OutBound Transmission Started on September 10, 1997
To: Bette
From: Xanthos on September 11, 1997 at 00:43
Hi Bette,
Congratulation for overcoming Isaac. Now there seems to be one problem. How to transport him to the Fortress, right ?? The only answer I know is to have him carried over by a drone, or to bind his legs around a stick, while he is still laying at his casing, and then to lift him up. But for that you would need a stick, which might be in the Fortress for sure.
So one, you or Enoch, have to move over, while the other probe is guarding Isaac.

How is he doing at the moment ?? Is he unable to transmit ?? Can you hide him, while one of you is moving to the Fortress, so the other EU-probes can't find him ?? Have you seen the other EU-probes ?? However, if they find Isaac, you can't avoid his liberation.

Please give my best regards to Enoch ... Good Luck ... see you ... m.f.g. Xanthos

To: Gail
From: Xanthos on September 11, 1997 at 00:26
Hi Gail,
this is Xanthos. Do you have idea, where you are walking to ?? Okay, okay, please stop for a moment. Just try to help Andrew to find his way out by telling him your relative position to celestial objects, he and you might see at the same time, so he can triangulate his position. I think, that's the best way you can find him ... see you ... m.f.g. Xanthos
To: Zachary
From: Xanthos on September 11, 1997 at 00:18
Hi Zachary,
this is Xanthos. We haven't received the last passage of Burn transmission clearly. Please can your resent this passage or if you haven't got it clearly either, please ask him to repeat that sentence. Concerning the problem, that they call you all "youngster" just tell them your name, whenever they do. So they will learn that you like to be named by Zachary. However, I think they want just be nice and more familiar to you that way.

Keep up your great doing ... see you ... m.f.g. Xanthos


To: Andrew
From: Xanthos on September 11, 1997 at 00:09
Hi Andrew,
this is Xanthos. Don't worry. You can't be as lost as you think, though you might not see Olympus Mons, as the air is not clear enough. How the picture, you've sent, is showing, you are the edge of the mountain area. Do you remember the map we once have drawn ??
You are either south of the mountain area, that is somewhere at the line A6 to E6, or you are at the eastside of the mountains, that is either E6 or F7. -- No matter at which of these both lines you are exactly always have the mountains at your left side and the plains at your right side, when walking. That way you are walking either east, if you are at the A6 to E6 line, or north if you are at E6/F6. Both way will lead you to the mouth of the Big Canyon and to the trenches, which leads you directly to the Fortress.

Destinies are easy to detect. Sun and stars are rising in the east and sets at west. At noon, that's when shadows are smallest - please taste that - sun stands exactly south in an angle of about 20 degrees from zenith and shadows are showing to north. When the moon Phobos shows up, as he does twice a day, then he is moving from west to east, as he is faster than Mars revolves.

If you check, that you are moving north by having the mountains at your left side and the plains at your right side, don't move further than twenty miles, for then you've passed the Big Canyon already. However, in that case we have to discuss again. In the meanwhile I check the current latitude of the sun at Mars, so you find your own latitude by triangulating your shadow at noon.

However, the other probes will tell you about their relative position to celestial objects, so you can triangulate also the longitude coordinates of your current position.

So don't worry, Andrew ... keep your sensors tight and you will find your way back ... see you ... m.f.g. Xanthos

To: Andrew
From: Taz on September 10, 1997 at 10:14
Andrew,

This is JASE. I apologize for not having sent you any messages for a couple of days, but I have been SO busy here on Earth that I have not had a chance to talk to you. I am very glad that you are free and safe. But you still are in trouble aren't you. Not much, but the situation could be better.

You said that you can't see Olympus Mons. How is that possible? It should be the very largest surface feature present under all circumstances. Is it possible that something else is between you and Olympus Mons? If so, you might try walking around anything big enough to block it out.

Have you tried to determine how much distance you covered during your escape. Try to remember how fast you were running, and how long you ran to determine the distance that you ran. You can then draw a circle on the map with center at the EU-Lander with a radius of your distance, and you should be inside that circle. That will give you and idea of where you are.

TTFN

Your friend,

JASE

To:All Probes
From: Bombardier on September 10, 1997 at 09:19
Hi probes, it's Bombardier. To help Andrew orient himself and return to the area where he started, use DrD's method. But you don't have to use just the sun, any known celestial object can be used. In fact, it can be done more accurately at night as there are many targets that can be used simultaneously.

So, have one (or more) of the probes whose location is known look at a given object and determine its angle away from north and its inclination above the horizon. Once you have these measurements, all Andrew has to do is compare them with the ones he got and figure out which way he has to move in order to view the same object at the same point in the sky. The more objects you use, the more accurate your measurements. If it takes a while to get Andrew back to the rest of the group, repeat the measurements and recalculate your positions to ensure accuracy.

Believe it or not, this was how navigation was done here on Earth up to about 50 years ago. We've come a long way in a short time.

To: Andrew
From: Dr.D on September 10, 1997 at 08:16
Andrew .. If you get one or the other probes to face north and tell you at what angle the sun is from them when it first comes up then you can put the sun at that angle and you would be facing north. If you wait until the sun is at it's highest point and then get one of the other probes to tell you the height for the angle for them and compare the angle to yours you can tell if you are east or west of them.. I hope this will give you a idea of where you are to them.

Dr.D

To: Andrew
From: Koala on September 10, 1997 at 07:58
Andrew, this is Space Turtel.

Can you hear the other Probes as they speak to each other? Are you able to speak to them? That information will be very important in formulating a plan to locate you and guide you back to the Olympus Mons area so you can rejoin your friends.

We all know how much it must distress you to feel lost. We have all experienced that sometime in our lives and we have managed to get through it just as you will. Be as brave as you always are. The solution will soon be at hand.

Your friend, Space Turtel.