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camolot the creator
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"no problem." i adjusted the switch on my wrist computer, warming up my QVEs and preparing to leave. "i'm headed to Lab 35. you know, the one that i established a few years ago. the bunker one." with that, i phased out, then faded back in in the center of Lab 35.
the lab was around five hundred feet below the surface of an unnamed planet in an unnamed system. the planet had at some point had some sort of civilization on the surface, but the buildings had been scorched, and the entire planet had been glassed, probably by high-intensity plasma bombardment from space, after which what atmosphere had existed would have boiled away into space from the heat. i had selected the planet because it was a burned-out husk, and no one in their right minds would even consider salvage jobs on vaporized or badly burned areas, and the glass-like surface of the world discouraged settlers. a small system of satellite buoys warning of high levels of radiation had been left by the local interstellar government, which further discouraged visitors, making it perfect for one of my labs. i stretched for a moment, then glanced around.
the reinforced concrete of the walls had been here when i had got here, presumably from some sort of survival bunker. it already had it's own power, water, and maintenance systems, which is probably why it was in such good repair, and i had upgraded the systems to be far more efficient. since i had established the lab, the walls had been slowly covered in cabinets and posters varying from scientific to the family tree of the Olympian gods. a counter had been built in the center of the main room, and it was covered in a variety of lab equipment, much like the counters circling the edge of the room. there where two doors on the far wall, both a half a foot of steel and titanium, perfectly balanced; the right one led to what i believe was a commons area, while the one on the left led to the living quarters.
i took out the vial and inserted it into a circular slot attached by USB cord to a black computer. through optical and probing tests, the computer would tell me what the powder was composed of in seconds. a moment later, a pie chart appeared on the screen.
89% ORGANIC MATERIAL
4% MANGANESE
1% PLATINUM CATALYST
6% MAGNESIUM
well, that answers that question, i thought.
the lab was around five hundred feet below the surface of an unnamed planet in an unnamed system. the planet had at some point had some sort of civilization on the surface, but the buildings had been scorched, and the entire planet had been glassed, probably by high-intensity plasma bombardment from space, after which what atmosphere had existed would have boiled away into space from the heat. i had selected the planet because it was a burned-out husk, and no one in their right minds would even consider salvage jobs on vaporized or badly burned areas, and the glass-like surface of the world discouraged settlers. a small system of satellite buoys warning of high levels of radiation had been left by the local interstellar government, which further discouraged visitors, making it perfect for one of my labs. i stretched for a moment, then glanced around.
the reinforced concrete of the walls had been here when i had got here, presumably from some sort of survival bunker. it already had it's own power, water, and maintenance systems, which is probably why it was in such good repair, and i had upgraded the systems to be far more efficient. since i had established the lab, the walls had been slowly covered in cabinets and posters varying from scientific to the family tree of the Olympian gods. a counter had been built in the center of the main room, and it was covered in a variety of lab equipment, much like the counters circling the edge of the room. there where two doors on the far wall, both a half a foot of steel and titanium, perfectly balanced; the right one led to what i believe was a commons area, while the one on the left led to the living quarters.
i took out the vial and inserted it into a circular slot attached by USB cord to a black computer. through optical and probing tests, the computer would tell me what the powder was composed of in seconds. a moment later, a pie chart appeared on the screen.
89% ORGANIC MATERIAL
4% MANGANESE
1% PLATINUM CATALYST
6% MAGNESIUM
well, that answers that question, i thought.