientist who wanted to begin preparing for a Lieutenant Commanders' rank. Being very close to her mother, Muffin followed her into Earth's Security Services after an introductory semester.
Gathering for the holidays caused the whole group of children to become familiar with each other, hearing hundreds of stories over the years.
Meringue, studying the latest sensor readings of the radiation, came up with an idea to finally penetrate it, bringing it to Wy'Jen late Monday evening. "You know, brother, we can create our resonance beam by recording all of ours and then amplifying it into a pulse beam as the people on Zigrida did."
"Wow," was Wy 'Jen's response, "Meringue, you're a genius."
They spoke to their parents about it, who said to keep this secret because if it turned out that there was a way to get through the radiation, it might destabilize the earth, like when the spacecraft returned 20 years ago.
Scott and Ia'lena brought it up at the thanksgiving gathering to Lisa, Steve, Mike, and Rachel. Lisa was livid about it, fearing the kids would get lost as they did. However, her daughter Krystal very influential, talked her into it, saying, "Mom, you have to let us kids go, besides to be honest, we don't need your approval, so it's either help us prepare or live with the fact if anything did go wrong, you'd blame yourself for not trying, right?"
"Okay," she said, "But I don't want either you or your father getting close to that planet."
"Yes, mother, we heard the stories, and no, he isn't going," Krystal assured her; she wanted to go see the sister she never knew, but she was not telling her that.
