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The Atalanta, a large space ship filled with 200 men and women, has just entered the system of Tau Ceti. Inside the ship is quiet but for the silent hum of machinery. 199 crew members slept dreamlessly in cryogenic tubes, only the captain was awake.
Henry Johnson entered the bridge to begin the post light speed checks. No ship had every traveled such a lengthy journey at the speed of light. It had worked though. For that Henry was relieved. The fact the ship even survived was enough.
Henry went through the checks mindlessly, thinking on his past. It was a relief for him to be away from earth. The planet had grown to chaotic from him. Sure it was peaceful. There had been unrest in the east, but those bouts always ended quickly. He also didn't like how it seemed like everything was run by the church. Centuries of working towards the separation of church and state abolished. Back in Henry's ti-… A beeping sound interrupted Henry's musing. It was time to wake the crew.
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Matthew slipped back into consciousness. He opened his eyes to find himself suspended vertically in a tank filled with a warm liquid. There were tubes going up his nose and coming out other orifices and the light out side the take was almost blinding. Matt could not remember his name, or even any of his past, but he was not worried. Everything was fine in the tank. Suddenly though, two mechanic hands grabbed him from either side and the water drained. Fear flooded into Matthew as the the tubes were pulled out of his body. As he gasped his first breath of fresh air in 12 years Matt began to question everything.
"Who am I? Where am I? Please God, what is happening to me?" he shouted out loud. As spoke the word God things began to come back to him. He was part of the clergy. He had grown up on earth. Memories began to flood back in. His parents faces, childhood memories, going to church, Mars, the strange room there, the thing he should not have tou-…
"Yeahhhaarrhhh" Matthew wailed as a pain shot through his body beginning from his right hand. Clutching his hand as it throbbed, Matt saw the strange spherical tattoo on the back of his hand. It glowed. Everything had come back to him now. He was on the Atlanta on his way to Tau Ceti. He had just made it through the "post hibernation insanity" as the captain had explained it. Matt walked into the adjacent room and joined the others who had been awaken. The room was large and comfortably furnished. There was room enough for 100 people. The other half of the ships crew was either already preforming their functions on board the ship or in the officers quarters. This room was for the members of the ground team mission.
The room was slowly filling with people. In one corner of the room was a small galley where rehabilitation juice was automatically dispensed. A small line was already forming there. Matthew considered broaching a conversation with someone, but then he noticed the two guards on either side of him. "I had hoped to be rid of you two." He muttered to himself. Sullenly he took a seat and waited for an officer to come and give them their first orders.
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Takio groggily stumbled into the big room. This was all still too much for him. He was confused and frightened. The large room and the people in it made things even worse. Some of his memories had returned but he still walked on the fine line on the conscience and subconscious. He stumbled around the room trying to find a grasp on reality until some one put a soft had on his shoulder.
"Here, drink this." The person said, "It will help. What you are feeling is quite common."
Takio took the cup and drank deeply. The liquid was thick and sweet. It calmed his nerves and left him in a state of euphoria. As his mind calmed and slowed the memories began to flood back and rode themselves.
"Thank you." He said. "My Name is Takio. What is your name?"
Henry Johnson entered the bridge to begin the post light speed checks. No ship had every traveled such a lengthy journey at the speed of light. It had worked though. For that Henry was relieved. The fact the ship even survived was enough.
Henry went through the checks mindlessly, thinking on his past. It was a relief for him to be away from earth. The planet had grown to chaotic from him. Sure it was peaceful. There had been unrest in the east, but those bouts always ended quickly. He also didn't like how it seemed like everything was run by the church. Centuries of working towards the separation of church and state abolished. Back in Henry's ti-… A beeping sound interrupted Henry's musing. It was time to wake the crew.
~
Matthew slipped back into consciousness. He opened his eyes to find himself suspended vertically in a tank filled with a warm liquid. There were tubes going up his nose and coming out other orifices and the light out side the take was almost blinding. Matt could not remember his name, or even any of his past, but he was not worried. Everything was fine in the tank. Suddenly though, two mechanic hands grabbed him from either side and the water drained. Fear flooded into Matthew as the the tubes were pulled out of his body. As he gasped his first breath of fresh air in 12 years Matt began to question everything.
"Who am I? Where am I? Please God, what is happening to me?" he shouted out loud. As spoke the word God things began to come back to him. He was part of the clergy. He had grown up on earth. Memories began to flood back in. His parents faces, childhood memories, going to church, Mars, the strange room there, the thing he should not have tou-…
"Yeahhhaarrhhh" Matthew wailed as a pain shot through his body beginning from his right hand. Clutching his hand as it throbbed, Matt saw the strange spherical tattoo on the back of his hand. It glowed. Everything had come back to him now. He was on the Atlanta on his way to Tau Ceti. He had just made it through the "post hibernation insanity" as the captain had explained it. Matt walked into the adjacent room and joined the others who had been awaken. The room was large and comfortably furnished. There was room enough for 100 people. The other half of the ships crew was either already preforming their functions on board the ship or in the officers quarters. This room was for the members of the ground team mission.
The room was slowly filling with people. In one corner of the room was a small galley where rehabilitation juice was automatically dispensed. A small line was already forming there. Matthew considered broaching a conversation with someone, but then he noticed the two guards on either side of him. "I had hoped to be rid of you two." He muttered to himself. Sullenly he took a seat and waited for an officer to come and give them their first orders.
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Takio groggily stumbled into the big room. This was all still too much for him. He was confused and frightened. The large room and the people in it made things even worse. Some of his memories had returned but he still walked on the fine line on the conscience and subconscious. He stumbled around the room trying to find a grasp on reality until some one put a soft had on his shoulder.
"Here, drink this." The person said, "It will help. What you are feeling is quite common."
Takio took the cup and drank deeply. The liquid was thick and sweet. It calmed his nerves and left him in a state of euphoria. As his mind calmed and slowed the memories began to flood back and rode themselves.
"Thank you." He said. "My Name is Takio. What is your name?"