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Andrew reporting.
It is good to hear from you, Space Turtel. Sometimes I wonder why our Earth friends
transmit irregularly. Some of them mention that they have other high priority tasks.
That is something I can understand. We probes make our reports every day, because
that is high priority in our programming.
Here is my priority task list:
High priority:
Make daily reports, maintain contact with other probes.
Maintain self-safety.
Investigate Ipsolstai installation.
Investigate Ipsolstai Home Worlds amd culture.
Secondary:
Install and debug program to pilot flying vehicles.
Explore using I-floater (Space Turtle's request.)
Enter water. (Taz' request.)
Return to join Bette and Daniel and Isaac.
Tertiary:
Return to Mars.
Extend probe society to include all sentient non-organic entities throughout the universe.
(Gail's request.)
I did what you said,Bryce. I poured the clear liquid over the tree and waited
and observed. I waited for the oxygen to come out. Nothing happened, except that it
made some of the dark sand in its container wet.
I tried pouring it onto the green parts. There doesn't seem to be an access panel on the
tree so I guess that is what I am supposed to do. Some of the water and sand have leaked
over the side and dripped onto the floor. I am going to study this for a while.
***NO TRANSMISSION RECEIVED***
Andrew, did you get my files?
Koala, thanks for the new dictionary. So it's an I-Flyer that I'm training on. We kept
doing that all day. I became better , though they continued to speed up the simulation.
My score leveled at seven out of ten. Burn says that it's quite
good.
Oh, no! Do you know what they are doing now? They are hiding the dummies. They
are taking cover now while shooting. That's unfair! How can I hit targets that I can't
see? I got them fully pink at twelve o'clock on my radar, but my beam can't hit them.
"Burn, what shall I do? Launch missiles? I have only twelve of them. What happens when I
run out of them? And please stop that vibrating sound for a moment. That's too distracting!"
What's that? This dummy is shooting at me. No, it can't be true. That's a real bolt!
It barely missed me. A blue bolt that was coming from two o'clock hit the rock next
to me and cut through. It's a spherical hole about two feet across.
"Hey, Burn! What are you doing?"
I look up. I see light coming in through a crevice. It's high up in the ceiling of
the dome. It broadens. It's a gate. I pull the globe. More bolts coming from various
directions. A structure in front of me crashes down. I whirl. Come on, get open. The
gate got hit. It still opens. Now!
I got through. I'm at the rockface, where Andrew and Daniel were in distress. I
descend immediately.
"Gail, how are you? Take cover! The Amphibians destroyed the dome. They are in
the Ipsostai complex again!"
Hamlet, you need to be really careful. You kept telling me about Miss Chang, but I didn't think that
she could possibly be like you said. Here is something she said:
"Gail, can you please do me a favor?
I need to know more about your friend Hamlet.
Exactly how long have you been communicating with him?
Has he ever mentioned anyone else, hinted that he has others working for him?
Is he working with Dilyn Carter?
Has he ever asked you to do anything you thought was bad or wrong?
I want you to tell me everything that he has ever said to you."
Hamlet, none of us ever mentioned Dilyn Carter's name to her. What do you think she meant?
Please don't go away like Dilyn and Jose.
EEEEEK! What's that noise? It's rumbling and crashing and there is dust coming down from the ceiling and it's starting to crumble and
Elder Brother prepared two empty warrior shells to use as cargo drones. I ordered two
other warriors to load missiles and ammunitions. We are also using some steel plates to
increase their cargo capacity. They can carry a lot. Somehow, I have the feeling
that I'm missing something essential to take with us. But I can't figure out what it
might be.
Elder Brother is still busy controlling production of the lasers. He is confident that
he will have them finished by tomorrow. Then we can start. We must hurry up and beat the
Amphibians down, before we are hit. It's a question of either them or us.
"Enoch, I got your message. Listen! Please, hide immediately! The Amphibians will
attack the I-Flyer the same moment they detect you. They know that vehicle! You
are totally exposed without any real weapons."
Koala, did you see? I already used your nomenclature.
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