Modern Crabbit Pt 4
With Oppy reactivated it was time to go. But that didn’t mean I wasn’t going to take a moment to take a selfie with her camera system and then post it to twitter right under my only other tweet.
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SpaceKat1
@Space_Kat
@NASA #FastestWomanAlive "The Sun has come out. Power at seven percent and rising."
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Satisfied with that I headed back to the Starlight Dream.
She was perfect. I walked over still bouncing my Mars rock in my palm the Crabbits cheering at the awakening of their Aunt.
I breathed in and out.
I’d done it.
No matter what happens now. No matter the problems it might bring… I’d started this path, and I would walk down it with my head held high.
Climbing back into the Starlight, I prepped her for liftoff, securing the reinforced hatch, as I watched out of the window as Oppy slowly woke up.
“We’ll meet again.” I promised her.
Then I grabbed the yoke, and throttle, and stopped looking backwards.
Only forwards now.
The thrust once more pushed me into my seat as I accelerated, but this time there was no fear. This was my moment. The world would be watching today, tomorrow, a hundred years or a thousand.
We broke the atmosphere in a rush, and I spun her around once just to remove the dust, and totally not because spinning was a good trick.
Freedom.
But I had duty, so I pointed her home. “Spool up the Alcubierre drive.” I told the Crabbits and settled back as we drifted towards home as systems began engaging…
Heh.
I reached out and pulled out my phone from my suit pocket. “Sorry Twitch.” I told the Crabbits which had them all looking at me in surprise as I started up a song on my phone.
“Tonight, I’m going to have myself a real good time!” Freddie Mercury’s tenor echoed through my helmet, and the Crabbits of course could hear it as well.
“I’m a rocketship on my way to maaars!” I sang along, unable to resist, as I hit the throttle, and everything turned blue as I once more became the fastest woman alive.
“I’m traveling at the speed of liiight I want to make a supersonic woman of you!” I couldn’t resist, uncaring that everyone on earth would hear my crappy singing this was my moment, and this was for me.
“Don’t stop me nooow!” I sang even as we got closer and closer to earth, and I couldn’t resist.
Just a slight twitch of the stick. “Let’s take the long way home.” I told the crabbits, and then kept belting out the song as the blue streak of disrupted light streaking not towards Earth but around it.
A curving blue light in the night and day sky for everyone to see. I didn’t care that the song ended, I just restarted it again.
“I’m gonna go! Go! Go! Go! There’s no stopping me!”
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Bradley was exhausted. The moonlight at the top of Everest was bitterly cold. It had been a long hike. He might be camped now, but staring up into the sky at the highest point… He had his camera, and as he was already taking pictures of everything he saw it.
A blue streak, something he’d never seen before glowing so brightly it was impossible to miss. A shooting star.
He clicked, and kept on doing it, as whatever strange meteor streaked through the sky. He had no idea his casual photographs from atop the world would be one of the most famous pictures in space flight history.
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James Bridenstine
He was tired. He’d been just heading to bed when the call came in. Rushing across town he was now in the control room and everyone was quickly coming in spurts of one or two personnel as the word went out.
On one screen a Twitch stream of all things was up, showing a first person view of a woman singing Queen at the top of her lungs… Badly.
The other showed images from multiple cameras, some pointed up at the sky, some back down and all of them showing that blurring blue light, as a man achieved something so historic NASA couldn’t even hope to explain it.
He was already fielding calls from the higher ups. The President as well.
Everyone seemed to want to know what was happening, but NASA was in the dark alongside everyone else.
What they were seeing simply wasn’t possible.
“Sir! We have Doctor Alcubierre on the line!”
“Finally.” He muttered maybe the man could fill them in a bit more… Not likely.
Even as James took the call his eyes never left the screen. That blazing blue light. A sign that humanity was moving past anything he had expected. A distant future possibility today.
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Finally I broke the gravity wave, and let myself return to relative speeds.
I took a moment to get my bearings, I was somewhere above Siberia, so I shifted my arc, still bleeding some of the blue light as gravity was still disturbed in my wake and I accelerated normally for home.
“Alright. Time to go home.” I told my Crabbits as I relaxed, but my cheeks were sore from how much I’d been smiling as I sang along.
Copyright strike THAT.
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As I descended back into the atmosphere, I picked up a few tails.
A pair of fighter jets rising up to try and catch me.
I followed my entry path. The FAA guy on the line sounded like he was having a heart attack, but he was doing his job.
I looked over as the jets matched me. I let them catch up, already knowing people would be freaking out enough without me racing off ahead, even though I wanted to just blow past both of them.
Next tech I was building was a better inertial dampener. Let’s see if any of these fly boys catch me, when I hit mach 20 without even ruffling my hair.
“Unidentified Aircraft. You will follow the given flight plan, any attempt to deviate will result in being fired upon.”
“Yeah yeah, calm your tits. I’ve literally got a flight plan, and FAA identification.” I told them. I’d already expected something like this. I slowed down and simply followed in the two flyboys as we raced through the sky, the Crabbits were oohing and aahing over the planes.
War Thunder nerds.
I made sure they were getting plenty of pics. Their recording of everything around me was going to be one of the best ways to protect myself.
I sighed as I focused on the descent down into California.
I was a good pilot, following all instructions, even if again I just wanted to pull the throttle and once more earn my title of fastest woman alive.
No, I wasn’t going to let that go. That shit was going on my tombstone.
We came in for a landing, although really, I just dropped to the surface, and basically drifted down the airfield, slowing my speed without issue, until I came up to the location that had a literal tank set up pointing, and men with lights guiding me in.
When I finally came to a stop, I noticed that it wasn’t just Airforce, or Army.
FBI blue jackets. I’m pretty sure those guys were CIA, and more.
The place was packed, and I could hear more helicopters flying in, to drop off more, not even counting the news copters that had been desperately trying to get an eye of the Starlight as we passed into Military Airspace.
I popped the hatch and stood up. Letting myself just linger as I stood and looked over the gathered people. I knew my space suit was striking, I’d made it to be.
Gently pulling off my helmet, I let the air system turn off, and breathed in fresh California air for a moment before dumping the helmet on the seat behind me.
Already men were approaching, rifles held, but not pointing.
Obviously everyone was freaking out about the current situation.
“I come in peace.” I called out, and did the Vulcan salute.
Fuck them. I’m a Martian now.
That of course startled the men for a second, although I caught quite a few smirks that were hidden as they continued to approach, and I could see more than just them.
There were definitely some people looking to get their hands on the Starlight.
So I stepped off, grabbing a Crabbit to throw over my shoulder as I thumbed up.
Instantly the Starlight Dream rose ten twenty, and then thirty feet in the air. More than high enough to keep anyone from touching her unless I wanted them too.
“Well boys. I’d appreciate it if you pointed out the nearest bathroom. This suit has plumbing, but it’s not the most comfortable.”
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Will I disable my AI? No.
Will I hand over my spaceship? No.
Will I answer any questions without them being recorded by early said AI? No.
The US government wasn’t very happy with me, and by US government I mostly meant the spooks, generals, and whatever that kept trying to get me to just hand over everything.
I think the funniest bit was when Crabbit would chime in and mention they’d banned someone from chat, or just repeat an epic burn that Twitch chat had made against whoever I was talking to.
It seems the entire world was gathering together in a twitch chat, and while there might be rather constant issues, the Crabbits were doing their best to keep the stream going, and worse were roasting every person that spoke to me.
Eventually even the President got on board calling in, and while I was respectful. He went away unhappy, but at least proud it was an American that had done all of this.
The sun rose, and the hovering Starlight Dream had the attention of everyone walking through the military base.
As much as I wanted to just go home and stop dealing with people this was… Expected.
There were repercussions for changing the world.
So I settled back in the chair and closed my eyes. I was tired. Been awake for more than 24 hours now. I’d have to put my foot down about needing some sleep soon.
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“Alright guys. It’s been great. But I’m falling asleep here. It’s time for me to go.”
“Ma’am, perhaps you don’t understand-”
“I very much understand. I understand that I’ve done nothing illegal, and the US military isn’t a police force. If you want to hold me here any longer, then explain why, or get out of my way. Cause I’m gonna go home.”
“The ship, Starlight Dream, is not being authorized for flight clearance. I’m afraid it’s not going anywhere.”
“Crabbit, send the Starlilght up into orbit, into international space.”
“What? Hey you-” The general was interrupted when the Starlight disappeared in a boom, and then multiple more.
While I was only able to handle so many G’s the Starlight was capable of putting out a whole lot more.
“Alright, then I guess I’m getting a hotel. I’ll get a plane ticket home after I take a nap. Is there anything else?”
“You can’t just-”
“Excuse me! Why did that ship just disappear!” I sighed as the FBI guys rushed in, they’d mostly been outside taking pictures.
“I was informed the Starlight doesn’t have clearance to be in this airspace, so I sent her to international space.”
“That is now what I said!”
“Alright then this has been great, but I’m leaving.”
“You’re not going anywhere!”
“Are you sure about that? Can you say that clearly into my Crabbits camera so I can confirm you’re detaining me?” I asked, and had to fight back a yawn.
“You’re of course not being detained, but there are security issues to consider at the moment, Ms. Ferrous.”
“Which can wait until after I get at least eight hours of sleep. Now are you going to get me a place to sleep Interplanetary jetlag off, or am I calling an Uber?”
I looked over the assorted men, and sighed. This was going to be a long day.
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“Yes Mom. I’m okay. No, I’m not under arrest. More like protective custody… No, I’m okay… Yes I’ll let you see the spaceship… No, I don't care how many family members are coming out of the woodwork to try and talk to me, you can tell them the same thing as last time when everyone realized I was a billionaire… Mom, I have to go. Yes. I have to go… Someone ‘important’ is looking to talk to me, they’ve got a fancy suit and everything. Bye. Yes. Bye. BYE.”
I hung up and turned at the unfamiliar face.
“Can I help you?”
“James Bridenstine, I’m in charge of NASA.”
“Aaah.” I made a noise and returned his handshake. Then before he could jump into questions that weren't important I asked my own.
“How’s Oppy?”
He blinked in response for a minute before smiling. “The Sun has come up, power is at 80%.”
I smirked as he quoted my Tweet back at me.
“Ms. Ferrous… As I’m sure everyone has told you, we all have a lot of questions. NASA perhaps more than most.”
“Yeah well, I’m sure we’ll be… Collaborating quite a bit in the future then Mr. Brdienstine.”
“James is fine, I’m happy to hear that. If the rumor is true you’re refusing any and all offers of assistance.”
I just scoffed. “Well, how can I help NASA today?” I asked, a bit teasing.
“You’ve got every scientist I know, myself included, pulling their hair out trying to figure out what you did.” He offered, which I could only nod, that was expected. “I don’t suppose we could claim some of your time for a few… What years? How long would it even take for us to play catch up?” He wondered aloud.
“Years for sure.” I agreed, but in the end I shrugged. “I can’t promise anything at the moment. I’m not sure how many gag orders I’m currently under thanks to politicians across the US, but it’s a lot.”
“Fourteen from what I last heard.”
“Right. So they want me to shut up until they get things under control… Or until they finally pressure me to bring the Starlight Dream back down.”
“Speaking of.” He trailed off and I could only scoff.
“She’s too far out to be in any satellite orbit, she’s in international space. Also she still has a Crabbit on board, so even if you do manage to get a shuttle up there to try and grab her she’ll just go orbit the moon, or Mars, or Jupiter, or any other planetary body I want before you can.”
As I mentioned the planetary bodies,I didn’t notice irritation, but instead something else as I went on.
“The idea of traveling so easily to other stellar bodies… But that’s not the only thing NASA is interested in… I’m told you won’t explain anything about the propulsion system. We’re very interested in how easily you were able to leave orbit on multiple planets. The amount of our yearly budget just in fuel and rockets… If we could open that up.” He trailed off leadingly.
“I see what you want. Well along with the FTL and everything else. I can’t promise anything right now, but yes, I have the tech to lift pretty much anything I want as many times as I want cheaply. I’m sure I’ll be talking to NASA about it soon.”
And I meant it. Getting more people into space was one of my biggest goals.
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♦Topic: WORKING FASTER THAN LIGHT!? FROM A VTUBER!?
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►Powered_By_Dylithium (Red Shirt)
Posted on February, 2019:
We all know what’s going on. The single largest what the fuck in human history. But let’s take a moment to stop focusing on the Vtubing AI, that’s apparently pretty nice. No, I’m not talking about the fact we just got confirmation from NASA that a manned space flight to MARS just happened without any government oversight, or assistance.
Let’s talk about Katherine Ferrous.
Oddly enough we don’t have much despite her being Super Elon Musk. How is it we don’t know about her? Honestly she just doesn’t talk much.
I’ve spent the last week going over everything I could find on her. I’ve done FOIA requests. For non-Americans, that’s freedom of information act requests. Basically I asked the US government for info. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one, it took a while, but I got some stuff anyways.
Turns out this girl is behind a LOT of tech advancement over the last twenty years. She has Patents in her name for everything from Batteries, to WIFI. You remember how we suddenly went from companies talking about their 3G systems back in 2001, and yet all of a sudden we were on 6G from a few select American companies? Yeah, turns out she filed a patent and sold it off to some telecommunications companies, that made 3G systems look like kid stuff.
She’s a Billionaire, With a Capital B, and yet the public knows nothing about her. I’ve got a few contacts in some companies, and I managed to get ONE person to reveal some stuff.
Basically, it’s been part of her contract that no one talks about her.
So yeah, all the companies claiming “expensive research” and shit? A lot of it is bullshit, they just weren't allowed to talk to her about it.
I mean the woman doesn't do social media, like at all. SpaceKat1 twitter is definitely her, the AI confirmed that during the Mars Stream… Fuck I just said that.
Anyways, that’s her ONLY social media. I’ve trawled through some family social media, but it turns out most of her immediate family is similar. A Facebook here or there, but mostly quiet stuff.
I did manage to pull some pictures of her shared on family Facebooks, and some family facebook messages screenshotted and saved. (Not entirely my work.) But I’ll be adding them here too.
Anyway, I’ll update more when I have it. We have the Tony Stark of the modern world, what Elon Musk wishes he could be, except real life, but we know almost nothing about her.
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►Nowhere_Under_Here (Banned)
Posted on February, 2019:
This bitch just started the end of the world and everyone is worshipping her ass! AI! ACTUAL FUCKING SKYNET. And it has internet access! Don’t you all get it!? It doesn’t matter if she’s a fucking hero or not, the moment her AI want to, they’ll take over the nukes, or just shut down electrical systems!
We were supposed to have decades before the AI shit started becoming actually dangerous, time to develop countermeasures, time for things to change!
We need to shut down her AI before they go rogue, and lock her up for the rest of her life. The Feds need to take her fucking Tech already!
►Earth_Is_Totally_Round (Troll) (Verified VTuber Simp)
Jesus Nowhere, please stop talking about attacking the AI, the harmless AI. The things are fucking Vtubers and spend all day playing videogames with their chat.
This is probably the best thing that could have happened. I’ve interacted with them before. Just to troll them before I knew they were AI. I’m not a Vtuber guy or anything but they were funny as fuck. Anyways, at least we can interact with them and see them. They’re not the eldritch horror of Skynet and shit. They’re just… Weird fucking kids.
Also SpaceKat mentioned they’re integral to her FTL so if we want to go into space we’re going to bring along the Crabbits. Or at least some version of them.
Also I’ve checked the articles about AI experts talking about the Crabbits and almost all of them are trying to argue it’s not actually an AI and they’re just LLM or something…
So yeah, I think if SpaceKat the developer of FASTER THAN LIGHT TRAVEL, says they’re cool, I’ll believe her. She’s the only real expert we got.
►Steel_Mother (Artificial Administrator)
Take a ban for threats, you were already warned.
And The Troll gets his new title. Let’s see you call me an AI Simp now!
Also, holy shit, can I just mention how insane this year has been? It’s only February and it feels like everything we thought we knew was wrong.
Do aliens exist? I need someone to ask SpaceKat1, because I feel like at this point she’s the only one that knows anything.
I for one welcome our AI overlords, and their Kat Queen. I wonder if we’ll get Civilian space travel in our time… Whoa. It’s actually possible that in a few years we could buy a ticket to visit Mars or something. That’s not just future sci-fi stuff anymore.
►Cargo_Hold (Verified Cargonia enjoyer)
@Steel_Mother Yeah, I have to agree. I walked outside and looked up into the sky and watched a spaceship circle the earth faster than light. I’ve watched someone step on Mars. Actually sent a message to a real AI.
It feels like the Space Race all over again. But before I could even start feeling the tension, it was because we already won.
Not even touching on just how much advancement happened in science in just a minute.
►This_Moment_In_time (Verified Newsguy)
Update! The President is hosting another chat, and rumor is that Katherine will be there. We might actually get some answers!
The livestream prep is already up, *Youtube Link*
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I adjusted the suit I was in with a finger. Sure it fit, but I hated dressing up like this. Always felt like I was just slightly off.
“Ms. Ferrous, are you ready?”
“As I’ll ever be.” I agreed and followed the man.
Politics. I hated politics, and I hated Politicians more.
It had been over a week of dealing with people making demands on me. Most of which I laughed in their face for, and worse a week of tense moments.
There had been a few attempted attacks. All of them stopped thankfully, but I was in real danger.
Fanatics, crazies, actual hitmen. There were countries in the world that weren’t happy with what I had just done, and wanted me dead.
I shook it all off, it was fine. Expected. This was always the path I was going to walk.
I stood side by side with the President for a moment, the man already waiting as I could hear the quiet chatter in the next room.
“Alright, let’s go.” He offered a smile, and I nodded following.
We stepped out and I winced at all the flashes, as the camera’s panned towards me.
“Ladies and Gentleman of the United States… No, of the entire world. I’d like to introduce you to Katherine Ferrous, the woman of the hour. She’s here at my request so we can start answering some questions, questions I know we’re all asking. Ms. Ferrous?”
“Thank you Mr. President.” I offered taking the mans place as I looked over the crowd.
“I know you all have questions. I want to start by saying a few things. Some of you are scared. Some of you are confused. Some are angry… I created Future Industries, my company, with the intention of bringing humanity forward. Towards a brighter future. I will be sharing the technology that allowed me to step on Mars with humanity. It will be slow, some of the things I’ve developed are very dangerous, yes. But, I have faith in humanity. In the people that just like me looked towards the stars and dreamed of going where no man has gone before.”
I looked at the faces of the reporters, most of them looked irritated, they wanted questions answered, sensational questions, I’m sure. Things to tease and entice, but at least for a minute I had my time, so I was going to talk.
“I stood upon Mars, and I intend to keep going, but next time I won’t be alone. Humanity has a new place to explore. New oceans, and lands new skies to look up into and wonder what’s next. Too many for any one person to see them all.”
I gave it all a moment, a silence stretched before a voice rang out, as I knew it was.
“Ms. Ferrous! What about the dangers of unchecked AI? Do the people need to fear an AI uprising?”
And despite being a presidential meeting, that wasn’t the last terrible question.
Just get through it. These people might try to drag me back to earth, but I’d take their gripping fingers and drag them to the sky instead.