Sunday, October 07, 2007
novel one
"Have you approached the results we need?"
"Yes, Grannor. The team is doing modifications as the simulation programs finish. We are hoping to have the finished product within a few rotates of time."
"Thank you and I will study the results you have now." Grannor gave the sign for his leaving and moved on. In thought he reviewed the options. The most likely best choice was always the same, an extinction event. Ever since finding this world and then monitoring it, Grannor suspected that they would have to vastly reduce the population. The trick would be to achieve near extinction, but also have barest survival. Not total extermination and with zero addition growth. He knew that the final decision was a mere show. The Conference Panel had already debated all the options in mock trials, and he wasn't aware of any member that had a different proposal or at least a strong case for another choice. Grannor moved down toward his splace, lost in thought about the planned Species Population Adjustment.
Grannor entered his splace and immediately went to his lounge station. Activating the stimulscreen, he returned to his earlier thoughts. This was an important project for him and he wanted it to go as planned without many after event changes. He remembered the last Species Population Adjustment project he was involved in. Planet Gpx-1260 was to become known as Mixed Results, it didn't go well. Although Grannor wasn't the project leader, he blamed himself for a few mistakes even though his errors didn't affect the major miscalculation . The simulation programs were rushed against his objections. And no one expected such a dormant species to fill the void left by the species adjustment made to the flythings. It took plenty of after applications to even near correcting the mistakes. Grannor vowed for that not to happen this time.
Mixed Results caused the demotion of Fraddus. As the ranking second Grannor was moved to first for this assignment. He felt the pressure sometimes. He was a perfectionist but time was becoming short and the Conference Panel was becoming impatient for the initiation phase. The lab team had said just a few more rotates of time. If final modifications went as expected, Grannor could begin the extinction event on schedule. He focused on the simulscreen as the latest lab results were displayed. He relaxed as nothing was shown to be a caution investigation.
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The city seemed to actually vibrate with activity. People making their way up and down the street both walking and driving. The city was a flurry of movement when viewed from above. This was the current result of the rise of the human species. Huge metropolitan areas developed so that humans had things to do. Not that the cities were the only human achievement, but from an elevated perspective a city can be seen as a human paradox of chaos and order.
"Yes, Grannor. The team is doing modifications as the simulation programs finish. We are hoping to have the finished product within a few rotates of time."
"Thank you and I will study the results you have now." Grannor gave the sign for his leaving and moved on. In thought he reviewed the options. The most likely best choice was always the same, an extinction event. Ever since finding this world and then monitoring it, Grannor suspected that they would have to vastly reduce the population. The trick would be to achieve near extinction, but also have barest survival. Not total extermination and with zero addition growth. He knew that the final decision was a mere show. The Conference Panel had already debated all the options in mock trials, and he wasn't aware of any member that had a different proposal or at least a strong case for another choice. Grannor moved down toward his splace, lost in thought about the planned Species Population Adjustment.
Grannor entered his splace and immediately went to his lounge station. Activating the stimulscreen, he returned to his earlier thoughts. This was an important project for him and he wanted it to go as planned without many after event changes. He remembered the last Species Population Adjustment project he was involved in. Planet Gpx-1260 was to become known as Mixed Results, it didn't go well. Although Grannor wasn't the project leader, he blamed himself for a few mistakes even though his errors didn't affect the major miscalculation . The simulation programs were rushed against his objections. And no one expected such a dormant species to fill the void left by the species adjustment made to the flythings. It took plenty of after applications to even near correcting the mistakes. Grannor vowed for that not to happen this time.
Mixed Results caused the demotion of Fraddus. As the ranking second Grannor was moved to first for this assignment. He felt the pressure sometimes. He was a perfectionist but time was becoming short and the Conference Panel was becoming impatient for the initiation phase. The lab team had said just a few more rotates of time. If final modifications went as expected, Grannor could begin the extinction event on schedule. He focused on the simulscreen as the latest lab results were displayed. He relaxed as nothing was shown to be a caution investigation.
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The city seemed to actually vibrate with activity. People making their way up and down the street both walking and driving. The city was a flurry of movement when viewed from above. This was the current result of the rise of the human species. Huge metropolitan areas developed so that humans had things to do. Not that the cities were the only human achievement, but from an elevated perspective a city can be seen as a human paradox of chaos and order.
