Da 'Ole Of Death

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Da 'Ole Of Death

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Aside from the handful of electrical lights that illuminated the hovering workstation, the cavern was in darkness as the military officer entered it, mounted atop his own smaller floating platform that provided him with the latest tactical updates from the war. The officer could make out the shapes of various fungal growths in the gloom, and here and there he caught sight of movement from other, higher life forms. Aware of the presence of the newcomer, the scientist spoke without looking up from his work.

“Ah marshal, it is good to se you again. To what do I owe the pleasure of this visit?”

“Five more worlds have fallen,” the officer called out to the scientist that was hunched over the controls of his workstation, “two to our enemy, and three to those from the other realm. I have been sent to determine the progress of your weapon, we need it urgently and you have been remiss in keeping us up to date on developments.”

The scientist rotated his workstation to face his visitor and looked up from his work.

“This is more than a weapon marshal,” he said, “my creation will be an entire self sustaining ecosystem that will stand strong against all our enemies, it takes time to develop such a thing.”

“Time we do not have. We need your work now.”

“It is not yet ready, the higher specimens still do not quite meet my requirements. I need another hundred years, maybe two.”

“That is what you said to the research council five hundred years ago, and records indicate that you haven’t left this place since we spoke then.”
”Has it really been that long already? I do tend to loose track of time working down here.”

“We need to deploy them now, our situation is growing ever more desperate with each passing year. Some amongst us are starting to say that we may actually loose this war.”

“There are always those who say that, but as I said marshal my project is not finished yet.”

“But you do have some initial specimens prepared?”

“Yes, I have had a few small settlements established on nearby worlds with varying climates and the creatures appear to be flourishing on them all, but they will require further behavioural modification before we can release them in larger numbers.”

Nearer to the scientist now, the military officer could make out one of the holographic displays on the workstation. It provided a view of one of the creatures that the scientist was working on, bipedal with forward facing eyes for depth perception and with a muscular build it was clearly a predatory creature. It was curled up in a foetal position surrounded by a pod that made up the root of one of the larger types of fungi growing in the cave.

“Is that one of them?” the commander asked, pointing to the display.

“One particular type yes, one of the more highly developed ones actually, though I am creating many related sub species that will co-exist and support one another perfectly. I have imparted on some of the more advanced specimens such as this one certain aspects of a modern society that will provide them with the skills to produce a thriving, advanced civilisation on any world they settle on with a mere handful of years. They will be born with skills that take most species millennia to develop and decades for individuals to learn. Believe me marshal, what I am creating here will one day come to be regarded as a shining beacon of civilisation in the galaxy.”

“Good, because I am ordering you to release these creatures fully now. You can modify them further later on if you have to, but for now they will have to do as they are.”

 

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