Showing posts with label Red. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Red. Show all posts

Sunday, 3 March 2019

The Keeper - Star Trek Discovery (Fanfiction x/o)



The Keeper stared at the the incoming shuttle craft not with his eyes but with his mind, Talosian's long ago lost certain physical attributes when they attained their abilities with their minds. His eyes worked well enough on short distances, his mind however could see great distances across the galaxy and the rest of the universe.

He saw the Vulcan Spock and his sister Michael within the shuttle, Spock's mind is in chaos and Michael is determined to save him at whatever cost.  Her guilt of driving him away drives her onward, the mystery of the Red Angels is foremost within her mind and yet unsure of it means for Spock.

The Keeper and his fellow Talosians have been of aware the 'Red' signals as the humans called them but they have been unable to determine their origin within the universe.  The time anomaly that the Starfleet vessel Discovery has recently encountered would suggest that the Red Angel is from the future which is why they have been unable to discover their origins.

Despite their significant abilities to use their minds to travel the far reaches of space without actually moving from Talos IV, the ability to see the future has always alluded them.  Several attempts have been made all have ended with disastrous results for the sender.

It was obvious to the Talosians that the Red Angel was changing events to create some sort of advantage in the future, their intentions so far appear to be good but The Keeper remembered something Captain Pike had in his mind when they first met about good intentions.  It worried The Keeper that he could not remember with clarity what Captain Pike thought.  This was unusual normally their memories are perfect they do not forget anything.

The Keeper had considered talking with the entities known simply as the 'M', in the past one of their number have been receptive to the Talosian's thought patterns.   M9 is not considered to typical of his species a little more curious than most.  The 'M' have been around since before the birth of this universe, M9 explained in broad strokes that the previous universe had been destroyed by a single humanoid using six tools beyond his understanding.

The destruction of the previous universe left many of the 'M' destroyed in attempting to save it.  With limited resources the 'M' recruited another species to help with maintaining a balance within the newly formed universe.  This species had already managed to leave their physical bodies behind and ascend to a new plane of existence.  They later became known as the Q continuum and at some point the 'M' and 'Q' had a falling out over how best to maintain balance although The Keeper believed that M9 left out much of the story relating to their disagreement.

M9 had told the Taolsians that travel through time contained huge risks not just to the traveler but to everything else within universe.  The 'M' and the 'Q' rarely visited the physical planes of the universe since their responsibilities kept them on the higher planes of existence but because of the previous incident the 'M' kept a single agent in the physical planes at all times.

The shuttle craft edged closed towards Talos IV, such a slow method travel.  The Keeper consulted with his fellow Talosians and it was decided that M9 was probably already aware of the Red Angel.  They would allow the shuttle craft to land, it was obvious to all Spock needed their help to clear the chaos from his mind.  A Vulcan in a human mind of the same body will always create receptors capable of accessing far beyond what is known.  Vulcan training normally limits such abilities in the most receptive.

It is clear to The Keeper Spock needs his path cleared however what will Starfleet do when they discover Spock's whereabouts.  Perhaps then M9 will be of some help.

Tuesday, 19 July 2016

Flotsam #2


DOD endorses slave labour oh wait it isn't just iPhones, what's the inside scoop who is worst?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/07/19/us-army-ditches-android-for-faster-iphones/

Well its better than cherry picking the statistics to make it sound like you can save $£350 million, unfortunately it also means you cannot measure Boris's lack of success.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/19/boris-johnson-britain-should-not-commit-to-migration-target-to-a/

Who will teach the children about freedom now?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/19/turkey-sacks-15000-education-workers-in-purge 

That's the problem with a British Democracy its all red tape designed for what one thing to slow down the people in power from doing something really stupid, hey maybe that's a good thing...

https://next.ft.com/content/d37cf850-4da9-11e6-8172-e39ecd3b86fc

It is simple really play Ingress look where there is a big clump of XM switch to Pokemon, wait several days for the App to load or not at all and then...

http://www.lazygamer.net/mobile-gaming/poke-rader-another-service-thatll-help-track-missing-pokmon/ 

Err we are having been living in 1984 for a long time now, how is it you have just noticed?  Perhaps you were too busy with your phones.

https://next.ft.com/content/dc5e2104-4d88-11e6-88c5-db83e98a590a 

Not aware of his surroundings, I cannot see a smartphone anywhere.

http://metro.co.uk/2016/07/19/marathon-runner-smashes-his-you-know-what-into-a-post-6016167/

Tuesday, 5 July 2016

It's Bad for You

New research says that eating pasta is good you, err duh!  I could have told them that, once when I was snowed in and could not be bothered to walk up the icy hill to the corner shop I only ate pasta all week, I lost nearly a stone.

I have lost count of the number of times new research tells me something normally considered bad for me is actually good for me, to site a few examples:
  • Red Wine
  • Pasta
  • Eggs
  • Saturated fat/red meat
  • Butter
  • Avocados
Basically everything is bad for you if you eat/drink too much of it, having a balance diet keeps you healthy and hopefully sane too.  That being said I am myself completely terrible for eating stuff that is definitely bad for me normally in the form of comfort foods.  Takeaways are very bad for me and ones that deliver are far worse. 

Tonight I am being good-ish, steak with steamed greens and instant bisto onion sauce.  The steak is seasoned with rock salt, black pepper and celery seeds fried using groundnut oil which good for you unless you suffer from peanut allergies then well very bad for you although apparently refined oil will not cause allergic reactions.

People seem to think food allergies is a recent thing however there is no evidence to suggest this because it was not until the 19th & 20th centuries that trade around the world had reached a level that you could go into most food shops and buy pretty much every food imaginable or nowadays buy it online.  Peanuts themselves were originally from South American/Brazil/Peru regions, so until mass production/transport came into effect not everyone had access to certain foods.  The chances are allergies have always been with us just waiting.

You would think traveling to other countries and eating the local cuisine is a good thing but Mother Nature has other ideas on the subject.  Of course now you can buy food from the other side of the world from the supermarket, the allergies come to you.

Next time you see research telling you that something is good for you, I suggest you take it with a pinch of  sea/rock salt.
Refined table salt is poisonous to the body and is responsible, in great part, to the onset of many terrible diseases including thyroid and metabolic dysfunction.
That sounds bad to me, oh wait...