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*swooooooooosh*
The timeship jumps into existence over the primeval lands of 65 million years ago. Test runs had been done previously to calculate when exactly the age of dinosaurs would end through the complete and utter destruction by a cataclysmic event. To give the experiment for peace plenty of time to come to fruition our timeship had been set to arrive exactly 1000 years before cataclysm. Or for short 1000 BC.
Our ship with all its digitalized inhabitants slowly descends as the thrusters slow our descent into an active volcano. As we couldn't possibly bring enough fuel to last us a thousand years, nor do we expect to be able to win our required energy needs through means of wind or solar energy. We've come to decide to harness the ever present geothermal energy of the earth below. This dormant volcano would lay dormant and generate sufficient heat which we would harness for our energy needs for these coming 1000 years. But the biggest reason why we chose for geothermal energy was because of all the ways to generate the energy we needed, it was by far the most consistent and it left by far the least traces behind of our existence in this part of the timeline. While the area we were in would be obliterated in a thousand years, any change to the atmosphere would eventually spread globally. This ruled out any energy resource that would exude gasses in its process of being built or whilst it was generating energy. Geothermal energy was harvested entirely by the tools we brought from the future. We know also that this dormant volcano wouldn't suddenly awaken within the next 1000 years. But for good measure we implemented our top of the line, highly advanced, kinetic shield.
We assumed that the volcano would, to a certain degree lose some of its heat over the coming thousand years as we would be extracting the heat continually 24/7 which further decreased the chance of the volcano from erupting. But a lot can happen in a thousand years, the last thing we want to happen is our timeship being destroyed. So we didn't only add the highly advanced kinetic shield. We also added double the hull strength that would've been necessary for time travel so that even if it were to be severely damaged somehow, it would still withstand the test of time by a wide margin on our trip back to the future.
As a second precaution, we also sent a second timeship into space orbiting us above. This second timeship would act as a back-up for any data collected by the timeship below. With its extreme defensive capabilities which was only matched by the timeship we were now flying in we could be confident that it would survive any and all battering from space. We also did not want to waste the resouces and the 1000 years of time that the timeship in space would have. So in the space-timeship we added an advanced virtual drive where we would also be experimenting with ways to establish lasting peace.
As the timeship descends into the crater the landing gear shoots out embedding the timeship into the rock below till the ship stops in an upright position. Then the tests start to run to make sure that all systems made it back safely. There was little we could do till we got the green light to proceed. After a minute of waiting we received the yellow light that all the critical systems were fine and that the non-critical systems were now being tested and checked for irregularities or malfunctions. Another minute passed till we got the green light. Just as programmed the geothermic energy generators that were integrated with the landing gear started carefully drilling down while staying connected to the timeship through unwinding power-wires that fed the energy back to the ship. We then started using the tools that we could access from our virtual sphere of influence to measure if the temperature and airquality were all holding stead and that no dangerous gasses or extreme heat were escaping as the geothermic generators dug ever further into the depths of the crater. After a couple anxious minutes, possibly the most critical moments of these upcoming thousand of years of experimenting, the drilling stopped. The generators were in place and started extracting the heat from below to generate the energy necessary to start up the machinery necessary for the operation of other critical systems. Such as the canman machine. Another ingenious system that made low-cost nimble golems that we could be uploaded to. Once uploaded we would scout for places to set up mining outposts, set up transport lines to send the processed resources for the production of more golems to the timeship where the golem production would take place.
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Thus started the preparation for the second phase of our plan. The purge. The quicker we were able to purge the peninsula of its current inhabitants, the dinosaurs, the quicker we would be able to get the necessary genetic material for our bioengineers could get to work in creating the species we needed to establish the civilizations we needed for our experiment of establishing peace. It would be best if we could find actual humans or some human predecessor, but that might be a bit too hopeful. But without hope we wouldn't be here in the first place so I think it is alright to hold onto my hope. The only one of us who isn't participating in the preparation for the next phase is John Doe Stoon. We've kept him in stasis. For the subsequent phase after the purge, we would probably need someone to initiate the basic development of the civilizations we were going to study. As we needed every single one of us scientists to do either research, construction or production of some sort of critical system or element in the experiment. We were only left with the choice of letting John Doe be the back-up progenitor. In case we didn't find any humans whom we could simply teach how to make fire, build houses, earn money and have morals. The purge would, according to our estimates, take approximately 12 years.
The kamtchatka in the past was much larger than the one we know from our own time. There would be a lot of land to cover and in the beginning, not many hands to work the land with. If we hit any problems early on. As there are so many variables and because we can't use the timeship for timejumps under a million years. As the hardware simply needs to be completely different for short timejumps of a couple years compared to a timejump of 65 million years.
We would ofcourse build a shortrange time machine once we had the materials for it. But we didn't expect to need it the first time around. We needed to also let the civilization develop as naturally as possible to optimally simulate conditions that we had within the civilization we lived in during our time. Or at least, that was our prognosis or plan. We had identified other possible timezones and places that we could be running tests in. So if all else fails, we can travel to the future, warn our future selves to try a different place and time. They would then send their timeships to a different timezone of ours. A different place on earth and run a similar test based on the data and experiences that we have accumalated here.
I and my compatriots are now starting to be uploaded to our golems. We brought enough resources for the first 10 reboots of ourselves. We also had to bring relay transmitters so that our golems could always stay connected to the systems on board and with one another. A good working communication network, besides our mining endeavours and transportation in general were the most critical projects. A lot of work would need to be done. But in the end, we would surely succeed and it would definitely be worth every minute, of every hour of near eternity to get there. All we needed to do was to keep going, keep trying and keep working for a better future. I snort a bit in my thoughts as I remember how I used to think university was hard work.
I stand up moving my ligaments, checking to see if my new body moves as it should. My compatriots do the same before we set out, onto the drawbridge off of the ship. Not to work but to take our last break for a thousand years. To sit quietly on the edge of the crater, to look beyond and to the rising sun. The dawn of a new age had arrived.