Nano Contestant - Episode 1: Whatever It Takes by Leif Sterling Page A
Authors: Leif Sterling
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a template for anything else you’d like on your head’s up display, or HUD as you like to call it. I think I’ve even got a fix for the blackouts.”
Roland jumped over a fallen tree. “I’d also like speed and distance.”
Skylar went back to her terminals. She made a few copy and pastes and then tweaked her coding just a little. “Speed and distance, there you go.”
Roland half smiled as he saw a little 8 mph above his heart rate and a small odometer reading above the speed. “No blackout, Sky, and they both look great.” Roland broke out of the woods and onto a small back country road. He slowed to a walk. “Sky this road is a perfect place for a test run. I’m going to really open it up out here. I want you to capture all the data you can, ok?”
Skylar used both hands to push all the holographic terminals together into one large terminal. “Just a sec. I’m getting set to capture data from your run.” She put in a command which launched her into Roland’s system command center dashboard. The dashboard showed all current vital signs. She tapped several of the holographic buttons and put the system into record mode. “Ready to record.”
“Ok, so what do I need to qualify in the Tech Games race?”
Skylar swiped her hand towards the opposite wall in the data room and then entered a search command. All the race data displayed on the wall. “It’s a double marathon, so 52.4 miles. You’ll have to complete it in at least seven hours to be competitive, so you’ll need an average time of about 7.5 miles per hour over rough terrain.”
“I have a flat three mile stretch here. The fastest I’ve ever done that in is about eighteen minutes. I’ll try to hit fifteen minutes today. That would be about five minutes a mile.”
“Yeah, you’d need to hit eighteen minutes at the very least.”
“Sky, start looking to see what you can do to get me more speed. I’d like to just run my first mile on my own, but then I’d like to see what the nano can do after that, ok?”
“I’ll see what I can do Roland.”
Roland got down into his starting position. “On your mark, get set, go!” He took off down the country road. His speed gauge read 11 mph and continued climbing. He knew he needed to conserve some energy in order keep up that pace, but it felt really good to push faster. Speed was up to 14 mph, and he was still feeling good. Roland started taking deeper breaths. His distance showed he had just passed the half mile mark. “How’s it coming, Sky?”
“I’m still making a few last adjustments. I’ll flip them on when you pass the one mile marker.” Skylar had configured Matthew’s last two plugins. She was madly typing on one terminal and then swiping it over to the next terminal to be checked, while she worked on the next one. Finally they were ready. She transmitted them over to Roland’s system. “They are ready.”
Roland could feel he was getting winded. His speed was down to 12 mph . “Great. I’m about to hit the one mile mark.”
Skylar watched Roland’s video feed on the big data room wall. As soon as his distance hit the one mile mark, she hit the command to execute on her terminal. “Ok, they are both on now.”
Roland continued his pace. “I don’t feel any different. What do they do?”
“The first one is an oxygen enhancer. It will compress the air in your lungs as you breathe it in, allowing you to breathe in at least double the amount of air you normally do. This will get you more oxygen per breath. So, take a deep breath, and it probably will feel different.”
Roland took a deep breath, but instead of having to stop when he hit his full lung capacity, he kept inhaling. “Whoa, that was weird. But I like it!” His exhalation also took longer. After a few breaths he could tell that his head was clearer and some of the fatigue had left his arms and legs. “Speeding up.” Roland’s HUD jumped back up to 14 mph .
“The second one increases the
Roland jumped over a fallen tree. “I’d also like speed and distance.”
Skylar went back to her terminals. She made a few copy and pastes and then tweaked her coding just a little. “Speed and distance, there you go.”
Roland half smiled as he saw a little 8 mph above his heart rate and a small odometer reading above the speed. “No blackout, Sky, and they both look great.” Roland broke out of the woods and onto a small back country road. He slowed to a walk. “Sky this road is a perfect place for a test run. I’m going to really open it up out here. I want you to capture all the data you can, ok?”
Skylar used both hands to push all the holographic terminals together into one large terminal. “Just a sec. I’m getting set to capture data from your run.” She put in a command which launched her into Roland’s system command center dashboard. The dashboard showed all current vital signs. She tapped several of the holographic buttons and put the system into record mode. “Ready to record.”
“Ok, so what do I need to qualify in the Tech Games race?”
Skylar swiped her hand towards the opposite wall in the data room and then entered a search command. All the race data displayed on the wall. “It’s a double marathon, so 52.4 miles. You’ll have to complete it in at least seven hours to be competitive, so you’ll need an average time of about 7.5 miles per hour over rough terrain.”
“I have a flat three mile stretch here. The fastest I’ve ever done that in is about eighteen minutes. I’ll try to hit fifteen minutes today. That would be about five minutes a mile.”
“Yeah, you’d need to hit eighteen minutes at the very least.”
“Sky, start looking to see what you can do to get me more speed. I’d like to just run my first mile on my own, but then I’d like to see what the nano can do after that, ok?”
“I’ll see what I can do Roland.”
Roland got down into his starting position. “On your mark, get set, go!” He took off down the country road. His speed gauge read 11 mph and continued climbing. He knew he needed to conserve some energy in order keep up that pace, but it felt really good to push faster. Speed was up to 14 mph, and he was still feeling good. Roland started taking deeper breaths. His distance showed he had just passed the half mile mark. “How’s it coming, Sky?”
“I’m still making a few last adjustments. I’ll flip them on when you pass the one mile marker.” Skylar had configured Matthew’s last two plugins. She was madly typing on one terminal and then swiping it over to the next terminal to be checked, while she worked on the next one. Finally they were ready. She transmitted them over to Roland’s system. “They are ready.”
Roland could feel he was getting winded. His speed was down to 12 mph . “Great. I’m about to hit the one mile mark.”
Skylar watched Roland’s video feed on the big data room wall. As soon as his distance hit the one mile mark, she hit the command to execute on her terminal. “Ok, they are both on now.”
Roland continued his pace. “I don’t feel any different. What do they do?”
“The first one is an oxygen enhancer. It will compress the air in your lungs as you breathe it in, allowing you to breathe in at least double the amount of air you normally do. This will get you more oxygen per breath. So, take a deep breath, and it probably will feel different.”
Roland took a deep breath, but instead of having to stop when he hit his full lung capacity, he kept inhaling. “Whoa, that was weird. But I like it!” His exhalation also took longer. After a few breaths he could tell that his head was clearer and some of the fatigue had left his arms and legs. “Speeding up.” Roland’s HUD jumped back up to 14 mph .
“The second one increases the
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