Castaway Chapter 11

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Castaway Chapter 11

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The Alpha Site
Chapter 11

Peter left the Clerks office to see Tom waiting on him. “Are you alright Mr. Stone?”
[Peter] “I’m fine and ready to get to work where’s Clair?”
[Tom] “She’s in the office we rented for our stay. It’s a small office with sleeping quarters and a kitchen just follow me.” The section the office was in was close to the docks surrounded by small business renting the same kind of spaces to work out of. A shipping Company was on one side and a taxi service was across the hall from them along with several mining related offices up and down the hall.
[Peter] “Have you contacted any of these offices?”
[Tom] “Mitch went up and down the halls handing out cards and telling people what we were doing here. We got lots of meetings set up with the businesses and outpost we just need to set up a time with them.”
Peter when into the office and showed Tom and Clair one of the new designs. “I been working on a few new designs and modifying others start sending out the new flyers I downloaded to you two and see if we get some orders. Like this personal transport with a small flatbed I enlarge the cabin and relocated the controls so someone in a spacesuit could us it easily it has several add-ons like a power generator for small mining lasers or other equipment. It can be stored in a freighter with its own easy on and off docking clamp mounted inside the cargo hole. I sent the designs back to the shipyard and ordered 24 with docks to be built now all you two need to do is sell them they’ll be here in eight days.”

Tom and Clair went to their desk and went right to work. [Sam] “Peter the head of security is asking that you come to his office their seems to be a problem with some of your paper work and he needs to see you.”
Peter headed out to the security office to meet with the head of security. Peter went into his office where a Aid took him back to a room and showed him in. “Please have a seat.” A man behind a desk replied as Peter looked on thinking how he knew the man from somewhere.
“I read your file Mr. Stone it seems you was found in space about dead and had lost your memory and after you were found the Gate shut down maybe I can help you with your memory. I worked for you years ago you were called Josh Galen then and the amazing thing was when I looked up the file on Josh Galen it wasn’t there can you tell me why it isn’t?”
[Peter] “No I can’t and I’m sorry if you have me confused with someone else.”
[Chief] “No I don’t think so. You and the whole ridge you was own disappeared we stopped looking after a time capsule with a message was found at our base in a new section we were working on was found.
It explained that Josh had been sent into the past and only a hand full of people know that and now you know the secret of what happen to Josh Galen but you already know that don’t you Mr. Stone?”
[Peter] “And how did you know this Josh Galen?”
[Chief] “He met me through a friend Ann Dane he hired me to Command his TL everyone calls me Chief does any of this sound familiar?”
[Peter] “No I sorry. If this Josh Galen was trapped in the past and I’m him whoever set me here erased my memories and any records of who I was can travel through time, hack any system and change it at will and lets don’t forget the Gate shutting down trapping us in this sector. Now anyone or group with that kind of power want’s me to be Peter Stone who am I to make a fuss! I’m Peter Stone!”
[Chief] “All right Mr. Stone I understand. I would like to say that Josh Galen is my friend and any time he needs me I’ll be there for him.”
Peter smiled. “Thank you I bet Mr. Galen is glad that you fill that way maybe we can become friends while were here in this sector. You know I work for the Shipyard and would gladly be willing to work with you on any special orders you need.”
[Chief] “As a matter of fact I do need some small armored vehicles to keep my people safe in when their on a dangerous call.”
[Peter] “Like a small war wagon or prisoner transport?” [Chief] “Both!”
The two worked on a design as the Chief told Peter what he wanted on and in his armored vehicles.

The Chief had taken the head of security position for the whole moon and its mining operation. The moon was the size of a small planet with several major outpost and dozens of smaller ones placed all over the face of the moon not counting the fortune seekers just looking for that lucky find. The Chief was in charge of it all as Peter found out as the Chief had to stop a few times to talk to the stations he was in charge of.
[Chief] “Mr. Stone I need at least a hundred of the vehicles right now when can we expect delivery?”
[Peter] “I can have them here in 12 days will that be alright?”
[Chief] “Yes that’s fine place the order. One more thing Mr. Stone I just about live here can you fix my food processor the food it makes is terrible?”
[Peter] “It would be my pleasure Chief, I’ll take it with me to my ship would you like a tour of my ship?”
[Chief] “You know I would like a tour of your ship I’ll come with you let me get a cart for the food processor.” The Chief called his aid and got the food unit loaded into his vehicle as he flew the three of them to the docks and up to Peter’s ship.
[Chief] “Nice ship Peter show me the inside My Aid will wait here with my ride It’ll give us a chance to talk more.”
The drone took the food unit to the hole and started the repair while Peter showed the Chief his ship.
[Chief] “Did you really lose your memory?” [Peter] “I didn’t remember anything not even my name.
I don’t know who to trust or if someone is watching me.”
[Chief] “You can trust me!”
[Peter] “You don’t understand Chief I don’t even trust myself. They can take you at anytime form anyplace and read your mind and erase any memory they want and you would never know it happened.
It is against their law to anything like that but you know as well as I people break the law all the time.”
[Chief] “The message from the time capsule said you was transported a hundred thousand years into the past and you had made contact with the Ancients.”
[Peter] “I don’t remember everything only a part of my brain has been repaired it’s a slow process to repair the sections of memory that has been damaged and if they knew that was going on I don’t know what they would do. You’re the first and only one I’m trusting to talk to about this. While I’m here I am Peter Stone
When the Gate reopens they will be some of my people coming to look for me. They don’t know that Sara hid away in the ship I was in and injected me with a nanobot to repair my memory a little at a time.
I don’t remember much about you but I do now I can trust you and it means a lot me just to know that.”
[Chief] “At least you’re alive and back in the rite time [The Chief paused as he started to call him Josh then said.] Peter.”
[Peter] “Thanks Chief I can’t tell you much about anything all I get is bits and pieces of my memories a little at a time. Sam said it will take at least two years to repair my memories maybe longer. I know it’s changed me I don’t know if I’ll ever be the man you knew again I don’t like warfare at all.”
[Chief] “I think you’ll be just fine and I knew Josh Galen just because he was good at fighting doesn’t mean he liked it, he hated it! He just did it to save the lives of innocent people just like you did with the freighter. He had a real hero mentality it was just who he was and from what I have seen and read about you that good part about him has stayed with you. Let me ask you this did you come out here looking for a fight?”
[Peter] “No of course not I was just helping the freighter crew.”
[Chief] “But the ones that were attacking the freighter were and you stopped them. They made a choice to do a bad thing not you. You was just there at the right time to stop them and I bet the freighter crew is glad of it because their alive today because you did.”
[Sam] “The food processor is finished Peter.”
[Peter] “The food unit is ready Chief do you want me to have it loaded for you ?”
[Chief] “Yes if you would I need to get back. Peter if I need your help can I call on you?”
[Peter] “Any time Chief.”

Meanwhile on Hagion. “Commander Mitchell we have made contact with the AI Sarah in the core systems. There is only one system that Commander Galen could be in and the Gate has stopped working and the location of the system is unknown. A man was found and rescued just before the Gate stopped working records show that his name was Peter Stone but the report and picture sent back to the core systems showed it to be Josh Galen what are your orders Sir?”
[Mitchell] “We wait till the Gate turns back on and then we go get him. Sarah do you have anything to add to that?”
[Sarah] “If all went as planed a copy of my AI was hid in the ship he was in and if it was a success he is starting to get his memory back. The Ancients may be a lot of things but dumb is not one of them they placed Josh there because they knew we would stop at nothing to find him so they placed him in a sector they knew the Gate was going to close down on. The only good thing is the Gate will start working again when the system that shut the Gate system down sun has finished going nova.”
[Mitchell] “How long will that be?”
[Sarah] “Five years from now if the data is correct. I have not data on the systems location so a point to point jump is not a option we’ll have to wait.”
[Mitchell] “That’s just great we have the most advanced technologies in the universe close to the Ancients themselves and we still can’t rescue Josh! Sarah don’t you think it’s time we blew that satellite the Ancients placed here out of the sky Josh did order me to do that and I really want to do it myself right now!”
[Sarah] “Yes Commander I won’t ask you to stop this time but do you think it wise to destroy it?”
[Mitchell] “Wise or not Josh asked me to blow that thing up and the only reason I didn’t you said it could result in making a problem in finding Josh or the treaty he signed. Well we found him and we can’t get to him and I didn’t sign anything if they come I’ll take the credit for it 100%.”

Mitchell left the control room and went to his ship and flew to the satellite scanned it one last time opened his radio and stated. “I’m not very happy with you Ancients.” Then he destroyed the satellite and waited for hours setting where the satellite was waiting on a reply but none never came. Sarah received a long range coded message from Dan after Mitchell docked.
“The satellite was keeping you linked to the Ancients and when Mitchell blew it up the timeline changed in the past. One of the Ancients had expected it to turn out different because he had mapped the timeline in hopes of knowing what the future held for them and it had worked for them until the satellite was destroyed months later and they changed a event they knew was to happen and from that point on the timeline had been changed because of them and they didn’t see the next disaster that cost the lives of several council members. The council now resides in your future and I just wanted to let you know that Josh is my friend too. He’ll face his share of problems but not to worry he’ll be fine when the Gate opens.”

[Mitchell] “That was a surprise Josh talked about Dan ounce to me in passing about the planet. It’s good to know someone inside the Ancients is looking out for Josh.”
[Sarah] “Don’t forget Sherpa has taken her fathers place within the Ancients. The Council is asking to meet with you Mitchell about you destroying the satellite good luck Commander.”
Mitchell went of to explain to the Council what just happened and why he did it. Hagion was well under way of being turned into a Class A Planet, the first of the massive terra forming units were finely complete and were filtering the air and making water. The sky was starting to have a faint light blue tint as the water vapor filled the sky. Months of hard labor was starting to pay off as several small lakes were starting to take shape around the units. While the big diggers were still moving the surface of the planet forming small oceans, rivers and water ways around the planet. Large water making units were being built around the planet to supply the water needed for the planet. Everything was going as planned on Hagion while back at the Alpha Site on the moon.

Peter had paid Tommy and Bob for the mercury and the two had bought the smaller freighter and fighter loaded it up with ore and left for the planet to start a new life. The ship carrying the 24 vehicles was three days out the Mercury Super Freighter was repaired and ready to go. Peter had hired a Captain for the freighter and two fighter Pilots for the Nova now all he needed was crewmen for the mercury. A mining outpost run by the Teladi was on his list of places to stop. None of the locales liked to go their calling it the last stop. The Teladi running the outpost were know for their ruthless actions making their workers slaves when they damaged the worn out equipment they were forced to use until they paid for the repairs. The place was a last stop for the worker who couldn’t get work anywhere else and the last stop on Peters list of potential consumers. Klope was either at the last stop or he knew Peter was looking for him and had been dodging detection.

[Mitch] “You sure you want to go to the last stop?”
[Peter] “It wouldn’t be fair to their company if I didn’t this is a business meeting not a social call a simple in and out is all we need to do.”
Peter landed the ship at the outpost setting on a asteroid. A Guard escorted them to the office where the Teladi supervisors were waiting to hear about the new line of ships. The asteroid was about mined out and would only be in operation for one maybe two more years at the most depending on production and then it would close down. Any hope of selling them a any new vehicles was very unlikely when they refused to buy basic equipment they needed for their workers.
The meeting went as planed with no sales but lots of questions. Peter then asked. “I heard you had indentured workers are you willing to sell them to me for their debts?”
Peter calmly set while Mitch squirmed in his seat not knowing what was being said while the Teladi talked the offer over.
[Teladi] “We sell any worker who owes us credits if they willing to go. We have some in holding that are bad eggs do you want to see them?” [Peter] “Yes show me the bad eggs first I’m looking for one that owes me.” The Teladi talked to each other then said. “Guard take you to see bad eggs first then workers.”
Mitch followed Peter and asked him very quietly being upset. “What are you doing!”
[Peter] “Trying to find a crew for the freighter.”
[Mitch] “If you please just leave now I’ll get you crew myself!”
[Peter] “No I’m going to look for myself there is a Teladi that owes me!”
The Guard took the two down to the holding cells and showed them the detainees. Then Peter heard a woman talking in a sweet voice but he recognized the language it was from his home sectors and she was calling the Guards names. [Peter] “What’s that woman in here for?”
[Guard] “She about killed one of the workers she has pointed ears and he tried to round them of with his knife.”
[Peter] “That sounds like self defense to me.” [Guard] “No that was written off and settled she went back and about killed him two days later with her bare hands. She said it was for trying to hurt her.”
[Peter] “What’s here name?” [Guard] “Kirsch, do you want me to check on her pay off?” [Peter] “Yes.”
Peter went over to the holding cell she was in and walked up to her as she smiled and called him a name.
Peter showed back at her in her own tongue. “You Demos dog I should let you die in here!”
The Woman dropped down to her knees with her head down and replied. “Please forgive Me! You understand my tongue I can’t remember how I got in this place do you know where I’m from?”
[Peter] “Yes but you’ll never be able to return to your people your stranded here I‘m sorry.”
[Kirsch] “If you get me out of here I’ll be your servant till the debt is paid I give you my word.”
The Woman held her hands up on the bars as she knelt down and looked at the floor and said. “I’m your servant please help me!”
Peter asked the Guard? “How much?” [Guard] “50’000 credits.” [Peter] “Get her out I’ll pay the fine.”
[Mitch] “Don’t get her out she’s a killer!” [Peter] “Maybe but she’s our killer now put handcuffs on her.”

Peter went on as the Guard pointed out some good men that had been taken advantage of by the company. Peter picked five of them out and asked the Guard? “I’m looking for a Teladi he’s a repairman do you have anyone here like that?” The Guard looked down to the floor and shook his head and said. “Yes one I can show him to you but he is to be executed for his crimes he killed a Guard while trying to still a ship.”
Mitch waited with Kirsch and the men Peter picked out in a room while Peter went to secure section as the Guard pointed him out saying “Stand up you bad egg!” Peter looked as the Teladi stood up in the light. It was Klope! Peter looked at Klope as he stood in the light as the Guard asked? “Is he the one?”
[Peter] “Yes it’s him.” [Guard] “He dies in two days you can watch if you want.”
[Peter] “No thanks I just want to pay you for the ones I picked out and leave. Thanks for showing him to me I’ll tell the ones that he hurt and robbed what happened to him. Do he have any partners he was working with?”
[Guard] “One a human male that got away with a small fighter before we could stop him. The Company put a 50’000 credit reward for his capture or dead body.” The Guard showed Peter the data on the Man as he paid for the people he had picked out. The man looked somewhat familiar as he looked at the picture. “Sam download all the data on this Man. Thanks Officer if your Company decides to buy give me a call.”

Peter loaded everyone up and left for the Alpha Site Moon. He had found Klope and their was no need in saying anything to the Guard about why he wanted him Klope was going to be executed. Unlike the Argon system where a man could drag out his sentence using the courts. They had him and his buddy on video shooting it out with the guard and plenty of evidence. He got a trial and was found guilty and now he was going to be executed for his crimes. Peter was filling a few mixed emotions about Klope. He had been a co-worker and you should fill sorry for people you know but Peter knew Klope at one point had decided to take a corrupt way in life and deserved what he was getting for killing the Guard. But Peter still felt sorry for Klope remembering how he looked when the guard made him stand up into the light. The body of Klope was their but his sprit was crushed and all hope was gone it was if he had already died and was just waiting to take his last breath so it could end.

[Mitch] “What do you want me to do with these people?”
[Peter] “Get them some food and let them rest and clean up we’ll be at the Alpha Site in a few hours. I’ll get them some cloths and gear if they still want to work for me. If not they can leave.”
[Mitch] “What about the woman?” Peter looked over at Kirsch and the others saying.
“Kirsch you’re free to leave when we reach the Alpha Site if you want and you owe me nothing and that go’s for the rest of you too. But I will give you each of you a job if you want one.”
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Castaway

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Good job, keep it up can't wait to see what goes on next.

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