Karuck.odt

“Have you any idea how they work?”

“No Sir,” Said the X101 engineer and scientist peering thorugh a Far-Viewer.”It's some kind of Super symmetry, you know Bosons that exist on two locations in space and interact regardless of the space between. But that is only a guess. I would need to disect one and take detailed readings.”

The man standing on the boulder with crossed arms stared also into the distance, where in the glow of a setting sun huge mushroom like plant shimmered in translucent shades of peachy pink. Flocks of white birds swarmed in the mild evening breeze.

Eight air ships, wooden contraptions carried by big balloons were slowly converging upon that 500 meter tall mushroom shaped thing.

“Well if we play our cards right, Mr. Custic there will be a war between the eight nations and they exterminate themselves. Once the local sentients are history, the world and that mushroom is for the taking.

Can you imagine the profit, if we could grow Trans Matter Tunnels with seemingy unlimited range or a new Communication net, as instantaneous as GalNet but without the limitations on range?”

“Yes, Bryx I can, that is why Mr. S send us here, but we got to be careful, if the authorities become aware what we are doing. You be hanged and I am switched off for good.”

“We are far from Union Space and we have unlimited resources. Should be childsplay.”

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Karuck the firs Skylord of the Jakamas stood at the bow of the mighty Swift Wind. The largest air ship of the Jakamas and testament to their engineering skills. That the other seven ships sharing the sky with them weren't smaller was simply ignored by his mind.

The same gathering occurred every five years, summoned by the guardians of the Shruum to reasure  the vow and oath to defend the Shruum and to set all animosity aside if the holy space sender was threatened..

Karuck grunted disaproving. What did that  thing need protection against anyway. No one on all Nuhr would dare to attack the god. Karuck would have, but for what? The Shruum was only provding a magical way to the Pink World. And only those who died were sent tied to a balloon through that gate to their final resting place.

No one and nothing had ever threatened the Shroom.

He was certain it was just a sharade of the Guadians of the Shroom to get donations and to prevent the Karuck from dominating the world.

Lucky for Karuck, the young king that ascended the throne just last month after the Old King subcumbed to an infection and died, was a spineless imbred imbicel doing whatever Karuck suggested.

He looked up at the gas filled balloons and snickered. The