Europa Strike (2007)
Europa Strike
““I’d…uh…better take us up,” Carver said.
“I think you’d better,” Jeff replied, his mouth dry. It was impossible to judge scale in this alien setting. What he was looking at could have been a large and complex spacecraft seen from meters away, or a city the size of Greater New York, seen from an altitude of kilometers. Much of it appeared to be submerged in the seabed.
“Is that…is that…it?” Jeff asked, awed.
“The Singer?” Shigeru nodded. “The sonographs we’ve taken don’t do it justice.”
“Is it a... ship? Or a city?”
“Maybe both. Or neither. How can we know?”
“Okay.” Jeff said. He managed a weak grin. “Is it alive?”
Shigeru looked at him, startled. “That, Major, remains to be seen.”
“Even on VR, I don’t think I’m seeing the entire thing,” Carver said. “It measures at least twelve kilometers across. Can’t get decent infrared. The water absorbs those wavelengths. Sonar, though, seems to indicate an even bigger structure—but it’s soft, almost mushy.”MoreLess
“I think you’d better,” Jeff replied, his mouth dry. It was impossible to judge scale in this alien setting. What he was looking at could have been a large and complex spacecraft seen from meters away, or a city the size of Greater New York, seen from an altitude of kilometers. Much of it appeared to be submerged in the seabed.
“Is that…is that…it?” Jeff asked, awed.
“The Singer?” Shigeru nodded. “The sonographs we’ve taken don’t do it justice.”
“Is it a... ship? Or a city?”
“Maybe both. Or neither. How can we know?”
“Okay.” Jeff said. He managed a weak grin. “Is it alive?”
Shigeru looked at him, startled. “That, Major, remains to be seen.”
“Even on VR, I don’t think I’m seeing the entire thing,” Carver said. “It measures at least twelve kilometers across. Can’t get decent infrared. The water absorbs those wavelengths. Sonar, though, seems to indicate an even bigger structure—but it’s soft, almost mushy.”MoreLess
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