NobodysPreference Br0thah's blog: "Science Fiction by BasicBr0thah"

   As The Ship plows through the eternal darkness of the Cosmos, I wonder just what the Planet will be like once
I arrive. I have reviewed the Target Coordinate Data concerning this New World I'm supposed to claim for the
Earth: Number of Planets in this Primary's Solar Family; 11. Number of Gas Giants within it; 5. Number of
Terrestrial Rocky Planets-a No Brainer-6. Targeted Planet; Number Four!
   The Trans-Hyperdrive; is supposed to be the fastest velocity drive system any vessel has ever utilized, but I
continue to have my doubts all the same. I'm stuck within the Warphole, until the last several hundred kilo-
meters, are reached, and then the Master Navigational Computer Program will shut down the THD. From there, 
I have to pilot the ship myself to land.
   I don't have a problem with that really. After all, there's approximately eight other ships identical to mine that
are supposed to be directly behind me. We're separated by  500,000 kilometers each, for safe operational distance
procedures. So all I have to do, once I've landed myself, is plant the flag. This world is Uninhabited, according to
all the latest Probe Data that was sent back over six years ago. So relatively speaking-Einstinian of course-we're
only just over a month of receiving it and launching accordingly.
   My only companion, is the Android which will handle the security for me. It's the latest Multi-Purpose Unit
that has all the newest 'Exotics', as I like to call them: Defensive Capabilities including Force-Shields, Plasma
Cannons, Compression Field Grenades and something I still don't quite understand. It's supposed to be some
kind of Molecular De-Stabililzation Field. From what I can gather of it, here's how it's supposed to work:
   Anything; whether Life-Form, Sentient or not, or Environmental Hazard, or Substance unknown to me that
could threaten my very existence, can be mitigated successfully by something The Android can project in the 
way of using this Field. It fires it at my command, and a wave of energy hits the Target. Instantly, the Target
is enveloped by a field of this energy that destabilizes it's molecular structure and literally phases it out of
existence. My Nickname for it though; is 'The New Death Ray'! Actually; The Official Order I'm to give the 
Android, if I need to have it use this weapon, is 'Protocol 33'. It will fire the New Death Ray immediately and
without hesitation. It matters not, that whatever It fires this energy at, has some kind of Force-Field of it's
own to protect it. The Death Ray, will even destabilize any opposing energy wavelengths it encounters and
overcome it...in Theory.
   The Beautiful thing about The Android also; is that it looks Humanoid. It has Artificial Human Features,
speaks, eats, walks, talks, plays music on command, knows evry knowledge disk of Mankind's History on
Everything-including The Religions-can dance, it knows them all, do Hip-Hop Rap, and can play every game
ever invented including Board Games! It even provides an Abdominal Port for watching TV all the way from
Earth, so I never miss anything going on back home...I just get it all a month later of course. Spatial Distance
remember?
   Then, it happens. The Drive shuts down, and the Computer tells me it's time to go to manual control: So I 
initiate Landing Protocols, and await Orbital Insertion and Planetfall. That will take another three to four
hours, and I can see the Target Planet now. It's roughly a thousand kilometers larger in diameter than Earth,
and the gravity by ratio, is nearly the same. I'll be about a third of a kilogram heavier, so I'll have to wear a
Null-Graviton Harness, for the first few weeks until I acclimate.
   Finally; I land. The Atmospheric Readings come back as Earth-Normal. All the Gases are about the same, 
just like The Probes said they were. So the Oxygen Content's a bit richer. I can still start campfires safely 
though.
   Everything's ready. So I step out, and The Droid goes before me first. I plant The Flag and claim this world
in the name of The Earth. The Android, I call him Bert by the way, stands patiently next to me. Guarding me.
Now, all I have to do is wait for Mommy and Daddy.
   Oh, I forgot to tell you. I'm only 12 years old too.
   Sorry. I'm just a kid.


FINIS.