OMEGA Conscript by Stephen Arseneault Page A
Authors: Stephen Arseneault
Tags: Science-Fiction, series, Military, SciFi, Alien, Sci Fi & Fantasy, action thriller, Galactic Empire, scifi action adventure, adventure space
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get out of here, did you?"
I replied, "Well, I guess I hadn't thought about it."
Garrett ran up the ramp as ion bolts from the building flew toward us. "I told you I was the cautious one. I'm starting to think it's you who should be the sidekick."
Garrett handed me the helmet as he sat and took the controls of the Jess . Seconds later, we were racing up through the atmosphere of Novesta, our prize in our possession.
Garrett took a bite. "Hmm. These are really good. I can see how Clevel got as big as he did. I'd be eating these all day long."
Chapter 5
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When we arrived back on Effica, Go was waiting. "I can't believe you found one. Is it a good fit?"
Garrett replied, "It's the helmet that came with that suit. Put it on and let's see what this thing can do."
I cautioned. "Let's move into a private room. The fewer that know about this suit the better."
Go pulled the silvery-white suit up over his shoulders as Garrett handed him the helmet.
Once the helmet snapped in place, I held out the power cell. "Try to master the controls this time before setting that activation percentage. We don't want to lose you."
Go laughed. "Yeah, you don't have to worry. I learned that the hard way last time."
I snapped the power cell in place on the belt.
Go stepped back. "Whoa! The inside of this thing just came to life! There are images bouncing all over my field of vision. I'll need a few minutes to figure this out. The controls are similar to what we were looking at on the holo-display, only they are all up at the same time. Hold on, the helmet is asking me a question. It wants to know if primary control should be manual through the arm pad, visual where it will follow my eyes, or neural. The wearer of this suit must have had some kind of implant."
I pulled up the tutorial for visual control on my holo-display. "With visual, it says you can train the helmet to respond to eye movements. You can focus on an item and twitch an eye to make a selection. Try choosing visual and then use your eyes to move through the tutorials."
Go replied, "OK. Whoa, that is freaky. I just flew through five menus and it did just what I wanted!"
I pulled up several new tutorial screens on my holo-display. "Just take your time to learn all the controls. It won't do us any good if you can't properly use it."
Garrett remarked. "Should we load up the Jess and head back toward the portal gate? The trip should give him plenty of time to figure that suit out."
I shook my head. "Let's give it another day. The gate is a structure with floors and walls. I think he needs some practice at moving through those before we go. Movement on the Jess will be very limited. And we're taking the Green and the Grumar with us. No reason to leave them here."
Garrett nodded. "If he needs to be moving around, I suggest we move across town to a completely empty building. Something with multiple floors and lots of walls."
Go said, "Guys, I figured out how to turn off most of the images in my line of sight. Everything they represent is easily accessed by looking to the side. This display is something to behold. I'm excited about being the one who has this thing on. Whoever made this sure knew what they were doing."
Garrett swiped several screens on his holo-display. "Kind of makes you wonder what was out there before the AMP came about, doesn't it? Wormhole portals, cesium generators, battle-suits that would allow you to travel through walls, androids who were as smart as you and me. It just seems so out of line with what we know. Restricting what we had access to lasted for two thousand years. I wonder if that's coming back to haunt us now."
I replied, "With the histories we have recorded, two thousand years is a great run for a government. Restricting access to those things may be why it lasted as long as it did. There's an easy pattern to be seen in Human history. An empire expands, becomes wealthy, the new generations have no interest in putting forth the effort
I replied, "Well, I guess I hadn't thought about it."
Garrett ran up the ramp as ion bolts from the building flew toward us. "I told you I was the cautious one. I'm starting to think it's you who should be the sidekick."
Garrett handed me the helmet as he sat and took the controls of the Jess . Seconds later, we were racing up through the atmosphere of Novesta, our prize in our possession.
Garrett took a bite. "Hmm. These are really good. I can see how Clevel got as big as he did. I'd be eating these all day long."
Chapter 5
----
When we arrived back on Effica, Go was waiting. "I can't believe you found one. Is it a good fit?"
Garrett replied, "It's the helmet that came with that suit. Put it on and let's see what this thing can do."
I cautioned. "Let's move into a private room. The fewer that know about this suit the better."
Go pulled the silvery-white suit up over his shoulders as Garrett handed him the helmet.
Once the helmet snapped in place, I held out the power cell. "Try to master the controls this time before setting that activation percentage. We don't want to lose you."
Go laughed. "Yeah, you don't have to worry. I learned that the hard way last time."
I snapped the power cell in place on the belt.
Go stepped back. "Whoa! The inside of this thing just came to life! There are images bouncing all over my field of vision. I'll need a few minutes to figure this out. The controls are similar to what we were looking at on the holo-display, only they are all up at the same time. Hold on, the helmet is asking me a question. It wants to know if primary control should be manual through the arm pad, visual where it will follow my eyes, or neural. The wearer of this suit must have had some kind of implant."
I pulled up the tutorial for visual control on my holo-display. "With visual, it says you can train the helmet to respond to eye movements. You can focus on an item and twitch an eye to make a selection. Try choosing visual and then use your eyes to move through the tutorials."
Go replied, "OK. Whoa, that is freaky. I just flew through five menus and it did just what I wanted!"
I pulled up several new tutorial screens on my holo-display. "Just take your time to learn all the controls. It won't do us any good if you can't properly use it."
Garrett remarked. "Should we load up the Jess and head back toward the portal gate? The trip should give him plenty of time to figure that suit out."
I shook my head. "Let's give it another day. The gate is a structure with floors and walls. I think he needs some practice at moving through those before we go. Movement on the Jess will be very limited. And we're taking the Green and the Grumar with us. No reason to leave them here."
Garrett nodded. "If he needs to be moving around, I suggest we move across town to a completely empty building. Something with multiple floors and lots of walls."
Go said, "Guys, I figured out how to turn off most of the images in my line of sight. Everything they represent is easily accessed by looking to the side. This display is something to behold. I'm excited about being the one who has this thing on. Whoever made this sure knew what they were doing."
Garrett swiped several screens on his holo-display. "Kind of makes you wonder what was out there before the AMP came about, doesn't it? Wormhole portals, cesium generators, battle-suits that would allow you to travel through walls, androids who were as smart as you and me. It just seems so out of line with what we know. Restricting what we had access to lasted for two thousand years. I wonder if that's coming back to haunt us now."
I replied, "With the histories we have recorded, two thousand years is a great run for a government. Restricting access to those things may be why it lasted as long as it did. There's an easy pattern to be seen in Human history. An empire expands, becomes wealthy, the new generations have no interest in putting forth the effort
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