Discovering Alien Technology Part Two
Copyright© 2026 by GMet
Chapter 17
The Mars mission launch went off as scheduled on July first at nine am, with the astronauts walking out from the hangar before posing at the bottom of the stairway up to the AddlerEleven for pictures. Dad and I shook all their hands before they climbed the stairway and took their seats. Some had seats in the larger bridge to monitor the flight and the surrounding space while on the way but they were really superfluous as the ship’s pilots and AI handled all monitoring, with Base having oversight. The rest all buckled into the six rows of four seats down the middle of the passenger area on the main floor.
Dad, Cassie and I went back to the control room while the rest of the ladies, except for Riley, corralled the dignitaries to the observation area where bleachers as well as tents with refreshments were available. Everyone who was at the party two nights ago was in attendance for the show. There was a big clock with the countdown from thirty minutes until launch time. It was Riley’s job to monitor the countdown and to announce the time left every five minutes until the last thirty seconds when she counted down to liftoff.
Dad and I, with Base’s help sub-vocally, went through all the systems for a last check of everything prior to launch. We had the robots do an intense inspection of the entire ships prior to the robot pilots moving them out of the hangar. The AddlerFour rolled into position at the far end of the runway and waited for the countdown. AddlerEleven taxied out to the nearby waiting pad, out of the way of the hundred foot ion stream that would come out of AddlerFour’s AIPS units. It would then quickly get onto the runway and take off a minute after the AddlerFour was in the air.
I checked with the CSA and ministry of transportation people in the control room to ensure the flight path was clear all the way up to space and they confirmed we were ready for launch. Riley counted down from thirty and at zero, the AddlerFour took off with it’s deep rumble and shot down the runway. It was always something for us to see, no matter how many times we watched, so the dignitaries were suitably impressed at how fast such a big ship could climb. We had AddlerEleven move onto the runway while monitoring AddlerFour’s climb into space. Riley commenced the thirty second countdown for the second launch and at zero, it also sped the runway and lifted into the air.
The audience all cheered as it took a shallower angle into space to keep the G forces from overwhelming the astronauts. We monitored it’s climb and showed the two ships meeting up in space on the huge monitors outside before they aligned and took off for Mars.
Riley announced the completion of today’s events and thanked everyone for coming to the launch. Everyone could follow along with the mission on our website and we would have daily press releases on the happenings on board and their progress as well as astronaut interaction with people back on earth.
It took another hour to get everyone on their way as they wanted to talk to us but eventually we corralled them and then we had the robots do a sweep for stragglers and for any planted bugs. We found none of the first and several of the second, as we suspected we would. All our employees were given the next couple of days off for coming in on the holiday to help with the launch and we let them go for the rest of the holiday day as soon as things were cleaned up. With the robots monitoring the space port and Base and I monitoring the mission, we all went home to relax before we had a family barbeque at our house later in the afternoon.
Cassie was all hyped up over watching the launch and being part of the company that was leading the way in space exploration. She couldn’t wait to go up to space so we planned for a quick trip up to the moon so she could experience flying in space and walking on the moon. She was properly thankful to the girls so I went for a swim and then did some fishing before they called me in for lunch after their late morning interlude. They all looked like the cat that got the cream so I was a tad jealous that I couldn’t enjoy time with the new blonde. At least last night I slept in my own bed and the ladies split up between mine and the older two’s bedroom at the other end of the house, switching during the night. Cassie had gone back to San Fran to pack and returned yesterday, using the AddlerThree’s quick flight to Vancouver and back, so she was officially moved in.
After lunch, everyone pitched in to get ready for the barbeque. I cleaned the grill and stocked the cooler with drinks and ice. The ladies got the salads ready and marinated the steaks, chicken and fish. We would have potato wedges and corn on the cob with our meat and salads and they had cherry pie and ice cream ready for desert. The outside furniture was wiped off and straightened up and then the inside of the house was gone over with a duster and a vacuum. The girls would not be embarrassed in front of their moms.
The parents came over at around three and the girls put out snacks while I handed out beer and vodka coolers before we sat out on the porch and just appreciated the view, the nice weather and getting together with family without having something urgent to deal with. Of course we talked about aspects of the business. Everything was going well on the moon with more bases being built or already being expanded for those that needed more acreage under their shields. Rover buses now took people to and from bases and the extra flights were all still full as demand just kept increasing. I told them that I was working on expanding the size of the shields while creating controllable openings in the coverage to allow rovers or people to walk in and out without shutting down the entire shield.
The Mars base was getting ready for it’s first visitors in less than three weeks with the main dome and the greenhouse already complete and a third dome to house and feed all the astronauts being erected now so that it would be ready when they landed. Obviously, the shield was already in place and we had rovers ready to use when they wanted to explore the nearby surface.
Addler health pods and robot surgical units were making a huge difference in Canadians’ health, eliminating the long wait times at previously full hospitals and clinics. Many seniors were now enjoying life again as their brains and bodies worked as well as they did when they were fifty. The government would soon be seeing the financial benefits as they didn’t have to funnel as much money into health care once the pod clinics were paid for. Those that could afford it were charged a fee to help pay for everything and our tax bill would be lowered significantly for the coming years.
Robots and batteries were taking off around the world and our revenue increased appropriately, helping to fund all our space projects. Electric vehicles were the norm on the car lots and robots took over dangerous jobs in mines, construction and farming or where there wasn’t enough humans that wanted to work in menial jobs.
Our robotic surgical units and limb replacement technology were spread around the world, helping millions become fully functional and ambulatory. We got emails and letters daily thanking us for helping children and adults. We made sure that everyone who needed a limb got one, funding free clinics around the world in war torn countries or poverty stricken areas.
The first ocean skimmers were now in the Atlantic and Pacific and were quickly filling up barges with the plastic they took out of the water. Several of those barges, plus even more loaded up with toxic waste, were already headed to the sun. More barges and a couple more AddlerFours for locomotion were also being built for the next round.
Money was coming in faster than we could spend it, so we were all happy with the status of the family business.
“So what’s next?” Cassie asked.
“We’ll keep expanding our Mar’s base and then start making additional bases for the countries that want them,” Dad answered. “We’ll need additional AddlerElevens built to service Mars as the AddlerThrees can’t provide the accommodations for the longer flights. We might have to build specially built AddlerFours to handle large groups of passengers with rooms and amenities for next missions and maybe one just to handle the increase demand to the moon.”
“At the same time, we’ll be sending out modified ships to the asteroid belt to see what we can find and bring back to Earth, Mars and the moon to help with the shortage of precious metals, base metals as well as volatiles like water, hydrogen and oxygen,” I added. “That will start soon so we’ll need specially adapted ships and robots to explore and start the mining process.”
“So bases on Mars, ship building and/or modifications and Asteroid Belt expeditions will all happen this year?” Cassie asked.
“Definitely, some new ships are already being designed or redesigned now and the builds or mods will happen this summer,” I answered. “Our space station is on target for opening for the end of the year and will change how we service the solar system. We’ll fly everyone and everything up to the station and then space-only ships will take people and cargo to their destinations and unload their cargo for down here. We might have to build another space station out by Mars and the asteroid belt so the mining can be done separately from the transportation of the ores and volatiles. All of that should keep us busy for a couple years.”
“How about here on Earth?” Sage asked. “We could still do so much more to help people until we can get more of them out into space.”
“We are building better submersibles to explore the deep oceans, and I’m thinking that will lead to making underwater habitats to help with overcrowding in the next few years,” I responded.
“That may help but so many people need our help now,” Sage said.
“What specifically are you thinking about?” I inquired.
“Clean water for people to drink and to help grow enough food in drought-ridden regions of the world so people can become self sufficient,” she quickly responded. “After that, we could build housing for the homeless and the poor, starting in Ontario and then the rest of the country. The list could go on and on with what we could do to help humanity.”
“I could do something for water filtration like we did for the pollution scrubbers,” I mused. “Not the same thing obviously, but there are a lot of commercially available solutions already for taps and for existing water treatment plants in most of the world. I guess they would be invaluable in some parts without that technology. It might be better to focus on deep well drilling in drought-ridden areas away from the coastal regions and inexpensive desalination methods along the coasts of oceans or seas. Let me think on it for a bit and I’ll have something to present in a few days for everyone to ponder.”
“The ladies will discuss the homeless problem amongst ourselves as that will just take money and not technical skills,” Mom spoke up. “We’ll have to set aside some money to start up that project and then get the governments to help as it will take more money than we’ll ever have to truly fix that countrywide let alone the world.”
“It would help offset our tax situation, over and above the what the pods are doing,” Rachel added. “We would start local and then expand in Northern Ontario before moving west into Winnipeg and south to the rest of Ontario before moving on to other parts of Canada.”
“We could take over large empty buildings and provide rooms, food, bathroom facilities and clothing to get people stabilized and then get them trained in a useful field to find jobs so that they can save some money to get back on their own two feet,” Nancy expanded the idea. “It would take time, money and people to manage each building as well as to cook, clean and deal with all of their mental and physical issues. Access to Health Pods and counsellors would be needed for that. We can start with a single building in Dryden to work out the all the issues before expanding outward.”
“I’d like to be involved in that,” Sage said.
“You can spearhead it,” Nancy told her daughter. “We’ll all help but you can oversee everything and help deal with the politicians.”
“Okay, I’m up for that,” Sage agreed. “I’ll continue to take online courses but won’t be going back to university in the fall.”
“Okay, what about you, Reece?” Rachel asked.
“I’m transitioning to online courses as well, more in public relations and business management,” Reece responded. “I’d like keep being the spokesperson for the company and also deal with the coordination between Addler and the various institutions and governments.”
“We’re more than fine with you as coordinator and spokesperson,” Mom agreed. “I assume Cassie and Riley will continue to work with Ben on designs and space programs?’
Both ladies quickly nodded.
“Teigan, how about you?” Nancy asked her younger daughter.
“Well, Riley and I are taking online classes to try to graduate high school in one year rather than two,” Teigan answered. “With my free time, I would like to help in the water solutions, the submersibles, the underwater habitats, the desalination plants and even the deep well drilling and water distribution from those wells.”
“I think that would be a good focus of your time,” her mom agreed with a smile.
“Alright, we have plans and a good distribution of our family’s resources,” Mom stated. “Money is good, everything is on schedule, so I motion that this meeting of the board be concluded.”
“I second the motion,” Dad agreed.
“So be it, meeting adjourned,” I concurred. “Let’s get started cooking the meat!”
Everyone laughed and got up to help get the food while Dad and I got the barbeque fired up. Everyone wanted steaks done to a different wellness so I had to stagger each of the steaks onto the grill while keeping an eye on the potato wedges on their separate grill. The girls set the long table we had purchased for just these occasions and then brought out the salads, condiments and drinks when the steaks were ready. Everyone came to the grill with their plate in hand so Dad could give them wedges while I put their steak on it. When all the ladies were served, we put our food onto plates and joined them at the table.
The food was great and the conversation was lively as we enjoyed the late afternoon in the sun, surrounded by trees and overlooking the water. Cassie told us with a laugh that her older sister had latched on to the soccer player from England and would be leaving with him later today. The parents told us they were invited to a party this evening at the Canadian Space Agency’s new offices they had built in town where there would be drinks, food and fireworks for Canada Day. Us younger folks were going to just stay home and relax for the rest of the long weekend and just monitor the mission from home.
The parents left after six to get ready for their party while we cleaned up outside and did all the dishes. We settled down in the living room and watched a movie before heading to bed. Sage and Teigan came with me and wanted to talk about the water solutions, the submersibles and underwater habitats while teasing me as they caressed me from either side.
“It’s a bit difficult to have a serious conversation while you’re doing that,” I informed them.
“We’re just making sure you know how we’ll be rewarding you for your efforts in these areas,” Sage told me.
“Yes, we want you properly motivated,” Teigan added with a grin before she kissed me, her tongue making a reply impossible.
The sisters wore me out but got my assurances that I would start working on solutions in the morning.
Thursday morning I was up early, with the blonde sisters having vacated the bed to go back to the other ladies after getting what they wanted from me. I did my usual triathlon version of swimming, biking and running while talking to Base sub-vocally.
‘So, deep well drilling,’ I said. ‘I assume we can adapt our tunnel drilling equipment to drill vertically or on an angle using a smaller diameter, after we pre-scan for water reservoirs at depths further than what is currently capable.’
‘Of course,’ Base replied. ‘I’ll have a few scanners made up as well as drilling probes and the air or sludge pumps needed to get the debris out of the hole. We’ll need a big supply of PVC pipes and then cement piped on the outside of the pipes to hold them in place and keep contamination from seeping in. Better screens will also filter the water at the bottom and the top of the pipes. We’d need a few days at each site to scan, drill and set up the well.’
‘We’d need a few trucks for each province, especially the western four and the territories,’ I added. ‘After we’ve perfected our processes here, we can make up a bunch to ship to other countries in all the arid parts of the world, providing a few robots to run each truck.’
‘I’ll order the trucks and the necessary equipment for twenty trucks to start and then we will assess, redesign and order more in a few weeks,’ Base stated.
‘Moving on to desalination efforts, it comes down to cheap power so Addlerium and power units will be needed but also protected at each coastal plant, along with the piping into the ocean and then out from the plant to the nearby farms, towns and cities,’ I said.
‘We can make the power unit secure with only the Addlerium inputs and power outputs accessible to authorized robots,’ Base responded. ‘A team of robots can set up each plant and then just a few can stay on to monitor everything and keep up with the Addlerium replenishment. Everything else can be monitored via sensors and an AI unit.’
‘Excellent, let’s get the design put down along with the bill of materials and we can build a couple on either coast of Canada for trials before spreading out to the world,’ I said. ‘Next, the submersibles will be ready for deep sea trials in this month, using robots as pilots. Are we going to test it in the Mariana’s Trench after we try it out in one of our lakes?’
‘We’ll start in Lake Wabigoon lake nearby and then maybe Great Slave Lake up in the North West Territories as it is the deepest lake in North America,’ Base stated. ‘Then we can go out to the Pacific coast and eventually head to the Trench. We’ll need a surface vessel to monitor the tests and transport it from Vancouver to close to the Mariana Islands, a territory of the United States. You and your family will not be going to monitor the testing just in case the US wishes to get involved. We could just have the submersible travel underwater from outside their regional waters so as to not cause any friction.’
‘Okay, I’m fine with all that,’ I agreed. ‘Once testing is done, we’ll make a fleet of them and then start developing underwater habitats where they might do some good, in Asia specifically where there is rampant overcrowding in coastal cities.’
‘Again, we’ll have to test here first and then in Canada’s coastal oceans before moving to other regions,’ Base stated.
‘That’s fine, they could become tourist attractions here more than permanent habitats as we don’t really need them with our population being so small compared to being the second biggest country in the world by size,’ I said.
‘Alright, I’ll send you some designs for Telan underwater habitats that you can modify to show the ladies,’ Base responded. ‘All of this should keep us busy for the summer along with the asteroid mining ships, hardened ships for the portals and the portals themselves.’
‘Definitely’, I agreed.
I worked with Base on modifying the underwater habitats designs and then the new drilling rigs for wells and finally the desalination plants until we had some designs we both could live with and pass as human made designs. I printed them out on our plotter we had in my office at home so the ladies could review them and make the necessary patent applications.
I then checked in with the Mars expedition by connecting with the ship via video and talking to a few of the astronauts. So far, everyone was having a good time, running experiments and enjoying the flight in space. There were no conflicts between them and the robots didn’t have anything major to report via Base either. I had coffee made as well as breakfast when the ladies finally made their way down to the kitchen.
“This looks good, you’ve been busy,” Riley said after she took a sip of her coffee.
“Just a tad while you ladies slept the morning away,” I responded. “The dining room table has some designs for underwater habitats as well as better deep well drilling trucks and desalination plants. Once you and your moms get the patents submitted, we can build a few of each to get things started.”
“You did all of that this morning?” Cassie asked, clearly looking like she didn’t believe me.
“If he says he did, then he did,” Riley told her. “He doesn’t mess around, hence Mom always grumbling that she keeps her busy just working on his patents.”
“You’ll have to wake me up early then so I can be a part of your ship, base and station designing,” Cassie told me.
“Yes Ma’am, I usually get up at five to work out and do designing in my head before coming back to my office by six to get them down in my CAD software,” I responded. “Set an alarm or I’ll wake you up with a sweaty hug before I shower.”
“After you shower,” Cassie commanded.
I just grinned at her and continued eating my breakfast. The girls decided what to have for lunch and supper and then left me to do the dishes while they looked at the designs in the dining room. Of course that didn’t go well as they needed me in there to explain what most of the features were. Teigan was most interested as she planned to champion all things water, but all of them wanted to know what made these special. I explained using our materials for the underwater submersibles and underwater habitats, while our tunneling experience and equipment could be adapted for well drilling. Our power units were adapted to run the desalination plants, quickly removing the salt, filtering the water and then pumping it where it had to go.
“These are all very impressive,” Cassie finally stated. “I knew you were designing and building cutting edge space ships and bases, but these are equally a few steps past current technology in three different fields.”
“Don’t encourage him, his head is already big enough,” Riley told her.
I just rolled my eyes before rolling up the designs and handing them to Reece to give to her mother.
“What, besides lunch and supper, are you ladies up to today?” I inquired.
“Working on our tans,” Reece told me. “And yes, since you’ve done yeoman work on the designs, you can put sun screen on us.”
“Yeah!” I said, jumping up and clapping my hands like a little kid.
They actually laughed at my antics while shaking their heads. They went upstairs to get changed while I found my swimsuit in the mudroom and put it on before going out to sweep off the loungers. Nothing turned off women like spiders and crud in the folds of the cushions so I nipped that in the bud before it happened.
The five women came out in coverups, carrying bottles of sunscreen, a timer and their tablets. After putting their stuff on the tables in between the loungers, they looked at each other and then turned to face me before taking off their coverups.
“I’ve died and gone to heaven,” I said while staring at their perfect bodies in small, actually very small, bikinis.
“Before you do that, we need sun screen on our backs,” Riley told me primly as she lay down on her stomach. “You can start with me.”
“Yes Ma’am,” I agreed and moved over to kneel beside her lounger.
As much as I wanted to spend an hour with each woman, I was rushed to finish each woman’s back in five minutes so as to ensure the other four didn’t burn in the meantime. They were all wearing thongs that barely their gorgeous, toned derrieres and I could have spent the whole hour just ensuring they were properly covered. I didn’t get a chance to explore their bodies much, especially Cassie’s, because by the time I had spent five minutes with her, I had to go back to Riley and do her front when her timer chimed.
I did get to tease them, getting their nipples hard when I covered the significant portion of their breasts open to the sun. The small bikini bottoms ensured that I had them moaning as I covered every open inch of their skin. Even Cassie was aroused when I was done with her.
“Ben, let me put some on you,” Riley called me over, stopping me from continuing to turn Cassie on.
“Cassie needs more time,” I protested as I tried to delay leaving the blonde.
“She’s covered, we don’t want you to burn,” she insisted.
I sighed and took one last look at the beauty who smiled at me from behind her sunglasses. I went over to Riley’s lounger and sat down to let her do my shoulders and back.
“Don’t worry, she’ll come around,” Riley whispered. “Be patient and she’ll be yours soon enough.”
“Alright, I can wait for at least ten minutes,” I replied.
She chuckled and slapped my shoulder before moving her hands around to my chest. She had me lay down on the lounger, which was a wider one than the others, and did my front and then had me turn over to do the back of my legs. When she was done, she lay down beside me and we just relaxed and soaked up the sun for another half hour. Eventually we had enough sun and went back inside for showers and then lunch.
After lunch, I took everyone on a boat trip around the lake in our runabout boat that I purchased to take everyone out on the lake. It came with a trailer so we could tow it to the much larger Lake Wabigoon below town or with us on a vacation. Today, we just launched it from the dock where it moored on the other side of my fishing boat.
The ladies were again in bikinis and had packed drinks and snacks for our slow trip around the lake, with a stop in the middle for some swimming and then snacks while we dried off in the sun. It was a great day for it, with sunny skies and a bit of a breeze to cool us off. The ladies needed more sun screen applied which made me a happy camper, especially when they all got aroused. I teased each of them until they grabbed my hands and made me take them to release, even Cassie. I gave them a smile as they lay on the benches with satisfied looks on their faces.
“You have magical hands,” Cassie said. “I wasn’t expecting that but surprisingly enjoyed it.”
“Good, I’m glad you did,” I responded before starting up the engines and driving back to the dock.
The ladies all helped tie up the boat and hang the cushions and life jackets in our boathouse before they went inside while I hosed the boat down, inside and out. Reece was waiting for me and dragged me to my shower and had me clean her before making love to her standing under the water. We had to wash again before we got out.
A supper of fried chicken, baked potatoes and a salad was followed by another movie before Riley pulled me to my bedroom and had her way with me.
Friday, after my exercises, I made breakfast and then we all went into town. The girls dropped me and a security robot off at the arena while they went on to the space port to make a few videos with the Mars expedition astronauts to put on the website and release to the press. For some reason, the mostly male astronauts perked up and became more expressive when a beautiful woman asked them how things were going.
I changed into my hockey gear in one of the locker rooms before getting onto the Pronger second ice pad, named after Chris Pronger, the hall of fame defenseman that grew up in Dryden. I booked it every Tuesday and Friday morning and it cost me less than ninety dollars an hour during the day as there wasn’t as much demand then. My security robot monitored things by the benches while I was on the ice.
After stretching, I just skated around for a few minutes, getting warmed up before speeding up to fly around the rink, both forwards and backwards. I added a puck to my skating, stickhandling all around the ice surface, keeping my puck handling skills fresh. The next half hour I shot on net with a bunch of pucks I had purchased and carried out to the rink in a bag. I tried to hit the four corners and then the points above the goalie’s shoulders and beside their heads, the hardest point for them to defend.
The final five minutes were end to end rushes with a puck to practice shoot outs, deking out a phantom goalie and roofing the puck up into the top of the net, while going as fast as I could. I was pleasantly tired as I gathered up my pucks from the bottom of the nets before pushing them to one side while the Zamboni cleaned the ice. After a quick shower, I gathered up my equipment in my hockey bag before Pete, the robot, and I headed to the front lobby. A couple of well dressed men approached me and my robot stepped in front of me.
“Gentlemen, can I help you?” I asked, looking around him to find them taken aback. “Sorry about the security, we’ve had a few issues so we’re being careful.”
“I’m Bob Givens and this is Hank Renyolds, we’re the majority owners of the Soo Greyhounds,” one of the men stated.
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