Revolution of the Gods: The Battle for Sol Book Two (8 page)

“In the Atlantian destruction, they learned that if the vortex could not be properly targeted it was useless to activate it – even catastrophic. The Ansharians attempted to use an anti-matter core connected to a photonic targeting array as a capacitor, but the array was unable to efficiently direct the energy. Although the crystal resonator began generating the vortex, the lack of directional control over the spiraling tachyon field within the giant columnar wave created a feedback in the capacitor.

“The resulting explosion destroyed Atlantis and created a colossal tsunami. Most of Western Europe, the Mideast and Northern Africa were decimated. This event was chronicled in your planet’s major religions as the Great Flood. The extreme increase in ocean temperature also prematurely ended your last ice age by accelerating the meltdown of the polar ice cap. And to this day a residual disturbance persists in that part of the grid that goes by the name Bermuda Triangle,” Simeon revealed, sitting back down.

“Just before their fleets returned in 6000 BC, the Ansharians prepared once again to activate a vortex, this time in Egypt. They learned from their first failures and had begun construction of a singular massive structure to act as the directional capacitor which would be activated by an antimatter core fed by the resonated energy from the crystal– the Great Pyramid at Giza. But our forces disabled their fleet, allowing us to retrieve both the resonator and another anti-matter core before the Ansharians could ever make an attempt to manifest the vortex. We have hidden and protected them ever since. Although we have had them for several millennia, we had to wait for one last essential element before we could attempt activating the vortex for own fleet.

“Won’t the Ansharians simply bring a new resonator with them and activate the vortex after they arrive in order to bring in more ships later?” Ben asked.

“First, it is unclear if the Ansharians have any resonators left. They reportedly on had two left after we retrieved this one. As far as additional ships are concerned, they only have three more remaining fleets beyond the one we know that is coming through the wormhole. We have recently achieved limited sub space communication ability using the anti-matter cell. So we have a fairly accurate count on their ships.” Cadan informed.

Using his cane, Akilan labored to his feet.

“The speed and direction of the tachyon spiral is what enables the space-time vortex to manifest. The control of the spiraling tachyon field cannot be achieved through mechanical means. The bending and refocusing of the light to control the direction of tachyon spin can only be achieved through synchronization with the correct organic vibratory resonance. In other words the directional control of the columnar wave requires an organic tuning vessel.

“Our mission would be much easier if we were not required to utilize the pyramid. But it remains the only properly aligned structure on the grid that is sufficient. We will use the power core and pyramid to operate as a capacitor. Taon, you will be trained to consciously control your molecular density through the manipulation of your atomic vibrations. Once you learn to achieve the proper vibratory atomic resonance you will be ready to use the resonator to direct the tachyon spin with your conscious thought – a third eye so to speak. This will allow you to project the vortex entrance to the proper coordinates in our sector.”

As Akilan described the essential nature of Taon’s objective, the hologram rendered a preview of the vortex. From Giza a giant columnar wave blasted from the planet’s surface into space, creating a bright flash that ended the holographic example of a successful activation.

By the time the holo-table deactivated, Akilan had completed his patient stroll to the main viewer that still displayed an image of the Ansharian spaceport. He looked at the countdown status in the bottom left of the screen:

“Cadan, switch to the orbital view – its time…”

The old man’s directive immediately captured everyone’s attention. They all walked over to the viewer near Akilan, staring at the wormhole’s general coordinates. The final seconds ticked down to zero on the clock that started over 550 years ago. A brilliant blue light formed about 800,000 miles from the planet, slightly inside Earth’s upcoming orbital track around the sun. The group observed a blue, string-like cloud begin to slowly spiral into the center of the light.

“There is something wrong - it is forming too fast,” Akilan remarked

The center flickered and the stretch of the blue cloud spiral contracted, condensing almost back to the size of the light. At that moment, the radiant white light of the event horizon burst through the center and instantly expanded the wormhole exit, stretching it to a 3,000 foot diameter. As the spherical mouth of the wormhole rippled like it was covered in a sheet of liquid silver, an oscillating band of gamma ray bursts formed an explosive blue outline around the event horizon where it reconfigured itself to the singularity ring.

In the course of a few seconds, the gravitational pull caused the bright blue spiraling gas clouds to expand and separate into four arms where the surrounding matter funneled into the mouth of the wormhole. The measurement index on the bottom of the viewer indicated a distance of six miles across, from the tip of one spiral arm to the other. A radiant glow emanated much further away from the phenomenon, extending for several thousand miles.

“The wormhole does not naturally stabilize this quickly. The Ansharians have discovered a way to manipulate the event horizon. It seems they will be arriving at least six hours ahead of schedule,” Akilan projected.

T
he square was filling rapidly with an increasing number of people pouring in from the Via della Conciliazione. From an Earth perspective, the wormhole appeared much differently on the far western horizon in Italy. The dazzling blue glow from the spiraling gas clouds was larger than a full moon. The center of the radiance possessed a discernible inner ring that pulsed back and forth through bluish variations, resembling a bright new sun descending behind Michelangelo’s iconic dome perched on St. Peter's Basilica.

Raylen stood near the obelisk in the middle of St. Peter’s Square. His glinting blue eyes were set charmingly within their sockets and consumed the amazing view of the forming wormhole. His wavy, sand colored hair was shoulder length and worn in a utilitarian style atop his tall and athletic frame. His light blond stubble complimented his tanned cheeks and strong chin as he stared into the westward sky.

He had been studying the obelisk since his arrival in the square from the Ciampino Airport two hours earlier on his way to attend the meeting of the Assembly of World Religions.

The Assembly of World Religions was instituted shortly after the formation of the New Earth Union. In 2029, after the Vatican became the seat of governance for the Assembly of World Religions by order of the New Earth Union, five sects were recognized as “survived religions” and each was appointed a governor to represent them in the AWR. During the process, each of the world’s major religious leaders was replaced in one form or fashion, including the last pope. The hierarchical structure for each religion was kept largely intact but supreme control of all bureaucracies now resided with the assembly governors. The Vatican was now like the UN security council of religion.

The five ‘survived religions’ were determined based on the number of pandemic survivors that still practiced a particular faith. The projections were that 180 million Christians, forty million Muslims, seventeen million Hindus, and eight million Buddhists had survived the superflu. All other groups that had survived but numbered below one million were placed in the fifth sect - the Universals.

Even though the five governors for the other religions were ultimately installed by the C7, the installment of the Universal governor was the most blatant. 
The 300 million Universals were represented in the AWR by Governor Darisam; a charismatic fifty year old native from New York. His biography was well known to the world. In 2025, Vale Darisam was a relatively unknown ‘new age’ religious guru when he started the Church of the Universal Creator using his sizable inheritance. The tenets of Darisam’s universal theory were little more than a reincarnation of the radical dualism of Gnosticism, focusing on the material world now being the realm for dark forces and the anticipated arrival of an equally powerful divine force.

Even among members of the other religions, this old message found a new audience in the midst of the economic downturn and eventual collapse of the world economy. Their ranks swelled even more after the Six Hour War and ensuing pandemic.

By 2029, in the span of just five years, Darisam’s followers outnumbered all of the other long established religious sects and he was handpicked by Prime Rothstein to represent this new configuration of followers as its governor in the AWR. And for all practical purposes, because of the numbers that followed him and his rare ability to appeal to just about everyone he met, Darisam completely directed AWR policy– just as designed.

Raylen took in a few more seconds viewing the wormhole and then began walking away from the obelisk toward the west.

Things are about to get interesting
, he asserted.

T
he main viewer in the C7 command center showed an enlarged image of the Kadingir wormhole. The mouth of the wormhole had been forming for nearly five minutes, when a shield probe cleared the event horizon.

“Emperor Suen-Nergal’s fleet has successfully accelerated the stabilization phase,” Rothstein declared as the council observed the shield probe position itself at the inner ring of the wormhole.

After the Ansharian discovery of a dark matter nebula in the Saloumir system, they were able to harvest a sufficient quantity of it to construct this one probe. The probe was equipped with an axionic dark matter shield which projected a locally mass-negative region of space-time just ahead of its path through the throat of the wormhole. Once it arrived at the mouth, the probe established a stationary position, preventing its collapse and increasing the diameter of the portal.

The first vessels through were six small scout ships that emerged in pairs followed by twelve frigates and a destroyer. The ships maneuvered into a defensive perimeter around the portal as the main carrier, the Kashurra, began to emerge. The 2,500 foot long Kashurra punched through the wormhole, resembling a colossal metal zeppelin with the top half flattened. The forward two-thirds of the carrier were sleek and minimalistic in its outer hull design. Through this section the exterior was completely smooth with only the portholes lining the sides. The deck of the ship was also smooth with the large hanger doors providing the only discernible geometric patterns.

At the carrier’s stern, the fifty story high superstructure was the opposite of the forward minimalistic design. The structure was supported by a 650 foot tall center partition that resembled a giant vertical stabilizer on a commercial jetliner. Extending from each side of the support partition, relatively thin command pods about twenty-five foot tall stretched outward. There were twenty pods running up each side from the base to the top of the partition fin. The lower pods near the deck of the Kashurra were about 300 foot wide but uniformly reduced in length until they tapered off at the top of the partition with a length of only 100 foot.

The Kashurra’s bridge was located about half way up the superstructure and consolidated levels ten through eleven. It contained the helm, communications and command positions that controlled the entire fleet.

“Your Excellency, two of the Torahnossian fighters were able to enter the wormhole. They are currently between our second destroyer and the support convoy,” alerted Sut Resi Sepsu, the emperor’s first in command on the Kashurra.

Although she was middle aged in her 150s, she still held the form of her thirty year old version- except for her extremely pale skin. Sepsu stood nearly 6 foot 4 inches but that was still rather tall for an Ansharian female. Clad in a black skin tight bodysuit, the commander wore nothing else but her boots and belt. Her slithering black hair was pinned up from her face displaying the two black abysses that were her eyes.

In her stoic normalcy, Sepsu waited on the emperor’s response. Sitting in a command chair on a raised circular platform at the center of the bridge, Emperor Suen-Nergal was visibly agitated.

At seven foot tall the emperor still towered while seated. No one knew his true age but it was obvious that he was old by any measure. His messy white hair and long beard stretched down to his shoulders for an even match. Behind the beard and hair, one could still discern a deeply wrinkled facade. He wore an older version of an Ansharian admiral’s uniform but appeared in pristine condition.

“Direct Gibil to intercept them once they clear the event horizon,” the emperor ordered.

Lord Chancellor Sidru Gibil was first in command of the entire Ansharian fleet. As a male, Gibil literally stood in contrast with most Ansharians at 6 foot 8 inches, but that never really mattered. His long, gray triangular face was made more menacing by his round black eyes that were like two drops of oil. Countless scars covered his battle worn face and bald head. In fact, Gibil was a hero from countless battles. Amongst all of the Ansharian fleet commanders it was Gibil that had the highest tally of victory. He had risen to power quickly over the last 100 years and became the youngest Lord Chancellor ever appointed. At age 127 that was no small feat.

Gibil’s ship, the Nekelmu, was the first destroyer through the portal ahead of the Kashurra. He turned the Nekelmu to face the wormhole, lying in wait for the Torahnossian fighters. Just as the second destroyer was breaching the portal, two small ships shot out from the underside of the massive vessel. As soon as the two small Torahnossian fighters cleared the event horizon, they looped upward from under the destroyer and commenced their attack on its bridge. This move prevented the Nekelmu from firing directly on the fighters as any misfires would hit the other destroyer.