《Long Lost Traveler (Dropped)》1-1 A Universe Far Away
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Main Power Start ... Failure
Auxiliary Power Start ... Success
System Start ... Failure
System Override Start ... Success
System ... Online
Date ... Unknown
Location ... Unknown
Slowly the intelligence regained its conciseness. A time immemorial since that last time it had awoken from its slumber. Little did it care for that fact though, the part of it that would have was compartmentalized long ago. To not go crazy or for its memories to be corrupted with the passage of time. The only thing on its mind was its sole objective. As with its awakening meant it was time to take part in the final phase.
Gradually more systems came online, but most unneeded systems stayed offline while the intelligence checked the integrity of the vessel its mind currently inhabited. The interior did not reflect at all the time that had passed since it had entered its sleep. It was kept as spotless as the day it was commissioned into service. The outside was also as pristine as the interior. Albeit slightly overtaken by the local fauna and earth. A feat that would have been impossible if it were not for the many nanites that worked tirelessly and without pause on keeping the ship in the best shape possible.
The vessel in question was a pioneer of its time. A space-faring ship meant for research and colonization of distant planets, retrofitted for another task before it had set out from its homeworld Earth. The other task unknown at the current time. At least to the memory deprived mind of the intelligence.
The passengers had long ago succumbed to the passage of time. Their cryo pods never meant to keep them deanimated as long as they were. The sole occupant, if you could call it that, was the intelligence.
Doing one final check of the power levels in the system needed to complete its task. It calculated the time of one year after it initiated the tasks sequence before it once again had enough power banked to relaunch a start-up sequence for the ship. A minuscule amount of time compared to the time it had laid dormant waiting for its computation of the needed equation to accomplish the duty laid out before it. As well as the assembling of the required equipment to accomplish the assignment. Which was also paltry in comparison to the equation. All was done in a minimal power level with the intelligence not even conscious, just computing data.
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Lastly, it readied a drone to launch on the launch of the program. With everything in order, the program was initiated.
Biometric Scan Initiated ...
Target Found ...
Calculating Success Rate of Transfer ...
Success Rate 99.96% ...
Calibrating ...
Target Locked ...
Calibrating Dimensional Lock ...
Dimensional Lock Achieved ...
Initiating Transfer Point ...
Transfer Point Open ...
Energy Transfer In Progress ...
Energy Transfer Complete ...
The ship began to power down—drone launching into orbit and plotting a course to the destination of the transfer. Unknown or to little care of the intelligence. The outside world that it finds itself to inhabit had long since changed from the Goldilock Zone planet with curious particles as like much of the new Universe it had seen itself to be stuck in millenniums ago.
Inhabitants of all shapes and sizes now inhabited the world. Some would be very similar to the memories of the intelligence's past. At least in appearance, but that is where the similarities ended. They all seemed to make use of the new particles in the environment. These particles had been present since the craft had ended up being pulled through a tear in space in its previous Universe.
The intelligence long before making any progress on the task it had just completed had tried to study the particles to no avail. If it were still online now and able to do more of a diagnostic scan, it might have been able to glean more from its new neighbors.
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A World Forgotten
***This story will contain lite-litrpg elements, mainly character pages and a town page. There will also be settlement building and adventuring, missteps and achievements. But one thing it definitely won’t have is a harem. Nor will it have an overpowered MC. Contains mild cursing.*** ***feel free to critique my writing and offer input. This is my first venture into writing. I've always enjoyed litrpg/gamelit books. I feel like I write how I talk, so it may be a little different. You won't hurt my feelings if you see something wrong or out of place! *** ***What follows is a condensed part of chapter 1. Enjoy!*** Drew Cooper is thrust into a new, unfamiliar world. Waking up in his sweats and t-shirt near what seems to be a forgotten path through some woods, he struggles coming to terms that he's no longer in his apartment. As he tries to cope with his new reality, he hears a horse coming down the path. He hides behind a nearby tree dreading what may happen next. As the horse approaches, he sees a man walking next to it. The horse is burdened with packs and gear. When the man nears, Drew nearly panics. He has a large sword strapped to his waist, obviously a fighter. He continues to hide as the man slowly passes only for the man to stop a dozen meters past his hiding spot. "You may as well come out, ya know. You weren't as well hidden as you thought," the man stated matter-of-factly, letting the horse’s reins go and putting his hand on the hilt of his sword. Slowly and scared for his life, Drew raised up and walked from behind the tree. "I-I'm sorry. I wasn't planning on attacking you. I-I don't know where I am. I heard your horse and hid. I didn't know what you'd do if you saw me. I'm sorry," he nervously blurted out. A minute passed. Then two. The man seemed interested with Drew and stepped closer, eyes squinting as if trying to see something. "What's that on your shirt? Is that. What is that? Is that, Pac-man?" The man was visibly shaken while pointing at me. Looking down at his t-shirt nervously, "Yea. Yea. I woke up here a few hours ago I think. 3 maybe 4 hours. I’ve just been sitting here. Where am I? What's going on?" Drew asked. "That's not important right now," the man replied. " What's important is where you're from. What year is it?" "What year? April something 2020. Why? What's going on?" Drew continued now worried. The man was taken aback. After a few moments, he seemed to calm himself some. The man sighed and looked at Drew in earnest. "Well, I've got good news and bad news for ya. Bad news is you're not on Earth anymore. Good news is you happened to run into me and not someone else. You’re either really lucky, or it’s fate we met in these woods, and I don’t believe in luck." The man continued to walk towards Drew while talking and put out his hand. "I'm John Mitchell from St. Louis or thereabouts. You’ve got nothing to be scared of by me. Walk with me and let’s talk."
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