Man Of Earth
The Passage Of The Genetar
The sky rumbles as the Earth Craft called Genetar trundles meaningfully through space, looking for or seeking something. The rockets roar as the white hot flames thrust out of the nozzle - sending the Craft straight, like a bullet. The radio crackles into life, chatter a continual buzz from the low frequency voice modulator.Suddenly, and without warning, a hole appears in space, right in the Craft’s trajectory. There’s no turning away, no escape. Some energy from inside the hole is pulling the sleek silver Craft into its dangerous mouth, even as the chatter becomes more animated - not fear, but urgency, and there is no mercy, there is no voice on this side that can comfort the adventurers in their Craft. Suddenly it’s gone, down the throat of the invisible monster, swallowed and thrown out somewhere else - somewhere strange and alien.Then the Craft reappears, but not where it came from. It appears near the rear of a gigantic, epic Mother Ship, being buzzed by tiny spacecraft, as though insects around a food source. The Craft continues to hurtle past this huge ship and into a belt of varying sized rocks - an asteroid belt - spinning, colliding and swinging into the path of the Craft, before it moves just in time to allow the Craft passage.There is a Planet, White Haven, and upon this Planet is a City - Sunray City - with long sharp peaks of the blossoming buildings thrusting into the air. The signs of fire and explosions pock mark the near perfect City here and there, demonstrating signs of attack, from perhaps the Mother Ship above. A hole appears in the sky above the City, and within a second or two, the Craft from another world comes crashing through that hole, howling as it hurtles toward the ground. Then it hits, sending a massive plume of smoke high into the air. There’s no escaping the arrival of the Earth Craft Genetar.And from the door, now thrust open, steps a man, bold and heroic, surveying the scene cautiously and defensively. He is followed by a smart and attractively dressed woman, of similar age to him. She hobbles a little as she steps out, grasping the man’s arm for security. The trio is completed by the old man, the Professor, looking about his environment with wonder and excitement behind his eyes.And the locals are out to greet them -
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