trillion dollars.”
Senator Young laughed, “You’re out of your gourd if you think we are going to authorize that kind of money on a project as dumb as that! You have no way of knowing what is happening in other dimensions of time, even if it’s possible.”
The president was deadly serious, “Oh, I know, and I have ironclad proof; I think you will agree once you’ve seen it. Over five hundred years ago President Daniel Dugan was the recipient of the Manhattan Project and with his help, the mission was accomplished. The original planners foresaw the meeting we are having tonight and set us up for the project to continue especially if it was successful as it apparently was. They planted an egg in the Oval Office which hatched during President Gardiner’s term in office. David Ashton and his crew placed a strongbox in Dugan’s Oval Office set to open five hundred years later. That box contained the plans for the Manhattan and the proof you require. I have sealed documents from every president in the intervening years authenticating their guardianship of that box.”
The president paused and pressed a button under the table. The door opened and an aide wheeled in a black strongbox and then left securing the door behind him. “This is the box which President Gardiner opened.” He looked over at President Gardiner for confirmation.
Former President Gardiner nodded, “What President Albee has said is true. The box opened on schedule and I sent the Excalibur on their original mission. I flat out lied through my teeth, telling them how we were running out of oil. They went on that mission with the belief that if they were unsuccessful, then our civilization would burn itself out. I found all the information which the president has given you, and had to put on a performance that should have won me an Oscar. I sent the earlier Pathfinder Probe out with the same degree of deception.”
President Albee continued, “The box has an inner box which is set to open tonight with all of you present. In fact it cannot be opened unless the majority of you are present here tonight and authenticate by voice. I want each of you first to confirm the box is sealed. He pulled a small computer out of the box and turned it on. The voice authentication procedure which they were all familiar with began. The President, each member of his cabinet, and each congressman present was called and authentication was complete with a ten number combination given by computer voice. A panel slid open on the box revealing the code panel. The president keyed in the correct combination and the box opened. Another computer was removed from the box and turned on. Holographic images appeared in the center of the room, images of all those present from the other dimension. Each man’s image presented his case and each of those present was convinced.
President Albee’s image appeared giving final instructions, “Remaining in the box are documents from each of you in your own words telling the complete story, and instructions for each of you. Your mission is simple, build the Manhattan according to the plans provided. David Ashton should command the mission, assisted by Roger Dorn and Warren Baker. Laura Ashton will remain in the twentieth century to complete the mission as described. She should be prepared to introduce electro magnetic engine technology and assist President Dugan making this technology a reality in the twentieth century. The Manhattan should be completed and the plan should be executed on the prescribed time schedule. Each of those involved in the mission are not to be given full details to prevent any change in a mission that was successful!
In the twentieth century, President Dugan, at our suggestion, opened a trust fund administered by the Solar Magnetics Corporation. That initial fund was begun with a 25 billion dollar investment over a twenty five year period, provided for by hefty licensing fees paid to SMA. After that initial
Senator Young laughed, “You’re out of your gourd if you think we are going to authorize that kind of money on a project as dumb as that! You have no way of knowing what is happening in other dimensions of time, even if it’s possible.”
The president was deadly serious, “Oh, I know, and I have ironclad proof; I think you will agree once you’ve seen it. Over five hundred years ago President Daniel Dugan was the recipient of the Manhattan Project and with his help, the mission was accomplished. The original planners foresaw the meeting we are having tonight and set us up for the project to continue especially if it was successful as it apparently was. They planted an egg in the Oval Office which hatched during President Gardiner’s term in office. David Ashton and his crew placed a strongbox in Dugan’s Oval Office set to open five hundred years later. That box contained the plans for the Manhattan and the proof you require. I have sealed documents from every president in the intervening years authenticating their guardianship of that box.”
The president paused and pressed a button under the table. The door opened and an aide wheeled in a black strongbox and then left securing the door behind him. “This is the box which President Gardiner opened.” He looked over at President Gardiner for confirmation.
Former President Gardiner nodded, “What President Albee has said is true. The box opened on schedule and I sent the Excalibur on their original mission. I flat out lied through my teeth, telling them how we were running out of oil. They went on that mission with the belief that if they were unsuccessful, then our civilization would burn itself out. I found all the information which the president has given you, and had to put on a performance that should have won me an Oscar. I sent the earlier Pathfinder Probe out with the same degree of deception.”
President Albee continued, “The box has an inner box which is set to open tonight with all of you present. In fact it cannot be opened unless the majority of you are present here tonight and authenticate by voice. I want each of you first to confirm the box is sealed. He pulled a small computer out of the box and turned it on. The voice authentication procedure which they were all familiar with began. The President, each member of his cabinet, and each congressman present was called and authentication was complete with a ten number combination given by computer voice. A panel slid open on the box revealing the code panel. The president keyed in the correct combination and the box opened. Another computer was removed from the box and turned on. Holographic images appeared in the center of the room, images of all those present from the other dimension. Each man’s image presented his case and each of those present was convinced.
President Albee’s image appeared giving final instructions, “Remaining in the box are documents from each of you in your own words telling the complete story, and instructions for each of you. Your mission is simple, build the Manhattan according to the plans provided. David Ashton should command the mission, assisted by Roger Dorn and Warren Baker. Laura Ashton will remain in the twentieth century to complete the mission as described. She should be prepared to introduce electro magnetic engine technology and assist President Dugan making this technology a reality in the twentieth century. The Manhattan should be completed and the plan should be executed on the prescribed time schedule. Each of those involved in the mission are not to be given full details to prevent any change in a mission that was successful!
In the twentieth century, President Dugan, at our suggestion, opened a trust fund administered by the Solar Magnetics Corporation. That initial fund was begun with a 25 billion dollar investment over a twenty five year period, provided for by hefty licensing fees paid to SMA. After that initial
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