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Alpha and Omega
By Rudy Chase
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The facility at the planet of Tharx, was the state of the art as far as computers were concerned. The facility could practically run itself; that is how far computer science had developed. Tharn the director of the complex, was very hopeful the new program he was directed to run would perhaps shed more light on the universal constant, with special software designed for this project which would map the evolution of the cyber universe.
The next day the program began to run, Thran was able to watch
the developing cosmos from the beginning of the singularity to
the explosive birth of a space time reality, to the births of
galaxies and planetary system and into this reality. Thran and
his associates planted a hidden code for any developing intelligence.
Within the cosmic background .the starship Dromos of the imperial
navy of the empire of the Thalians had been tracking a signal
that someone had cleverly hidden in the very stuff of creation
itself.
The commander of the research vessel Dromos, wondered why anyone
would take the time to do that . The signal seemed to be coming
from every direction. It was madness how were they supposed to
track down the source of the message but then the big break came
during a routine sensor sweep. Although the signal seemed all
around them, the sensors detected the strongest point of the signal
from a planet circling a medium-sized star, a main sequence sun
near the edge of the galaxy in a system of nine planets. The third
world to be more precise. The captain gave the order to the helm
to go in that direction. Since the ship was capable of faster-than-light
speed, they would be there in a very short time.
The ship came out of warp near the ninth planet and proceeded
to the third world at safe planetary speeds. .Shortly they were
in orbit above the third planet. As they began to make sensor
sweeps of the planet, it became quite clear the inhabitants of
this world were not responsible for the message, whatever the
meaning of the signal was!
The people of this world were barely into the industrial age.
No the answer lay in another direction even through the strongest
area of the signal was in this solar system. With that in mind
they began to look elsewhere. They left orbit and never returned.
What a pity that they were shortsighted.
If they had bothered to probe the planet's interior they would
have had their answers, for in the interior of the planet was
the prime sequence to the mystery end program alpha and omega.
Thran and his associates were quite pleased with the initial results.
On the morrow they would continue the experiment and take it to
its end
