turned on and began to rotate. The lower part was rotating to the left side, the upper part was rotating to the right side.
ANDREW SCOTT
– Indications are ok.
Charlie gradually added energy to the collider.
CHARLIE HOLLAND
– Sudhir, launch electromagnets and enter the Peter Pachus’s formula for the spatial displacement.
SUDHIR BIN OSMAN
– In the process.
Sudhir activated electromagnets, maximized their values and introduced the spatial displacement formula into the program on a touch-screen monitor. The upper and lower parts of the collider began to move faster, which was making the collider glow slightly with a violet-blue color.
CHARLIE HOLLAND
– Andrew, what are the indicators?
ANDREW SCOTT
– The indicators are normal. The purification of dark energy from impurities has begun. The reaction is currently stable.
CHARLIE HOLLAND
– Ruslan, bring energy to the maximum.
On his touch-screen monitor Ruslan raised the level of energy, supplied to the collider to ten thousand gigaelectron-volts. A minute later, a dark substance began to grow from the edge of the structure to the center. Another minute passed, and the dark substance merged in the center and took a stable etheric form.
RUSLAN NIKOLAEVICH
– Pure dark energy received.
ANDREW SCOTT
– The reaction is stable, we are holding it.
Applause was heard at the FCC. Billions of viewers watched the launch of the collider and the creation of pure dark energy. Charlie Holland introduced the coordinates of the solar system «Alpha Centauri S» on his 3D model of the Universe. With the help of shunting engines the collider made an adjustment. Shuttle pilots also made a small adjustment to the trajectory.
CHARLIE HOLLAND
– FCC, this is IOS. Coordinates entered. I’m waiting for a command to start spatial movement.
RICH RUDIGER
– IOS, roger that. The data received and verified. Hold on.
Rich turned to the VIP box side and looked for Peter Pachus. Their eyes met and Peter Pachus nodded his head.
RICH RUDIGER
– IOS, this is FCC. Permission granted.
CHARLIE HOLLAND
– FCC, roger that.
Charlie said a prayer and pressed the «Shift» button on his touch screen. The shuttle team was watching while the viscous substance froze. A glow appeared from the center, it gradually grew, became brighter and moved to the edges. After some time, the crew of the shuttle could observe the distorted projection of the yellow star «Alpha Centauri S» and one of the exoplanets, as well as the outer space surrounding them. The objects were extended in width, length and connected in the center.
CHARLIE HOLLAND
– That's crazy! Rich, do you see it?
RICH RUDIGER
– Yes.
Billions of people, watching the creation of a tunnel for spatial movement, were stunned by what they saw.
CHARLIE HOLLAND
– Indicators?
ANDREW SCOTT
– Normal.
CHARLIE HOLLAND
– FCC, this is IOS. The spatial tunnel is stable, you can launch the shuttle. Wish the team a great journey from us.
RICH RUDIGER
– Be sure, I will. IOS, great job!
CHARLIE HOLLAND
– Thank you.
Rich switched the communication channel from IOS to the shuttle.
RICH RUDIGER
– Terry, come in.
TERRY TAYLOR
– Receiving you, Rich.
RICH RUDIGER
– The spatial tunnel is open, MCC and MOS give the permission for entry.
The crew was observing with excitement the formation of the spatial tunnel in front of them.
TERRY TAYLOR
– Yes, I’ve already understood that it is open. Got you, FCC, we are starting the entrance.
Terry pushed forward the thrust levers of the main engines of the shuttle and the ship slowly moved towards the spatial tunnel. His actions were watched by workers and guests of the FCC, astronauts of the International Space Agency, guests of the «Babylon» space launching complex and billions of people around the globe. The captain looked at the distance to the entrance. It was slowly contracting and stepped over a mark of 100 meters.
TERRY TAYLOR
– The team is ready to shift!
Astronauts tried to hide their nervousness, but confusion and fear of the unknown were visible on their faces.
IGOR VLADIMIROVICH
– God bless us all!
TERRY TAYLOR
– FCC, we’ll meet in 30 days.
RICH RUDIGER
– Have a good journey and God bless you!
Terry pulled the levers forward and the shuttle speeded off. Entering the tunnel, the shuttle instantly disappeared from screens and monitors. The world was briefly shocked by what was happening. Seconds later people, who were watching the broadcast around the world, celebrated a new step in the conquest of interstellar space. An enchanting, festive mood reigned in the FCC. FCC employees, high society, investors, guest stars lit cigars and opened champagne. Astronauts and Charlie Holland's team congratulated each other at IOS. Rich switched the communication channel to IOS.
RICH RUDIGER
– IOS, come in!
CHARLIE HOLLAND
– IOS receiving.
RICH RUDIGER
– Disconnect the collider, prepare it for the return of the shuttle.
Passing through the spatial tunnel, Terry and his team watched as the head and cockpit of the ship stretched into the distance. The captain glanced at his hands, holding the steering wheel and traction levers – they also extended in length, like his whole body. He felt a wild and violent heaviness throughout the whole organism and thought about telling Igor Vladimirovich about this, but his consciousness fell into darkness, as did the consciousness of the whole crew.
Star system «Alpha Centaur S». 1.67 light year from the Earth
An active white-yellow star was producing thermonuclear reactions, during which hydrogen was transformed into helium. In this case, energy was released, giving light and heat. On the surface of the star, plasma substance was mixed, sunspots were forming and prominences were erupting. Fountains of hot gas and energy eruptions of ionized particles went into space at great speed and formed a solar wind. The solar system had many diverse solid planets, small planetoids and gas giants. In the inhabited zone of the Star there were three exoplanets closely spaced to each other.
At a distance of 160 million kilometers from the Star, a small planet was moving in its orbit, having the color shades of turquoise, azure and pale pink. There was interspersed dry land of green-blue, green-violet and red-green colors on the planet.
At 423 thousand kilometers from the exoplanet a small black spherical base was formed. The «New World» shuttle was thrown from it at a tremendous speed. It was de-energized and it rotated around its axis. It was moving