And Atlantis had existed tomorrow by Justin Mader (electronic reader txt) 📕

Leaving the palace and passing out across the three you came to a wall which began at the sea and went all round: this was everywhere distant fifty stadia from the largest zone or harbour, and enclosed the whole, the ends meeting at the mouth of the channel which led to the sea. The entire area was densely crowded with habitations; and the canal and the largest of the harbours were full of vessels and merchants coming from all parts, who, from their numbers, kept up a multitudinous sound of human voices, and din and clatter of all sorts night and day.

I have described the city and the environs of the ancient palace nearly in the words of the great Staesman, and now I must endeavour to represent the nature and arrangement of the rest of the land. The whole country was said by him to be very lofty and precipitous on the side of the sea, but the country immediately about and surrounding the city was a level plain, itself surrounded by mountains which descended towards the sea; it was smooth and even, and of an oblong shape, extending in one direction three thousand stadia, but across the centre inland it was two thousand stadia. This part of the island looked towards the south, and was sheltered from the north. The surrounding mountains were celebrated for their number and size and beauty, far beyond any which still exist, having in them also many wealthy villages of country folk, and rivers, and lakes, and meadows supplying food enough for every animal, wild or tame, and much wood of various sorts, abundant for each and every kind of work. I will now describe the plain, as it was fashioned by nature and by the labours of many generations of kings through long ages. It was for the most part rectangular and oblong, and where falling out of the straight line followed the circular ditch. The depth, and width, and length of this ditch were incredible, and gave the impression that a work of such extent, in addition to so many others, could never have been artificial. Nevertheless I must say what I was told. It was excavated to the depth of a hundred, feet, and its breadth was a stadium everywhere; it was carried round the whole of the plain, and was ten thousand stadia in length. It received the streams which came down from the mountains, and winding round the plain and meeting at the city, was there let off into the sea. Further inland, likewise, straight canals of a hundred feet in width were cut from it through the plain, and again let off into the ditch leading to the sea: these canals were at intervals of a hundred stadia, and by them they brought down the wood from the mountains to the city, and conveyed the fruits of the earth in ships, cutting transverse passages from one canal into another, and to the city. Twice in the year they gathered the fruits of the earth-in winter having the benefit of the rains of heaven, and in summer the water which the land supplied by introducing streams from the canals.

Well, I had clearly taped his history upon my little wax board and with the Stylus. At home I would write down them on big papyrus scrolls. And I knew, sometimes I would publish this story in a big frame.

"Now", grandfather said, "next time I will tell you more about the miracles of Atlantis! So, come home well and greet your parents from me, mine dear... Platon!"

Timeflash!

Slowly he led the level blade of the Katana over the stretched fingers of his left hand. The blade emitted a calming and at the same time also dangerous beauty. The corrugated grinding, flashed in the garish sunlight and blinded almost his eyes. He knew if he tilted the blade only one tenth millimeter, he cut off to himself all fingers, the unilaterally polished blade was razor-sharp. If one dropped a wafer-thin fabric about the upwards directed blade, the fabric would be cut, like by mind hand, purely by the gravitation. He knew this, but he used this practice for own concentration, because he had to come a lot with himself to the pure.

So, he knew, that he had been trained with this peculiar weapon and was far superior compared to any other weapon of this space and this time... Time?? What’s about time? He had this "Kenjutsu", as Tama, ie the knowledge of how to use that weapon had accurately and efficiently. And this knowledge was in complete contradiction to the use of technology all cutting and stabbing weapons in this space.

On the other hand, he knew that he had actually relatively little practical knowledge about the fact that all of this knowledge was wrong in some way, somehow placed, learned. Tama had confirmed to him that he also harbored similar thoughts, but this did not prevent the steel ... steel??? optimum use ...when it mattered.

Something with their knowledge was not simply right. For example, he knew that the Katana were not fastened in the traditional Obi (belt), but they carried them together with the Wakizashi, the Japanese short sword in a special equipment frame, crossed in the back what made it more adaptable and faster operational.

In addition, they had both, as already ascertained, a dagger with a peculiar rapier pole which looked very unstable for a moment and movable.... only they both? Was this really right? He left the Katana in the back Shirasaya, disappear in a single continuous smooth motion. Then he raised his arm and the caravan came to a halt.

"I must check something!", he spoke and spent the foreign exchange: "Weapon control!" All members reached in her belts and got out from there what they found in it. The amazing, everybody had this peculiar dagger with curved edge and unstable rapier pole! This meant that they all divided a common secret. An easy camel driver whom he saw unpacking beside himself he asked, although it did not become itself for him, actually, at all: "Do you also have the feeling that something is not right with your recollections?" Amazed this answered: "Yesss, sir, uh, I meant yes, oh lord!"

Another counter put down itself in him. Lost in thought he reached in his pockets and brought out the papyrus stripe already once taken in inspection. And really, he could read the writing now and he knew that he had been it himself which had written these letters, indeed, in another country and at another time.

There stood on it: "Well finally, it’s very nice now that you can read these lines. After about five months of time you will now slowly remind to all the events which the strangness radiation will then decayed slowly, so it at least says our experts. New memories from your past life, now enter into your memory. If danger is in the delay, nevertheless, all relevant information will be available to you immediately, we call this the "shock phenomenon". Example your dagger. It is a so-called "Kris". Direct the point of this dagger upon a slightly recognizable aim if possibly to no living aim, especially to nobody from your team, presses the precious stone located in the handle and moves with the forefinger in the easily rapier pole hinged to the back now."

He gasped according to on, because a red ray beam as thick as a finger twitched hissing from the point of the crooked edge out and in the desert sands one could recognize afterwards a fist-size, black hole that, finally, imploded silently.

"If you have not expected this, then above all anyway close your mouth, it's drafty. I hope the shock will you wash more memories to the surface. All-important, you can unscrew the upper rapier pole and use it as a key for 200 boxes round which you hopefully still lug with yourselves. All other instructions are to be found there!"

Tama had dismantled the rapier pole as first ones and hurried to the carry-dromedaries, she allowed to kneel down and unlocked the boxes. The contents were breathtaking. In it there lay folded up, colored, in the colors of the desert the dyed clothes which were covered, nevertheless, with peculiar scales. Also, different strap parts, several helmets, peculiar tools lay in it and also a drawing how these tools would be to be put on and to be used. In particular, the numerous, with the same color painted... assault rifles ... XM8, it twitched by his thoughts. Yes, it was the most modern of the modern weapon technology what one found here and he also remembered slowly how this was to be used everything. Nevertheless, the book which was found in one of the boxes was most important. He and Tama started to read and the whole recollections came back, but also the big worries about the knowledge, on account of the big duties coming up to them.

Timeflash!

When Apollo 20 fell out from the detection shade of the moon, the connection with the controlling center 'Vandenberg twenty' was produced.

"Apollo 20 announce please. If all checks are concluded ..... waiting?"

"Beeep ... Vandenberg twenty, here Apollo 20, confirmcomplete checks, are on standby ... beeep!" three seconds’ break.

"Alexei and William have already drawn the space suits and just change in the falcon. Decoupling at two two points three zero... Beeep"

"OK by calculator data, LM confirm PGNCS on-line, co-ordinates checked, decoupling sequence initiated.... Beep"

After a short vibration, the falcon floated majestically, done by the tax nozzles away from the command module. Silently, only by the bags of the transceiver discontinuous, LM-15, call sign 'Falcon' went away from the command module. Other pushes by the tax nozzles, the falcons sank around 90° turn and in the direction of lunar surface.

"... Till present ...Beeep..., twenty Vandenberg, descent sequence initiated, LM PGNCS gives OK ....."

"... Now, ...Beeep..., twenty Vandenberg, take other pictures of the object with the descent."

"... Beeep..., twenty Vandenberg, land point with one seven points three south and one points six two east agreed, beginning with landing sequence!"

At zero one points one zero exactly came the releasing: "... Beeep... Here LM-15, the falcon has landed." And after one hour the announcement came: "Vandenberg twenty, EMU's have put in and now begin with climbing out!... Beeep..."

"Vandenberg twenty, have a wonderful view of the 'town' and also the ship is well visible from our position!"

"Now have unloaded Lunochod-2 and have activated. Now goes in the direction of 'Luna town'."

The camera of the Russian Lunochod-2 of Rover zoomed to the 'town' near and now showed all details. Whether they were looking structures, expression of the exotic architecture of an extra-terrestrial