our bodies, which operate in the real plane. And somehow they are connected, are they not? We can take ideas from the psychometric/virtual plane of our imagination and make them real in the physical world, say in a painting. And we can process things from the physical world into our brains, remember them, even change them with our thoughts!
"What my remote viewers are able to do is travel outside of the confines of their physical brains on the psychometric plane and observe what is happening at a distance on the real plane. It is the greatest journey man has ever made! Far more significant than the first travelers across the oceans or even our journey to the moon."
"But you're talking about something very different with Psychic Warrior," Captain Anderson noted.
Hammond nodded. "Yes. What we plan to do with the Psychic Warrior is travel along the psychometric plane, then not only 'see' into the real world at a remote location, but act in it through the projected avatar."
"Is there any precedence for this?" Colonel Metter asked.
"You've all probably seen or heard of psychics who can bend a spoon with only the power of their mind? Well, some of those are frauds who employ trickery, but some of them are quite real. This is a very base-level effort, given that the psychic is in the same room as the spoon and can physically see it. We're going much further than that."
"But this is theoretical, correct?" Colonel Metter pressed.
Dalton caught the glance Hammond exchanged with Raisor. "We've conducted some limited trials," she said.
"And?" Metter prompted.
"And the trials were indeed successful."
From long experience in the covert world, Dalton knew she was both lying and telling the truth.
"Amplify your answer," Colonel Metter prompted.
"We sent an individual into the psychometric plane. That individual was able to, at a remote point, come out of the psychometric virtual plane as an avatar and influence the real, physical plane."
"Doing what?" Metter asked.
"A simple task. Rearranging some blocks in a room on the other side of the country from where he-his physical body-was located."
"Like a child in kindergarten," Metter noted.
A flush swept Hammond's face. "Yes, like in kindergarten, Colonel. We had to start somewhere and we started with the very basics."
"What went wrong?" Dalton asked.
"Excuse me?" Hammond again looked at Raisor. The CIA agent gave a very slight shake of his head.
"I asked, what went wrong?"
"You have to understand,” Hammond was picking her words carefully, "that the psychometric plane is very unlike our reality. In some ways it is much more complex; in some ways it is much simpler. The biggest thing to know, though, is that we hardly understand it at all.
"One thing we do know is that distance can be very confusing on the psychometric plane. Just because you’re here, that doesn't preclude you from being right next to something occurring on the other side of the world in the virtual plane. Something which we are only beginning to understand is that this space, the line" -she pointed at the empty spot in the center of the slide- "between the psychometric and the real plane, is very unique. We don't know exactly what separates the two, even though we can travel through it. But in going through, there is some cause and effect, it appears." Hammond paused, as if considering how to continue.
"Sometimes our RVers can travel great distances in an instant by 'jumping' from one known point to another. At other times, though, especially if the end point desired is not clearly defined to the RVer, the trip may take time. Sometimes, the trip cannot even be completed." Hammond shrugged. "It’s quite complex and requires an understanding of very complex math to even begin to understand."
"Who else is over there?" Dalton suddenly asked.
Hammond was startled, as was everyone else in the room. "No one is over there."
"But your man ran into someone or something, didn't he?" Dalton pressed.
Raisor
"What my remote viewers are able to do is travel outside of the confines of their physical brains on the psychometric plane and observe what is happening at a distance on the real plane. It is the greatest journey man has ever made! Far more significant than the first travelers across the oceans or even our journey to the moon."
"But you're talking about something very different with Psychic Warrior," Captain Anderson noted.
Hammond nodded. "Yes. What we plan to do with the Psychic Warrior is travel along the psychometric plane, then not only 'see' into the real world at a remote location, but act in it through the projected avatar."
"Is there any precedence for this?" Colonel Metter asked.
"You've all probably seen or heard of psychics who can bend a spoon with only the power of their mind? Well, some of those are frauds who employ trickery, but some of them are quite real. This is a very base-level effort, given that the psychic is in the same room as the spoon and can physically see it. We're going much further than that."
"But this is theoretical, correct?" Colonel Metter pressed.
Dalton caught the glance Hammond exchanged with Raisor. "We've conducted some limited trials," she said.
"And?" Metter prompted.
"And the trials were indeed successful."
From long experience in the covert world, Dalton knew she was both lying and telling the truth.
"Amplify your answer," Colonel Metter prompted.
"We sent an individual into the psychometric plane. That individual was able to, at a remote point, come out of the psychometric virtual plane as an avatar and influence the real, physical plane."
"Doing what?" Metter asked.
"A simple task. Rearranging some blocks in a room on the other side of the country from where he-his physical body-was located."
"Like a child in kindergarten," Metter noted.
A flush swept Hammond's face. "Yes, like in kindergarten, Colonel. We had to start somewhere and we started with the very basics."
"What went wrong?" Dalton asked.
"Excuse me?" Hammond again looked at Raisor. The CIA agent gave a very slight shake of his head.
"I asked, what went wrong?"
"You have to understand,” Hammond was picking her words carefully, "that the psychometric plane is very unlike our reality. In some ways it is much more complex; in some ways it is much simpler. The biggest thing to know, though, is that we hardly understand it at all.
"One thing we do know is that distance can be very confusing on the psychometric plane. Just because you’re here, that doesn't preclude you from being right next to something occurring on the other side of the world in the virtual plane. Something which we are only beginning to understand is that this space, the line" -she pointed at the empty spot in the center of the slide- "between the psychometric and the real plane, is very unique. We don't know exactly what separates the two, even though we can travel through it. But in going through, there is some cause and effect, it appears." Hammond paused, as if considering how to continue.
"Sometimes our RVers can travel great distances in an instant by 'jumping' from one known point to another. At other times, though, especially if the end point desired is not clearly defined to the RVer, the trip may take time. Sometimes, the trip cannot even be completed." Hammond shrugged. "It’s quite complex and requires an understanding of very complex math to even begin to understand."
"Who else is over there?" Dalton suddenly asked.
Hammond was startled, as was everyone else in the room. "No one is over there."
"But your man ran into someone or something, didn't he?" Dalton pressed.
Raisor
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