Lives of Future-Past (The Chronicles of Max Gunnarsson Book 1) Read Online Free Page A
Author: S.K. Benton
beautiful, bronze-colored particles which then dissipated into the atmosphere.
Seated in the captain’s chair on The Machu Picchu, the young man that the military called Gunnarsson wore an absolutely terrified look on his face, gripping the yolk as if it were his only link to existence - trying to calm himself by taking deep, slow breaths. The forward view screen displayed madly shifting colors and energy currents going in all directions, and it certainly didn’t help that his vision sharpened immensely when he was in stressful situations. He looked upon pure and utter chaos - a definite sign that he was not in normal space, but he was on course – at least his computers told him so. He had initiated the Side Space Carrier Current Hook Drive, also known as the hook, which he had helped to develop for the Military Scientific Complex, and it was taking him to the home of his ancestors – Earth.
Chapter 2 – Max Gunnarsson
Maximilianus Xavier Gunnarsson (called Max by his family and friends) was born on Azul, a planet that orbits twin stars in the Cetus constellation. His ancestors had emigrated there hundreds of years before as part of a secret project initiated by a corporate consortium, after the discovery of a new metal and the development of advanced propulsion technologies helped facilitate deep-space travel. Found deep in the Andes Mountains of Peru, Argentina and Chile, and then later in the Swiss Alps, the new metal, quadrinium, enabled the construction of star-faring craft due to its superior strength, heat resistance and ultra-light weight. (*3*)
Large emigration ships, called barges, were constructed in a massive, secret underground base in the middle of Australia, and financed by consortium corporations from Argentina, Australia, Chile, Peru, Switzerland and The United States of America. This was felt to be necessary by many in order to ensure the survival of the human race, as Earth was suffering from overpopulation and an almost complete lack of energy resources and food.
Automated terraforming drones were sent to Azul 20 years ahead of the fleet, under the guise of privately funded deep-space exploration vehicles, but actually to perform minor geological and atmospheric adjustments, thereby allowing man to survive onplanet without significantly harming local flora and fauna. This adjustment process was completed three years prior to the arrival of the first barge, which orbited the planet after a long journey of nearly 300 years.
Of course, Max was born centuries later into a thriving and modern society. Possessing a strong physical constitution, standing 180 cm tall and weighing in at about 80 kilograms (5'10" and 175 lbs in Old-Earth measurements), and sporting brown hair and lightly-tanned complexion (his mother being dega), his parents were Charles Gunnarsson and Clarisa (né e Martinez), both professors at a local university. So, growing up in an academic environment, he had all of the tools he needed to learn and succeed. In fact, he was such a brilliant student that by the time he was 23 years old he had acquired a PhD in Physics, along with three Master’s degrees in differing engineering disciplines (molecular, mechanical and electrical).
From there he immediately satisfied his federal service requirement by going to work for the military, which was more of a scientific organization than one geared toward implementing tools of war. As there was relatively no form of conflict on Azul or the three inhabited moons in the system (Luna, Sienna and Vera, of which both Luna and Sienna orbited the planet, with Vera belonging to a nearby gas giant), the military simply got ahold of the best and brightest minds available and worked toward the common goal of making technological breakthroughs. One of these breakthroughs was the discovery of side space carrier currents, or SSCC, and Max was deeply involved in it, as its discovery was based on the
Seated in the captain’s chair on The Machu Picchu, the young man that the military called Gunnarsson wore an absolutely terrified look on his face, gripping the yolk as if it were his only link to existence - trying to calm himself by taking deep, slow breaths. The forward view screen displayed madly shifting colors and energy currents going in all directions, and it certainly didn’t help that his vision sharpened immensely when he was in stressful situations. He looked upon pure and utter chaos - a definite sign that he was not in normal space, but he was on course – at least his computers told him so. He had initiated the Side Space Carrier Current Hook Drive, also known as the hook, which he had helped to develop for the Military Scientific Complex, and it was taking him to the home of his ancestors – Earth.
Chapter 2 – Max Gunnarsson
Maximilianus Xavier Gunnarsson (called Max by his family and friends) was born on Azul, a planet that orbits twin stars in the Cetus constellation. His ancestors had emigrated there hundreds of years before as part of a secret project initiated by a corporate consortium, after the discovery of a new metal and the development of advanced propulsion technologies helped facilitate deep-space travel. Found deep in the Andes Mountains of Peru, Argentina and Chile, and then later in the Swiss Alps, the new metal, quadrinium, enabled the construction of star-faring craft due to its superior strength, heat resistance and ultra-light weight. (*3*)
Large emigration ships, called barges, were constructed in a massive, secret underground base in the middle of Australia, and financed by consortium corporations from Argentina, Australia, Chile, Peru, Switzerland and The United States of America. This was felt to be necessary by many in order to ensure the survival of the human race, as Earth was suffering from overpopulation and an almost complete lack of energy resources and food.
Automated terraforming drones were sent to Azul 20 years ahead of the fleet, under the guise of privately funded deep-space exploration vehicles, but actually to perform minor geological and atmospheric adjustments, thereby allowing man to survive onplanet without significantly harming local flora and fauna. This adjustment process was completed three years prior to the arrival of the first barge, which orbited the planet after a long journey of nearly 300 years.
Of course, Max was born centuries later into a thriving and modern society. Possessing a strong physical constitution, standing 180 cm tall and weighing in at about 80 kilograms (5'10" and 175 lbs in Old-Earth measurements), and sporting brown hair and lightly-tanned complexion (his mother being dega), his parents were Charles Gunnarsson and Clarisa (né e Martinez), both professors at a local university. So, growing up in an academic environment, he had all of the tools he needed to learn and succeed. In fact, he was such a brilliant student that by the time he was 23 years old he had acquired a PhD in Physics, along with three Master’s degrees in differing engineering disciplines (molecular, mechanical and electrical).
From there he immediately satisfied his federal service requirement by going to work for the military, which was more of a scientific organization than one geared toward implementing tools of war. As there was relatively no form of conflict on Azul or the three inhabited moons in the system (Luna, Sienna and Vera, of which both Luna and Sienna orbited the planet, with Vera belonging to a nearby gas giant), the military simply got ahold of the best and brightest minds available and worked toward the common goal of making technological breakthroughs. One of these breakthroughs was the discovery of side space carrier currents, or SSCC, and Max was deeply involved in it, as its discovery was based on the
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