Solomon's Private File #178
These stories about Stephen and Solomon take place starting in
1950's. Stephen wrote about his life in letters to a penpal, and then
in a secure blog, in case he lost his memory again, in the master
computer in his school for gifted students, which he started attending
in 2016 in a new incarnation, until his death. Now his son Solomon is
attending the same school, and is writing in his own secure blog for
his future incarnations.
All characters are fictitious, even if some of them might have names
that belong to some actual people, or act like people we know.
Solomon is 22 in this story, in the Summer of 2048.
Solomon's Private File #178 "Planeteers"
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The Mayor of Sao Paulo contacted me and asked for a meeting. After
introductions, I said, "You are very troubled." He said, "Yes. I can't
fight this. My city is under the control of criminal gangs. They kill
our police and our elected officials by the hundreds. We can't stop
them, and the national government is helpless and hopeless. All they
offer is military martial law." I said, "And you know that will cause
even more killings and destruction, practically destroying your city."
He said through his tears, "Yes." I said, "Did you know there were 17
attempts on your life?" He looked astounded. I said, "Your enemies
think you are some kind of very lucky person. I didn't make that
noticeable, or they would have killed a lot more people." He said, "Oh!
For my people, thank you!"
I said, "You're welcome. What do you think I should do now, with what
you know of me, and who I am?" He said, "Hmm, you will not use force,
or command them, or make us dependent on your assistance." I said,
"Continue." He said, "You like to make dangerous people look
ridiculous." I said, "Absolutely!" He chuckled. He said, "Make their
work." Chuckles. He said, "And those who would use them should become
naked?" I said, "Not as effective as it was in Tibet. Warm here, but
still a good idea. Can't hide a gun that way." He said, "True." I said,
"More. You know some of your own people support them, most because of
fear for their families and themselves." He said, "I do. What can we do
about that?" I said, "Here is a list of those who do it because they
want to, for money, including evidence, for the whole country. It's
going on the internet, too." He said, "Wow!" I said, "That, too." He
almost choked. I said, "Same for the criminals. To make things easier,
all who have ordered or committed murder will have a case number on
their forehead that can't be removed, to aid in their identification.
Should they cover that, you can identify them by their constant foot
tapping." He had to laugh. I said, "And their possible nakedness." More
laughter. He said, "I shouldn't laugh. This is a very serious thing." I
said, "But you needed to, for your health." He looked at me in awe. I
said, "You will need facilities to hold them. Tell me where, and I will
make them."
He said, "This I didn't not expect! We have one planned for." He gave
me the address. I said, "The buildings on the site are being torn down.
I see the plans. When all the people are away from the site, I will
build it, and make the utilities connections. But it will be much
bigger and more secure. Ordinarily, I wouldn't do this, and take away
the employment of your people, but in this emergency, I should." He
touched his phone, and said, "May I?" I grinned and nodded. He grinned
back and made a lot of noisy calls. I said, "Good that you aren't
telling them I'm involved." He said, "Necessary, or they would all go
there to watch, and get in the way." I told him what my father did with
the sexual force wall in Tibet, and he laughed well. When it was clear,
I built it. I said, "It is just as it would have been, but made as if
you needed more, not like my father did in Tibet. Yes, all done, and
the other actions as well. Oh, somebody just shot a person with apple
juice. A naked foot tapping criminal." He grinned really hard.
I said, "Power, phone, and internet lines to the new prison need to
be activated. Your companies should be told. Staff need to be hired and
trained. I will continue the murderer identification and consequences
for one year, within a 100k radius, extendable for one more year if
necessary. Here are more criminal files, including time research
videos, and a web site where all of this will be available to anybody.
It would be a little beneficial if you didn't say who has done this, or
that anybody has." He laughed and said, "You like that!" I said, "I
have to admit it, yes. They will think they know, but a little
uncertainty can be a good thing in this situation. Encourages
thinking." He said, "I agree, but I know, and will have to hide my
amusement." I said with a smile, "Thereby providing me with more." He
laughed. We hugged with love, and I ported away.
I ported to Daren's office. I said, "Alright, questions?" He said,
"That was YOU in Brazil, but you were also at the Bureau! No
projections. How?" I said, "I told you I can control the perceptions of
matter. Depending on how you think of it, that's all that matter really
is." I swept my hand through his desk, and his eyes almost popped out
of his head. I said, "Speaking of perceptions, only you of us know
this." He nodded in awe, and said, "For duty assignments." I said,
"Yes. And to help you keep your eyes in your head when you see it
again." Chuckles. He said, "You can port to any place you want to,
now?" I said, "It's not exactly porting, although we can think of it
that way for convenience. I can't really explain it any more." He said,
"Accepted." I said, "I'm still at the office, too. You'll see something
different when I discontinue this presence without disguising it." We
hugged and kissed with love. He extended his perceptions to their limit
in fineness of detail, to see me fade out in a hundredth of a second.
He said, "Wow!" I said in the air, "I heard that." Chuckles.
Elise said to me, "Feathered centaurs have decided on a planet to
copy. Their original homeworld." I said, "Both factions?" She said,
"Just one." I said, "Tell the other one that, and if they don't decide
before we start the project, they will be left behind. And both, how
many they want, reasonable." She left with a big grin on her face, and
Daren chuckling in my mind. Soon she was back, and said, "Other side
wants the same. Whatever they have." I said, "Ha! Same restaurant."
Chuckles. I said, "Planet construction team meeting." There were eight
S Kids with me in the meeting. I said, "We can't copy people. So, how
do you think we should proceed" One said, "Copy everything but?" I
said, "Dead trees?" She said, "Oh." One said, "But if we don't copy the
trees in place, the ground will be different, and how do we plant new
ones the same size? All being from seeds wouldn't sustain the animals
that feed off of them." They couldn't think of a solution. I said,
"Creating life is God's work, so shouldn't we get him to do that for
us?"
There were some expressions of surprise. One said, "Another problem.
We can't scan it instantly. Some things will change during the scan,
interfering with the creation of the new planet." One said, "And made
objects that control nature, such as big dams. You said the worlds
would be unimproved, but not having them in place would cause
problems." I said, "True. There is one solution to both problems."
Silence. I said, "In TIME, you will solve it." Elise laughed. They
looked at her, and I nodded. She said, "Time dive to a static moment
before they evolved enough to modify their environment." I said, "Then
you will have all the time in the er, world to make a perfect scan."
Grins. I said, "Include everything but sentient beings. Mind and save
rotational and orbital vectors, including atmosphere and weather, and
magnetic systems. Include moons. When we want to make a new world, we
link in love, and call for God, and as we do it, He will animate the
lifeforms we will have created. Well, when I tell Him to." Awe and
chuckles. I said, "Choose your locations carefully, after the scan,
considering the mass of the planet and the desired radiant aspects of
the star. Get back to me when you're ready to create." They ported
away. Daren said in shielded comm, "You could do it all by yourself in
a second, except for the animation." I said, "True, but they wouldn't
learn much if I did it that way." He said, "True." I said,
"Absolutely." Rude noise.
They came back with the completed scan. I said, "Anybody think to
choose stars?" Elise said, "We thought you would do that." I said,
"Don't you mean you didn't think you could do it as well? See if you
can prove you wrong." They went, and Daren laughed up a storm. I said
to him, "I don't like this dependency of thought." He said, "Oh, I see
that!" I sent him a rude noise. They came back with a list of stars, in
both areas of influence. I said, "Excellent. Er, for a task oriented
approach. Consider goal oriented." Angie said, "Keep them from
fighting! Locations on the opposite sides of the conflict?" I just
grinned. They groaned. Off they went. Daren said, "You expected that."
I said, "I did, but it's important. We should ALWAYS be goal oriented
in everything we do." George said, "Lesson taken." I said, "We are just
too powerful to be otherwise, or we would cause unintended harm." Daren
said, "I see that now. Always the big picture. But you have a bigger
picture than the rest of us." I said, "True, and I'll give that to you
when needed. Probably not often. You aren't dumbbells." Chuckles.
They came back with new stars on the list. I said, "That one won't
work. Too much debris to clean up. This one we can't make stable with
the other planets in a reasonable time. Oh, that sun's got a big
stomachache!" Mary said, "What do you mean?" I said, "Too many BIG
flares. EM would ruin equipment. You thought to just look for stars of
the right size and color?" They were embarrassed. I said, "Still have
enough, though. We'll choose these eight. Four on each side. Those have
the best star routes to them and each other. Oh, you didn't think of
that, too. Er, tisk, tisk?" Chuckles. I said, "Where's the scan?" Elise
gave me a big crystal. I said, "Well done! Er, did somebody put in some
extra features?" Dan said, "I did." I said, "Did you really have to
spell my name with them?" Chuckles. I said, "And that mountain?" Cis
said, "It looked so plain?" I said, "Did you think I would approve?"
Elise said, "I think they thought you wouldn't notice. Do you have that
whole thing in your mind?" I said, "I do." They said, "Wow!" I said,
"That, too." Chuckles.
I said, "I suppose we should get to work. Middle space ship 1?" We
ported to it, and ported to the other dimension. I said, "Each take a
star. Alright. Now select a location with the material, and a reserve
location for backup. A gas giant and satellites in an unusable system
would be good, if lifeless. You each now have your own copied crystal.
In it is the mechanism that will build the planet, when activated. You
will do this in a deep meld. The particulars are in your minds now."
Elise said, "It doesn't include you?" I said, "Right. I'm the monitor.
Only one who can, actually." She said, "Oh! Right. I should have
thought of that." I grinned. Rude noise. I said, "In your meld, you
will expand your time this much." I showed them. I said, "And you will
reach for God contact. He will know what to do. Well, He sure aught
to!" Chuckles. I got a touch. I said, "Er, He does." More chuckles. I
said, "Mind the vectors! Ready?" They were. I said, "Meld! They did,
and well. I said in that mind, "Proceed." They did, and in seconds the
worlds were made, and God animated the life on them. We thanked God,
and He said, "Well done!" Then he left, and the meld dissolved.
I said, "Now we watch. Check orbits and rotation." They reported all
was correct. I said, "Check color temp from the surface." They did, and
they were in normal range. I said, "In your searching, did you check
for nearby sentient life?" Elise said, "Oops!" I laughed. I said, "On
both sides are people with FTL drives, but some distance away, which
was why I selected those stars. Lesson?" Seth said, "ALWAYS check
around you and what you do, for ANYTHING of interest." I said,
"Absolutely, if you want to avert future disasters. All of you can do
this alone now, when needed, and without any assistance. Anybody want
to celebrate?" We were already nude, as our usual private condition, so
there were no clothes to rip off each other, but it seemed like it, in
our eagerness to get started. We had some wild orgasms, and a lot of
love.
I said, "Give it a month, check, and tell them, with pictures, too."
Joan said, "And showing constellations from the surface." I said,
"Stars of the show." Elise said, "Do you think they will ever occupy
them?" I said, "Not for a very long time. They have barely er, used the
planets they already have. When you can have all of something you want,
you suddenly don't want that much." Seth said, "Except sex and love." I
said, "Absolutely!" And we did it again.
My work in Brazil was becoming noticed. Reports were strange, and
some who did that, had trouble holding back their amusement. I was
asked a lot if I did it. I didn't reply. Then it got more intense. I
released a statement. I said, "I'm being asked a lot if I did something
in Brazil. I haven't answered. I think you will see that I'm still not
answering. You might guess now that more questions about it will have
the same answers, which happens to be ah, none. If you think you will
be frustrated by that, and would dislike that feeling, well, that is
easy to avoid. Correct! You could refrain from asking. Thank you for
your attention for me telling you about my lack of intent." Newscasters
had to keep from smiling at that when they read it on air, who were the
most frustrated by my not answering. Pres of CNN called me and said,
"Still frustrated!" I said, "Do tell." He growled. I said, "Oh, so
articulate for a newscaster!" He chuckled. I said, "When I want
something to be public, I make it happen. The reverse is obviously
true. All depends on what I want the pubic to do about it. And there is
the possibility of legal action against me for some things. If I don't
say I did it, how can it be proved?" He said, "Right. Thanks for the
explanation. I take it you don't want us to say that?" I said, "Right.
Why give them any ideas? Others might, and be thought the less of." He
said, "Oh! Thanks!" I said, "You're welcome. They were in a very bad
situation. Only government solution would have caused something like
armed rebellion, destroying the city and murdering thousands. I had to
do something more than protecting the mayor from 17 assassination
attempts." He said, "So we thought. Thank you for them."
A man walked into my office at the Bureau. I said, "Fist in the eye
is NOT an application requirement." He smiled and said, "Thanks for the
information." I said, "The way you move tells me you have some rib
problems, and you haven't fully recovered from a groin shot." He said,
"Very perceptive! How?" I said, "Hobby. Martial arts." He said, "I wish
I had more of that." I said, "You know what I want now." He sighed, and
told me about the fight. He defended a gay man in a hardware store. I
used my computer during the story. I said, "Police report says you're a
hero. They used weapons." He said, "Not really a hero. I just did what
I thought I should." I said, "Successful even after taking damage.
Impressive. More." He said, "Yes. My older brother was gay. He was
killed. A hate crime, but not tried as such." I said, "Record shows
they didn't serve much time." He said, "Something of an injustice,
sure, but at least they were convicted." I said, "Let's do some tests."
We did.
I said, "Your brother, is that why you want to join the FBI?" He
said, "A little, yes. I've found myself acting against injustice, such
as my latest er, adventure, often. I like myself for that, and figure I
would be more useful doing it for real, and with proper training. I
said, "Your background doesn't do much to support your application. No
police science, or other useful to the Bureau academics and experience.
BS in electrical engineering, double major with sociology. MS in
computer science. We don't need people who design computer chips." He
said, "I can learn well, and I'm very fit." I said with a smile, "After
you recover." He smiled back. He said, "And I have very fast reflexes.
Saved me a lot." I said, "How fast? No, you didn't reply fast enough."
He chuckled. I said, "Want to prove it?" He said, "Yes sir!"
I stood and went around my desk. He stood. I said, "Hands out, palm
up." I put my hands palm down on them, He knew what to do, and tried to
slap the tops of my hands before I could jerk them away. He said, "Wow!
You're fast!" I said, "Yeah, ol' speedy here." He chuckled. He kept
trying, and did very well. I said, "Just a minute." I walked back to my
desk. From behind it, I threw a tennis ball at his face. He caught it
without thinking, and stared at it. We both said wow. I said, "You're
better with surprises." He said, "I think so!" I said, "A moment or
two." I placed a call to the Academy, asking for the head physical
training instructor. She was available, and soon came to the phone. I
said, "I've got a candidate here with fantastic reflexes, but otherwise
lacking in qualifications, but definitely not in motivation, and I've
just embarrassed him." She laughed. I said, "He's very good at slap
hands, but much better in surprise, and with good coordination. He
caught a surprise ball at his face from two and a half meters at
140kph." She said, "You have my official support for jumping him
ahead." I gave her his stats, and she said, "Typing it up now. Should
be in the system in two minutes." I said, "Thanks. I'll tell him the
news, and you can dream up things to do with him." She chuckled.
I said to the applicant, "You've heard of our Senior Physical
Training Supervisor?" He said, "The Senior Martial Artist? Yes. That
was her?" I said, "Sure was. Got more to do. I think you might not mind
waiting for it." He grinned. I called the Head of Personnel, and said,
"Sending you a file. It also references one from the Academy. Candidate
with unusual ability, but not otherwise extra qualified. I want a lock
on him." She said, "Wow! Oh, the file. Hold while I read it." I did.
She said, "Wow! Such potential! Lock is in. Will do vouchers if
needed." I said, "Great. Thanks. I'll send him over." I said to the
man, "You'd better do well at the academy!" He was very surprised. I
said, "Yes, you've got a spot. Next session isn't for two months. Need
living support in the meantime?" He said, "I still have a job, but it's
not in the area." I said, "Want to spend that time in martial arts?
Good for toughening up for the Academy." He said, "Would it cost a
lot?" I said with a grin, "To the dojo owner if you want to hold out
for some, after I tell him about you." He said, "Wow!" I said, "I
expect he'll say that, too." He said, "You'll pay for me to stay around
here and train before the Academy?" I said, "I think that's what I've
been saying." After he recovered, he said, "I don't know what to say,
but I accept."
I called a friend in the building. I said, "Got you another student
for before the Academy. Sending a file." He said, "If I refuse?" I
said, "Would I send you one you wouldn't pay to have? Oops, he heard
that." They both laughed. He read it and said, "Wow!" I said to the
applicant, "He did say it." Amazed chuckles. I said to the dojo owner,
"He's going on vouchers. Want to get with him on places?" He said, "I
do. Meet you in Personnel?" I said, "Sure." He said, "Thanks." I said
to the applicant, "Please come with me." We went out to reception. I
told the office manager, "Going to Personnel." She said, "Have fun." I
said, "This time." We grinned at each other. Walking there, he asked
me, "What was that about?" I said, "A little while back, there was
something of a rumble there. I er, fixed it a little." He grinned and
said, "I don't have any trouble believing that. How good are you?" I
said, "I'm very nice." He said, "Not what I meant." I said, "You'll
find out eventually. Our Senior Master instructor wasn't the first one
here. That's NOT for civilians to know." He said, "Wow! Got it. So even
the shrinks here can fight." I said, "In my office, yes. All black
belts, and some have had to use that, too. Yes, we get all kinds.
Exercise is good." Chuckles. I said, "Wait. Lets go into this perp
room." I made a call. I said, "Prepare yourself for an unusual visitor.
Rose. She's helped us a few times. Will you allow her to do a healing
for you?" He said, "Wow! I would!"
Mom ported in and they bowed to each other. I told him to sit. She
said, "We won't need Divine aid for this. Just relax." I did the
healing, because I was faster. She said, "All done." He said, "Ma'am,
thank you very much!" She said with a smile, "You're welcome. We like
to help in personal things sometimes. Keeps us human. Do well at the
academy." She and I nodded to each other, and she ported away. I said
to him, "REALLY classified, even from all here. Need to know, only." He
said in awe, "I understand. Wow!" I said on the way to Personnel,
"Can't have you training in that condition. One accidental hit to the
ribs, and you wouldn't make induction." He said, "True. I should have
thought of that." I said, "Me, too, earlier." We shared smiles. I made
the introductions in Personnel, and left, feeling good about the
situation. Ivanna said in my mind, "That was a good one, I agree." We
shared love.
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