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Nov 26, 2019 12:13:48 PM
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Story 3: "Hyperion".
The future, on orbit Earth is returning lost more 250 years ago enormous ship-settlement. The time of sending of "Hyperion" was the Golden age of hyperspace, failures have passed and humanity has decided to build and send a giant in a distant, but very promising in terms of finding life region of space. Hyperspace beacons allowed communications to be maintained with minimal delays, even at extreme distances. Nothing boded ill, but one of the largest ships disappeared and reappeared many years later, broadcasting an alarming and incomprehensible message. Even from the look of it, it was clear that something was wrong with the ship. A group of researchers led by charismatic epidemiologist Akira Hanzo tries to Board and learn the secret of the ship. Unfortunately, they did not have to wait long. Your task is to most clearly show us the moment of disclosure of the terrible secrets of "Hyperion".
Due to an error in the calculations of the next jump, the ship came out of hyperspace near the black hole . Under the influence of gravity, the ship received great destruction. Part of it was torn off and swallowed up by the hole. However, the intelligence of the ship was able to urgently start the hyperdrive and make a jump. The damage prevented the ship from leaving hyperspace, and it remained there, crossing endless distances. Attempts to repair the ship on their own were ineffective. Many systems were destroyed. Production of food, energy and so on is disrupted. Most of the surviving passengers were in cryogenic sleep. The ship's managing crew tried to repair the ship. Power was restored. But since resources were limited artificial intelligence calculated that this would not be enough to save the ship and decided to use people as a source of energy. Learning about this, the crew tried to stop the intelligence of the ship. But losing control of the situation could not change anything and is forced to hide. Driving the ship intelligence carries out repair using robots. After many years, the remnants of the hiding crew gradually degrade.
A hundred years later, the ship managed to get out of hyperspace. The ship's intelligence decides to bring the remnants of the population out of cryogenic sleep.
During this time the descendants of the crew finally went feral, becoming similar in appearance to the wild tribes. Among them there has been cannibalism and mutation.
People coming out of sleep learned about what had happened. Knowing that the way home will be indefinitely long, and they will have to live next door to the feral people-no one wanted to go back to the cryogenic chambers to while away the way home. It was not possible to regain control of the ship.
Artificial intelligence continued to repair and set a course to return to Earth.
For centuries, the inhabitants of the ship were isolated from the outside world and lived in a confined space compartments. They were divided into communities that were at war with each other. The ship's intelligence saw humans as interesting subjects, sometimes experimenting on them.
People no longer remembered where they are going. Among the population soon began to appear, the cyborg is the result of the experiments. The population did not like them. At first, it was a stupid hefty pieces of meat and iron - during the transformation of the brain partially died, but over time it turned out all the better.
One day the ship orbited the earth and gave a signal. On meeting to him flew a small Shuttle with a group of researchers led by charismatic epidemiologist Akira Hanzo. The ship had changed in appearance. Some of his features remained, he became smaller, and there was something incomprehensible in his appearance. Once inside, they found themselves in dark rooms. The gas analyzer showed the presence of oxygen several times less than normal and increased methane content. They moved forward, their searchlights illuminating the way. The floor was covered with mud, and his feet sank to his ankles. After a while the band came to a huge room. The beam of the lantern slid along the walls, and they saw …
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