{"id":31,"date":"2016-03-16T22:58:55","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T22:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2022-05-19T18:32:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T18:32:52","slug":"chapter-8","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/chapter-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>TEMPUS TWO CHAPTER EIGHT<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/chapter-7\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"184\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/home\/prev\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/prev.png?fit=95%2C20\" data-orig-size=\"95,20\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"prev\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/prev.png?fit=95%2C20\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/prev.png?fit=95%2C20\" class=\"size-full wp-image-184 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/prev.png?resize=95%2C20\" alt=\"prev\" width=\"95\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/chapter-9\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"185\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/home\/next\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/next.png?fit=95%2C20\" data-orig-size=\"95,20\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"next\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/next.png?fit=95%2C20\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/next.png?fit=95%2C20\" class=\"size-full wp-image-185 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/next.png?resize=95%2C20\" alt=\"next\" width=\"95\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><strong>Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Hippocrates<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cDo you know where a man could get a cup of coffee crewman?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cYo Cristian, I mean First Leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cTiny, how are you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cI got a job on a Starship helping the man that got me and my family back together and got me out of jail. I am good, sir.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cDrop the sir shit, Tiny. Where is Maria?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cShe is at the counter, she helps with the meals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cI am going to say hi. How is\u00a0 counselling going?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cGood Cristian. I have a request, Cristian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cGo ahead Tiny?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cI want to fight, I want to be a soldier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cTiny, can you hold this for while I go say hi to Maria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cSure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">He walked up to the counter and asked the woman standing there, \u201cIs the coffee here any good?<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cOH First Leader\u201d Maria jumped over the counter and gave him the biggest hug.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cThank you for what you have done for Tiny, and the kids and me First Leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cTiny has just asked me if he could become a soldier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cThat is awesome, he is no Janitor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cGood to see you again, Maria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cCristian his anger was caused by a small tumour, the bots have it almost gone\u201d Watcher reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cCristian, I am not angry anymore, what happened?\u201d said the very big man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cTiny, sit down for a moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cWatcher, make him the warrior.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cTiny, you had a tumour that was causing the anger. It has been repaired. You also have some new fighting skills. I want you to report to Sargent Major Helm, Tell him I sent you down for a black uniform and Armour. He is your new boss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cWatcher, why hasn&#8217;t the crew been inoculated with nanobots?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cMost have, some were missed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cWe need that remedied immediately. We also need to add everyone the comm system and given instructions on how to use them. Everyone on the ship right now\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cThis is First Leader, Wolf, I need everyone who does not have a comm link to immediately show up at the Med Bay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cDoctor Clayburn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cYes First Leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cSome of the crew have not had nanobots or the neural interface added to their bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cThat is correct, I don&#8217;t believe they are necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cThat is interesting?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cWatcher send the data from Tiny&#8217;s interface to her medical station.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cOh my God, I didn&#8217;t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cYou didn&#8217;t know that the strongest man on the ship with a history of violence and anger issues had a tumour that caused the behaviour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cI will step down First, Leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cNo you won&#8217;t, you will however hold my watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cCristian the doctor was suffering from <span lang=\"en-US\">Huntington&#8217;s. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Bots are repairing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cDoctor, did you notice that your hand has stopped shaking?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cWhat did you do?\u201d Tears flowed from the doctor&#8217;s eyes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cOlivia the bots cure. They repair damage from injuries and disease. There is also a communications interface included in the deal, so we can all talk to each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cIf they cure, why do you need me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<span lang=\"en-US\">They are just another system of treatment Doctor. The crew needs a <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">D<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">octor. The nanobots take time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<span lang=\"en-US\">I understand First Leader.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cCall me Cristian Olivia. We need everyone on the ship to have them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cSit on the bed and look at the monitor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cWatcher, give her all the medical knowledge for all the beings were are currently involved with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cThese are all of my vital signs and body functions. It shows where the bots are repairing damage in my brain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<span lang=\"en-US\">It does? Looks like a bunch of numbers and pictures, I don&#8217;t understand <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">it.<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cThis tells me that my gene sequence is being repaired.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cIf you say so, Doctor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cThank you, Cristian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cNo problem Doc. Let&#8217;s get everyone on board through here, including the children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cJust do me one favour, don&#8217;t call me Bones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cGot it,\u201d Cristian said, laughing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cNicely handled Cristian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cThanks Watcher.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cSargent Major.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cHe is already here, Cristian. I am glad he is on our side. What do you want me to do with him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<span lang=\"en-US\">Let&#8217;s put him on the bridge, the bridge crew should have a security presence <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">twenty-four,<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> as should the vital systems of the ship.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cThat is good news that will keep the men occupied.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cCristian out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<span lang=\"en-US\">Watcher has the crew been taught to fight?.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cLorelei, what is our status?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cWe are in transit to the Reticulan Home world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cSweetie, could you stop the ship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cWhat&#8217;s up Husband?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cOur crew can&#8217;t fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cWhat? How can that be Cristian?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cWe were not here to make sure that it was done. There are some that have not had bots either. Including our Doctor. I remedied that. The fighting thing though, we need to fix that now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cI agree Cristian. Stopping the ship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cOlivia, how many more crew don&#8217;t have the bots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cI have thirty more to get done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cHow much time do you need?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cI need ten, Cristian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cKeep me advised.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cWatcher are these people trained in their jobs aboard the ship?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cSome?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cAll right now, I am getting pissed off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cWatcher, how can we get this done quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cI have to access the cube.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cHow do we know it&#8217;s safe, Cristian?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cWe don&#8217;t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cGracie, Alfred, Callahan, meet me in the ready room\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cCaptain, could you meet us in the ready room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">The Mechanicals and the Captain were waiting in the ready room when Cristian arrived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cWatcher gave us the details, Cristian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cGracie, back up everyone&#8217;s data. One more time. I need all the Mechanicals including the E series to firewall no data in or out. The ship AI needs to be completely shut down. I need the reader for the cube.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cThere is a reader built-in into the wall behind you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cWatcher, you get to receive all the knowledge. You will have to scan it for malicious code as it is opened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cCristian, there is a port for me beside the cube.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cLast request old friend shutdown all neural interfaces on the ship as soon as the Doc is ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cDoc?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cLast one is done now, Cristian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cWatcher go to work audio-only\u201d Cristian put the cube and Watcher into the data ports and waited.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<span lang=\"en-US\">Cristian the interface is beautiful, <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">so much code, so much knowledge. I need ten minutes to assemble what I have <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">assimilated.<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">It was the longest ten minutes Cristian had ever gone through.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cCristian, I have it. I have the complete knowledge of the Gray. I know everything. It is safe. No malicious code.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cActivate all the neural interfaces. Fire up the ship&#8217;s AI. give the information to the AI .\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">&#8220;On it, Cristian,&#8221; said Watcher.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cThis is the First Leader you are all about to be given the skills you need to do your jobs. You will also be given fighting and weapons skills. I would suggest that you sit down. You will receive a lot of data in a very short time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Let her rip Watcher let&#8217;s get the crew trained and cross-trained, so they can do jobs on other parts of the ship if they are needed. Everyone except the children on board. The children should be taught basic safety in space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cCaptain IT here, the processors are running at 125% they are running hot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cRamp up the cooling. Steve, the heavy use will be over soon\u201d said their Captain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cAye. Andy, you heard her more cooling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cCristian, the crew is trained.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cCaptain, I believe we can continue our Voyage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cThanks, husband.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cSargent Major can we arm the crew, do we carry enough weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cThere are enough small arms to go around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cCome up with a condition system, so we can get the crew ready in a short amount of time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cUnderstood First Leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cAs soon as we are ready, we need to do trials and rate the crew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/chapter-7\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"184\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/home\/prev\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/prev.png?fit=95%2C20\" data-orig-size=\"95,20\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"prev\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/prev.png?fit=95%2C20\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/prev.png?fit=95%2C20\" class=\"size-full wp-image-184 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/prev.png?resize=95%2C20\" alt=\"prev\" width=\"95\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/chapter-9\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"185\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/home\/next\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/next.png?fit=95%2C20\" data-orig-size=\"95,20\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"next\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/next.png?fit=95%2C20\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/next.png?fit=95%2C20\" class=\"size-full wp-image-185 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/next.png?resize=95%2C20\" alt=\"next\" width=\"95\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEMPUS TWO CHAPTER EIGHT &nbsp; &nbsp; Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm. Hippocrates \u201cDo you know where a man could get a cup of coffee crewman?\u201d \u201cYo Cristian, I mean First Leader.\u201d \u201cTiny, how are you?\u201d \u201cI got a job on a Starship helping the man that got [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":166,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7losy-v","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/166"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":473,"href":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempustwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}