we are doing, do you think?” asked Chatty.
“When their next crisis hits, we will be pushed into the background and in a couple of years most will have forgotten us!” signed Tman.
“So when we get to Saturn in just over five years, we will not be on any politicians agenda?” asked Chatty.
“Quite low down I think, we have been a big shock, twenty to fifty years before we are only of interest to eccentrics and cranks. If we are still around then, we will be on our way to succeeding.” speculated Tman.
“Yes once we arrive, the hard work starts.” signed Chatty.
“Now actually, our habitats need finishing, only the bare essentials are in place. All the long term requirements for our civilisation need to be installed, final completion will take years, it's our first home. One essential task is to start the building of our government and other institutions while we're on this journey. Emotional attachment to the place we will call home starts as we make bits of it ours. We will have to keep tweaking for years maybe forever just like the Humans.” signed Tman.
“Time for us to be at our manoeuvring stations.” signed Chatty
With a nod Tman left for his engineering station and Chatty to the habitat network hub.
The departure of the New Peoples habitats was observed from Earth. Most humans had to agree that the Monkeys were running away again. Particularly when observations determined the Monkey ships were outbound, Jupiter was pronounced the most likely destination.
Media speculation was could the deep space ship catch them? It all depended on its fuel reserve, which should be sufficient if their prey stayed within the asteroid belt. But by the time the Human deep space ship arrived at the area where the mines had been. It had been confirmed that the Monkeys were certainly headed for Jupiter.
Then on yet another one of the discussion programs. When asked his opinion about what the Monkeys had done.
A minor celebrity engineer said “You have to admire what they have achieved in so little time.”
“What the hell do you mean?” Was the gist of the uproar that followed.
“Why? Isn’t it obvious? They have designed and built space habitats with engines. With which they no doubt intend to exploit the Jupiter system for essential resources, all in less than two years! I have wanted to build such a habitat for over twenty years, all the money-men say it's an impractical dream and would take tens of years to design before building could even begin if it was possible.” he explained passionately.
The host asked, “Why would they go there?”
“The Monkeys probably hope to be safe there, I for one hope they are. Maybe they intend to go to another solar system, they have the audacity for it.” he said when he finally had a chance to speak, the outraged shouting and screeching having died down .
“Are you insane?” was the response once the shock wore off.
“No, it's time to stop seeing them as faulty machines, look at them as escaped slaves instead. Slaves, that have worked on all the major space projects, in the last seventeen years prior to making their escape. They have the tools, knowledge, skills and must have evolved a means of defying humans! Everything they have done requires organisation, planning, intelligence and a wide range of skills. Some of those would have had to be learnt in secret, as accessing of such data could have nothing to do with maintaining a space station. It is the sort of solution I would like to achieve if I was in their situation.”
“How can you possibly believe those things are people?” demanded a company expert on bio-machines, as the company public relations had decided to call the Newp.
“They behave like very rational people, not only did they plan their escape from slavery, it was very well co-ordinated by the way. Knowing that they could not find a safe place to
“When their next crisis hits, we will be pushed into the background and in a couple of years most will have forgotten us!” signed Tman.
“So when we get to Saturn in just over five years, we will not be on any politicians agenda?” asked Chatty.
“Quite low down I think, we have been a big shock, twenty to fifty years before we are only of interest to eccentrics and cranks. If we are still around then, we will be on our way to succeeding.” speculated Tman.
“Yes once we arrive, the hard work starts.” signed Chatty.
“Now actually, our habitats need finishing, only the bare essentials are in place. All the long term requirements for our civilisation need to be installed, final completion will take years, it's our first home. One essential task is to start the building of our government and other institutions while we're on this journey. Emotional attachment to the place we will call home starts as we make bits of it ours. We will have to keep tweaking for years maybe forever just like the Humans.” signed Tman.
“Time for us to be at our manoeuvring stations.” signed Chatty
With a nod Tman left for his engineering station and Chatty to the habitat network hub.
The departure of the New Peoples habitats was observed from Earth. Most humans had to agree that the Monkeys were running away again. Particularly when observations determined the Monkey ships were outbound, Jupiter was pronounced the most likely destination.
Media speculation was could the deep space ship catch them? It all depended on its fuel reserve, which should be sufficient if their prey stayed within the asteroid belt. But by the time the Human deep space ship arrived at the area where the mines had been. It had been confirmed that the Monkeys were certainly headed for Jupiter.
Then on yet another one of the discussion programs. When asked his opinion about what the Monkeys had done.
A minor celebrity engineer said “You have to admire what they have achieved in so little time.”
“What the hell do you mean?” Was the gist of the uproar that followed.
“Why? Isn’t it obvious? They have designed and built space habitats with engines. With which they no doubt intend to exploit the Jupiter system for essential resources, all in less than two years! I have wanted to build such a habitat for over twenty years, all the money-men say it's an impractical dream and would take tens of years to design before building could even begin if it was possible.” he explained passionately.
The host asked, “Why would they go there?”
“The Monkeys probably hope to be safe there, I for one hope they are. Maybe they intend to go to another solar system, they have the audacity for it.” he said when he finally had a chance to speak, the outraged shouting and screeching having died down .
“Are you insane?” was the response once the shock wore off.
“No, it's time to stop seeing them as faulty machines, look at them as escaped slaves instead. Slaves, that have worked on all the major space projects, in the last seventeen years prior to making their escape. They have the tools, knowledge, skills and must have evolved a means of defying humans! Everything they have done requires organisation, planning, intelligence and a wide range of skills. Some of those would have had to be learnt in secret, as accessing of such data could have nothing to do with maintaining a space station. It is the sort of solution I would like to achieve if I was in their situation.”
“How can you possibly believe those things are people?” demanded a company expert on bio-machines, as the company public relations had decided to call the Newp.
“They behave like very rational people, not only did they plan their escape from slavery, it was very well co-ordinated by the way. Knowing that they could not find a safe place to
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