Emmy on Earth. Rogeh

emergencies for the rest of the flight, so Ron, Emmy, and Leo took turns being on duty for a fortnight every hundred years.

      Finally, they reached the Solar System, where the planet Earth-4 was located.

      They had a very long list of tasks to complete before landing on Earth and beginning the creation of life there. The first thing they did was blow up the fifth planet from the Sun, Phaeton. The directed blast was calculated with an accuracy of one meter by the computers and artificial intelligence (AI). After the blast, a large fragment, the big part of Phaeton, was drawn in by Jupiter, while billions of small rocky fragments formed an asteroid belt that now orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Mars. This action was taken to increase the gas giant’s gravity, ensuring it would attract and absorb all potentially dangerous objects and asteroids that threatened life on Earth. Before this, about a hundred small asteroids fell on Earth annually, and every few thousand years, large objects would crash into the planet, not even giving a chance for long-term existence of living organisms there.

      Additionally, Earth needed a natural satellite to function properly, but it did not have one at the time. For this purpose, the Moon was selected back on Mephius after a detailed study of all the objects in the solar system. Yes, the capabilities of the spaceship they arrived on were practically limitless: destroying a planet was child’s play, and using gravitational capture to move the Moon millions of kilometers from Jupiter to Earth was easy. However, this journey took many months, as moving at standard speed with such a heavy object in tow was not a quick task. They used this time to thoroughly prepare for their work on the new, unexplored third planet from the Sun.

      During this long journey with the Moon in tow, our cast grew closer and became a well-coordinated team. They outlined a more detailed plan of action for their arrival on Earth and divided the planet’s territory among themselves: Ron and Emmy were responsible for the area now known as Europe and England; Mia and Olivia for the United States and Canada; Jessica and Tina for the Asian continent and Australia. Leo preferred to work alone and took on the territory now known as the Russian Federation.

      Once, during a general meeting that was held daily to review all the tasks in detail, Jessica brought up an issue that worried her.

      «I want to talk to you about an important issue that has been bothering me,» she began. «If we have to carefully hide our existence and purpose from the people we create on Earth, how do you suggest we hide our starship, considering its size?»

      «For the first few thousand years, while Earth’s population is concentrated in the warmer regions, we can station it somewhere in the north and use it when needed for long-distance travel within the Solar System,» Leo said. «And later, as new people become more advanced and begin to spread across all regions of the planet, I believe we’ll come up with a place to hide our giant ship.»

      «I’ve already come up with a rather interesting idea where we can place our big friend,» Ron said, nodding towards the tow of the starship.

      «Yes, that’s a great idea,» Jessica said, «but given the size of our ship, it would be visible from Earth’s surface on the Moon, even to the naked eye. Like a large dark spot. And not to mention, once people have binoculars, telescopes, and much more… they’ll be able to study our starship in fine detail.»

      «I believe I have a solution to this issue,» Emmy announced. «And it’s rather straightforward. We’ll synchronize the Moon’s rotation on its axis with its orbit around Earth, so that one side will never be visible from this planet. At least until humans go to the Moon or beyond. But I guess they’ll need our assistance to reach such distant destinations. So, those who go into space in the future will probably be from our clan, unless, of course, we reveal ourselves and decide to collaborate with our new neighbors.»

      «You know, Emmy, we do not plan to collaborate,» Ron interrupted the enthusiastic girl’s fantasies. «I do like the idea of synchronizing the Moon’s rotation, though. Let’s do that immediately and not delay this interesting task for thousands of years. On the far side of the Moon, unseen from Earth, we’ll have not only a place to station the starship but also a mini-base for research and, if needed, remote control of the planet.»