The ZOOID Mission
Book One: Advent of the Supernals
a novel by Gerdean
PROLOGUE
Materialization from vaporous Zentonite to opaque Urthling
presented 0802-LZ and his spacial associates with myriad
existential considerations:
Since situations requiring energy-and-matter-transfer
entail continual and intricate supervision, permission for the
metamorphose must first be granted by a Most High Authority;
after permission is granted, Life Transporting Specialists are
subpoenaed to oversee the creation of the configuration; and,
once its completion and perfection have been adjudged by a
Matter Expert, the Plasm Planters and Energy Utilizers embark
upon the tediously meticulous task of transferring the life
plasm of the subject into the scientifically designed cells.
Throughout these proceedings, requiring 948 hours Zenton
time (2,803 hours less some seconds Urth time), the subject,
0802-LZ, observed the development of what would become his
mortal raiment. As required by the Constellation By-Laws,
0802-LZ familiarized himself with the intricacies of the
cellular structure, which was necessarily inoculated against
all human disease, and, as a universe precaution, its sperm
count was reduced to insignificance.
In session with Mind Manipulators, 0802-LZ learned the ways
in which his faculties would be diminished once
materialization in the flesh was actualized: he would perforce
function with limited senses and reduced intellect. The
subject was prepped in the foreknowledge that seven Urth miles
is the equivalent of Zenton's one. He was practiced in the
alternate systems of weights and measures and educated in the
fluent use of several human languages.
In the Archives, 0802-LZ studied the history, evolution and
status of the peoples of the planet Urth.
To effect transmigration, the electro-chemical system of the
subject was reduced to a rate less than one-tenth his normal
capacity. Once actualized, the material being would need time
to habituate his new form without disruption to either of the
two combined systems. Familiarity in the use of the five
senses would take hours, while locomotion, with subsequent
bodily functions of eating, sleeping and elimination, could
take days. The evolutionary and time-consuming emotional
development process was an option for 0802-LZ to determine.
To avoid the dangers of isolation, a special channel of
communication was established between the Zentonite and his
Home Station of Zenton and, to oversee the safety of the man
from Zenton, Professor Alexius Vessey, the human contact
personality, had been duly notified.
Master Physicians calculated that activation of 0802-LZ's
mortal structure should take place in a temperature range of
50 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Atmospheric conditions most
favorable to successful transposition and human activation
were determined to be existent in pastoral central
Pennsylvania in the United States of America between dusk and
dawn commencing the night of August 14th in the Year of Our
Lord.
Comes now the arduous task of transferring the dormant
combination of cosmic energy and material mass to the site,
and, having placed the form and withdrawn to their respective
observation posts, the spacial entities wait.
The Zooid Mission
published by Harp of God
472 pages
ISBN 0-9724350-0-X
November 2002
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