R.I.P. Scout26
Doc Brown's invention remains gravitationally bound to the point of temporal incursion by a exponential increase in the generation of superluminal theta neutrinos, which are propelled either forward or backward to the intended destination depending on the superposition of the flux capacitor upon activation. Duh.
It's not fair to spout utter BS?
Cheater. You're a sci fi writer. No fair@!
Kayla sat down in front of the computer screen, which was built right into the instrument panel. There was no keyboard. She took a wild guess and touched the screen itself. It lit up.“Press Any key to continue,” the message stated.Kayla looked at the screen and saw a rectangle right in the middle with the word ANY displayed on it. She touched that spot and a bunch of text messages appeared:SFS Houston: Jan-25-3015Welcome to Interactive Intelligence SystemCopyright 2095 by Galaxy Systems Ltd.Star System BD-4011: Unexplored.“Well?” The black lady sounded totally exasperated by now.“Um – what do I do again?” Kayla whispered over her shoulder.“Read. The. Information. Out. Loud. Is that really so difficult, even for a blonde?”“Oh, yes – silly me. I can do that! S-F-S Houston, January….”“Not all of that stuff. Skip to the important part. Lieutenant, have you suddenly forgotten all of your training?”“Um – no, I’ll be all right now. Star system – uh, can everyone hear me? Um, star system bee-dee four-zero-one-one, unexplored. Life is short and full of sorrow. Huh? What’s that all about?”“It is part of the artificial gravity system,” Commander Lee growled. “Now please continue, without the commentary.”
Or if it stays on Earth then materializing half in half out of some wall of a new building or road or something.
Tallpine, that is Douglas Adams-esque.
Typical .gov over-reaction. One guy with a bit of training and a few $$ worth of equipment could have saved everyone a lot of trouble. Or called in the troops if needed.ETA: During the shut-down cleanup of Mare Island Naval Shipyard, my crew & I got raked over the coals for one incident. We'd found a slightly higher than background reading, so we got a pick and shovel and carefully dug down to the radium-painted watch face. Kept everything isolated, bagged, etc. We got a reaming 'cause we didn't post the area and call in the troops (with the associated hazmat equipment, etc.). Didn't matter that we were the premier radiography team on the yard and had a pretty good idea what we were doing.
