Landing at the Newark Liberty International Airport within New Jersey, Esmond connected with Carter first while entering a cab as he gave the driver the address for the Hilton Hotel, which Esmond wasn't a large fan of, after staying a night in the Adelaide Hilton Hotel, but his childish side thought 'screw it!'.
While on the way, Esmond pulled up the Wheel of Chance from the System Interface and spun the wheel with his consciousnesses control over the system which saved from looking like a food to someone when he used the System Interface.
Today had made it roughly a week Esmond had acquired the new System Function which only gave him one worthy item so far which was the Virtual World.
The last two spins gave Esmond,
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[2465 – Gregorian calendar]
[Ugusta Star Empire]
[Space Cruiser Cloaking System V5]
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[2096 – Gregorian calendar]
[Amenix Que Domain]
[MRCA F/A/S -70B]
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The cloaking system was a great item in Esmonds mind, as it was known to help the Ugusta Star Empire establish a fearsome Space Legion which could uncloak themselves within enemy territory, bypassing all of their border scanning and protective systems.
But it was pointless for the current Esmond who was still bound to the planet and struggling with one magical stealth fighter which continued to have problems Carter couldn't exactly figure out and solve.
One might assume with the knowledge of the [MRCA F/A/S -70B] fighter drones, Carter could understand the drones' systems and fix some of the issues plaguing the F/A- 37 Talon.
A big problem that Esmond picked up on the second he saw the designs and materials needed, was the processing chip required a material that wasn't anywhere close to Earth, Ogryx.
Like the graphite chips which could operate at 10,000 times faster than conventional microchips, even their size would be marginally smaller, Ogryx could go further, with a single nanochip managing and processing data for an entire planet if need be.
Why would you need such powerful chips for fighter drones you might think?
Well, it was because of the drones' capabilities…
They were small factories which could manufacture their own ammo and conduct repairs while in the air.
Because of the powerful chip and scanning abilities of the drone, it could harvest its own materials if the storage levels reduced during combat, because a large makeup of the drones was made of nanotech which was made from an alloy which needed Ogryx.
It's conductive properties and psionic characteristics gave it a great deal of value, because Ogryx allowed the body to improve while their cognitive mind was in a Virtual World.
The ore would be used in creating the Virtual Reality Devices, connecting the users' body with the Virtual World to improve their body through games and other media, without causing any harm to the user's body.
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*Tut… tut… tut… tut…*
*Ding*
[Zadris Race Genetics Acquired!]
[Host has Acquired – Zadris – a humanoid race who propagated on several planets within a star system on the far outskirts of the Proxima Lyrae galaxy]
[A major characteristic of the race is the third eye within the middle of their forehead which is always closed, unless they are practising the natural energies of their bodies]
[Psionic Energy]
[Because of the excess natural energy within their body, the race was able to expediate the growth of their people and reach the stars within a couple centuries, not being plagued by the religious groups and entities that affected countless races throughout the stars]
[Zadris Race Genetics will be added to the Spatial Ark Land!]
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*Ding*
[Attention!]
[Host needs to create summoning square within the Spatial Ark Land for the Zadris Race Genetics to appear…]
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'Right… this… this… really had to come back and bite me in the ass… for fucks sake…'
Esmonds finger was about to dial Carters number but as the news from the notifications entered his mind, he paused and cursed in his mind about his misfortune coming across a race he never expected to see again.
That was because of Esmonds decisions in a past life to first absorb the race into his camp as the Crown Prince when he came across the race, but news broke about one of their charming abilities which made them the most sort after race.
Even more so than Elves and Dwarves…
Their ability to focus their psionic energy into simple stone and other materials helped them achieve the ore Ogryx.
By chance if they focused their energy on gold or steel it would create a hybrid ore which made the gold highly conductive and steel incredibly flexible which could be controlled, as well as plenty of other new characteristics.
So as the news of their ability hit the Intergalactic Network, Esmond was the most hunted man in space.
But it wasn't some outsider that caused his death, instead his father, the emperor, had him executed and his body sent to an Intergalactic council for his bounty.
After that, his father farmed the Zadris race like livestock and sold them throughout space to dozens and dozens of empires, kingdoms, domains, sects, and plenty of other organisations.
Eventually the race died out as the Zadris women wouldn't give birth many more, having gone through torture, humiliation, rape, and plenty of other atrocities.
The men of the race had all been wiped out long ago during Esmonds demise, as Esmonds wife at the time was a Zadrisian Princess and she'd given birth to a healthy Prince, but he didn't consider the conditions and connection with their lover meant everything to the Zadrisian people.
It was the backbone of their reproductive system and love culture, which only left them to die out, as their life expectancy lasted for 150 to 200 years, but it depended all on the conditions of their lifestyle.
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"Fucking hell, did you see what the system rewarded me with?"
'Hmm… yeah…
You, ok?'
Carter felt worried about Esmonds, because he remembered how hard Esmond worked in order to try and keep them safe from external forces, but his own father was the one to stab him in the back just so he could gather the bounty on his head.
Not just that, his wife and son were both sold into slavery before his own eyes because the owners wished to see the 'helplessness' in Esmonds eyes as he couldn't do anything to save them.
The only thing that kept him sane in the next life was the fact his wife wasn't abused before his eyes, or his son wasn't beaten like they were after his death.
Only fortunate thing about it all was knowing his wife killed herself as did his son when they overloaded their psionic energy and blew up the spaceships with their owners.
That was one of the best and worst things about the rebirth skill, which would show him his past life and what happened to those closest to him in his new life, helping achieve some closure.
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"I'm fucking swell…
Just fucking… swell…
Argh… *sigh* can you organise the summoning square the system is asking for so I can bring them to the space at least."
Esmond didn't want to deal with the Zadris people cause of the danger it pertained plus the guilt he still carried for coming across them in space.
It was an unfortunate accident that led him to the Zadris people, but his decision to stay back and learn from the people caused the father to send a fleet of the empire to search for him and in his urgency to find his son, the emperors forces broke several codes of the Intergalactic council.
However, it was all forgiven once they learned about the Zadris peoples amazing ability.
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'I already have the drones doing the job.
Only issue is we need to layout the square before your residence within the space… meaning it would be close to the cabin…'
Carter also lived in the cabin and didn't want to ruin the beautiful surroundings and garden he'd worked hard to make, just to put in a large flat concrete square before the cabin, ruined the aesthetics he'd created.
"… *sigh* more work… alright let me get back and ill design something…
Hey… you know how I said to make some housing for the families of the recruits right?
Could you build a small town that they could wonder in and build the square there?"
'Seriously?
You want two alien races to interact with each other already?'
"If it's our people… then yes for sure.
The Zadris people don't look much different than humans anyway.
Even the third eye looks like a small amber dot on their forehead at most, which you could say is part of their religion at most…"
Carter didn't object to the idea, but he was waiting to see how Esmond would react standing before the Zadrisian people.
'For now… go enjoy America!
The so called 'Land of the Free'… absolute morons I tell you…'
Esmond smiled and laughed a little in the taxi.
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"I agree it has many problems, some of which I can't believe are problems that still exist to this very day…"
He was referring mainly to the gun policy of the United States and the behaviour of particular police officers who thought of themselves as beyond the law.
Carter had found a great deal of footage that showed officers going well beyond the confines of the law and in some cases, open corruption which astonished Esmond.
It wasn't the only nation, as no country was completely free of such behaviour unless there was a high degree of satisfaction among the people about their living conditions.
But it still concerned him about the level of freedom some police departments had.
In the end it all went back to the laws and judicial system created within the American government that lacked on many fronts.
A major point Esmond liked to thing about was the 14th amendment which was adopted on July 9, 1868, yet blacks, Chinese and other races that were littered across the United States were still prosecuted and judged differently.
It'd been less than a hundred-year people of colour to be able to freely do many things that they were once restricted from doing.
The reason why all of this bothered Esmond was he knew the United States would put up a great fight to stop his goals for complete unification of Earth.
That wasn't all, he already had some information from both Anton and Carter that the United States government had asked the Australian government to investigate him.
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The reason why they were looking into Esmond was because of his movements all over the world, from Africa to Europe and now the United States within a short period of time.
Some of those investigating Esmond tried to trace back the $2 billion Australian dollars that entered his account, however all leads sent them into a dead end, which stirred them to start looking.
Carter knew of their actions, as did Esmond, so he was starting to understand the control America wielded and it wasn't pleasant.
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"Have you found anyone like I asked?"
Knowing his actions might lead someone to be suspicious of his actions one day, Carter was tasked to find a CEO capable enough to take care of the business and follow Esmonds instructions without trying to further their own agenda.
'Only one comes to mind, even though I'm still conducting my searches, he would be the least expensive person to hire, but he does have a great deal of experience.'
"Who?"
'James Trudell, the person your parents hired to teach you during the summer.'
After completing his year 12 studies in December of the past year, in 2007, Esmonds parents organised classes for him, with the tutor being a close family friend.
The two families had always been close since Esmond could remember, having come across them several times during their family trips around the world.
They even had a daughter, roughly the same age as Esmond.
Her name was Isabelle Trudell, and just like Esmond, she had a knack for studying and her heightened intelligence made it difficult at times to get along with others, but like Esmond, she'd come to control her urges to blurt out whatever was on her mind.
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Esmond couldn't believe his tutor and dear uncle that bothered him greatly when they would play FIFA, always losing to him, would be a greatly accomplished businessman that could help manage his corporation.
There was a great deal James would be able to accomplish where he might faulter and lag behind with the lack of knowledge and understanding of the business world, heavily relying on Carter.
It had already caused him to stand out in front of the United States government that they had people investigating him.
"Organise a time for us to sit down when we get back home.
For now, help me to prepare meeting the New Jersey head of Waste Management."
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'*Sigh* How did I even get stuck with this?'
Crista Hoffman was sitting behind her desk, exhausted after reading through the new file that was put on her desk by her supervisor.
She'd been working for the State of New Jersey for close to 2 years now and worked out of the State governments contracting department that worked closely with small to medium sized businesses to create a contracting opportunity for the people looking to expand their operation.
Problem was, in the two years she'd worked within the department, the number of businesses that were selected didn't come from the pool of candidates that went through her department.
Instead, they were selected based on who they knew and private cooperation between businesses and people of power.
Going through the new file, 'Primal' a recycling, dismantling and waste control management business that offered a great deal of opportunities for the people of New Jersey when it came to jobs and growth of the industry.
However, she knew things wouldn't go easy for business, because first they weren't a local business and second off, they were going about receiving the State Government contract without meeting the people with real power.
'I'll have to take things easy and let them down before they put all their hopes on this contract…'
"Hello Mr Manston, my name is Crista Hoffman.""It's lovely to meet you Ms Hoffman, please just call me Esmond.""Then please call me Crista,"The two chuckled a little, before sitting down and getting to business.They both found the other attractive, with Crista finding Esmonds eyes to be deep and honest, while Esmond found her smile to dazzling and highly attractive, but they kept their thoughts to themselves and focused on business before them.."So… I have reviewed your file and the information you've sent through.From the looks of your proposal, I no doubt believe you would be perfect for a contract with the State government for Waste and recycling control management.""There seems to be a 'however' that is about to escape your lips."Esmond wasn't trying to flirt, but his tone and eyes focusing on Crista lips made her feel Esmond might try to connect with her in t
'What am I doing here?'Carter was listening to Esmond whine while about the number of people and traffic as he arrived at Times Square."Stop complaining and tell me what the city is like?"Carter was more curious about what Times Square looked like and how the atmosphere in the area felt, as the vision from Esmonds eyes just wasn't enough anymore after so many years of being confined to Esmonds mind.With his body and the freedom, the space offered him, Carter was more than satisfied up until he felt the space to be void of life and moving parts, besides of drones that helped create the true beauty of cities…What it needed was people and lots of it to fill the city he'd made and the second one that was being built.He hadn't started on any work for the second city beside the palace and Summoning Square, because Carter wanted to see how the people lived and worked in the cities Esmond visited.So far, Carter found the third w
“I would love to ask if you don’t mind, what your favourite part of today as been?”“I-I beg your pardon?”Malcom stuttered a little, confused by what Esmond just said.He thought for a moment he heard wrong, but what Esmond said next clear that straight up, like hot coffee straight to the face.“I’ve seen you taking a tour of New York with me today…From when I left my hotel to the boat hire for the graceful lady of liberty and then you broke off for a bit when I went to the library, but you came back like a Jordan in the fourth quarter and joined me here, in the majestic Grand Central Station that makes one wonder if they are waking under the heavens…”Malcom, and those listening in on their conversation through his microphone, were on edge Esmond kept a close eye on Malcoms steps which meant they rest weren’t likely to have escaped Esmonds sights.‘Malcom! Hu
֍ 5th February 2008 ֍.‘Hello, this is Titan… who am I speaking with?’Esmond was on the phone, currently in the first class at John F. Kennedy International Airport, waiting for his flight back home.He thought there would be some issues going through customs, but there weren’t any problems thankful, and it seemed like he wasn’t being followed anymore, so he was happy to get out of America.With Carter informing about the possibility of a call from Anton, Esmond paid for a little private room off from the side of the lounge, which was perfect for the call..“Thanks for taking our call, I am a friend of Anton… Schmuel…”He didn’t know if he should say his name or not but seeing Anton nod as he paused for a moment, Schmuel decided to say his name, even
֍ 6th February 2008 ֍.*Ding*[Daily Wheel of Chance!][Pouch of Medicinal Plant seeds][ - 15 seeds of Uncommon Grade medicinal herbs which come from Planet Alura -56, known for supplying the Intergalactic Network with herbs, potions, and tonics that could improve someone's strength and health][While others could cleanse the body from any filth and waste before practicing their body energy].'Hmm… at least Carter can plant these and make something of them…'Esmond wasn't overly concerned with the rewards from the Daily Wheel of Chance, because the Uncommon Grade herbs wouldn't be able to affect his body.The Xoplis Body Refinement and Spiritual Practise Manual made it incredibly d
Carter and Esmond were walking through the streets to the Summoning Square in the second city, watching the drones install sewage pipes and roads to buildings with furniture and décor.It all made Esmond feel amazed by the abilities and technical skill of the drones but there was a setback to their brilliance which bothered him.His turmoil was spotted by Carter, who understood why Esmond looked so stressed suddenly."Even if they can't exactly go out and speed up the work… we can use them discreetly of course…Have you thought about examining the cloaking system you got and see if we can apply it to the drone?"Carter had hit the nail on its head with his question as Esmond pulled up the cloaking system schematics in the System Interface.Staring at the notes, code, and designs of the cloaking system, for up to 10 minutes, until Esmond found something they could work with to make some adjustments to the cloaking system
After Esmond was cleaned up and attended to, which Carter objected to, however Rubys opinion far superseded everyone else's, when it came to her childrens health.The other mothers and parents among the Zadris people understood so many rushed forward and helped Ruby treat her boy.She was amazed how an alien species could speak fluent English so easily, but it turned out to be one of the traits of the Zadris people to pick up languages quickly.Astonished, Ruby enquired about much more, as was Daniel who was connecting with the fathers and elderly who stood in the Summoning Square.Only when they noticed some of the children and elderly were about to sit down did Carter suggest they leave the square and move inside to the palace.Everyone, including Esmond at times, were utterly amazed and taken aback by the sight and brilliance of the palace.The Zadris people felt a little inspired and their creative genes exploding when they eyes would co
*Ding*[Host has unlocked Hidden function of the system… please wait for installation…][…][…][…][Installed…][Scanning… Analysed!][Quest activated in conjunction with Spectral Consciousness Ability][Media: Film][Name: Stealth][Year of release: 2005][UCAV, cya CAV!][The year is 2021 and the U.S Navy has developed the F/A-37 Talon, a single-seat fighter-bomber with an array of advanced capabilities which makes it one of the fastest and deadliest fighters in the air][Dr. Keith Orbit, as developed an artificial intelligence that has reprogrammed its neutral patterns to become more powerful and egotistic with a blu
"Mmm… H-hello…?"Esmond sleepy voice carried through his phone, earlier scrambling to find it as it started blaring aloud and disturbing his sleep.'It seems like I've disturbed your sleep, Mr Mars…'Like the wind was knocked out of him, Esmond sat right up, as the drowsiness left his body…"Not at all… *cough* just resting a little, after a long day… anyway, how may I be of service?"With no clue who was on the other end, other than someone important through Anton, Esmond did his best to sound authoritative and relaxed.But being caught off by his sleep made him ill equipped for the conversation, he soon fell back into rhythm and took hold of the conversation..'My… child, Anton, has given me your letter… as well as this simple phone…While I appreciate the two, it seems the wooden box is more of an important gift than the two.'<
֍ Sametime in Iraq ֍......"I am exhausted…Seriously… what the hell am I doing? I'm supposed to be relaxing in Thailand but no… still gotta trek through the goddamn desert!"Anton was stuck dealing with the misery of travelling alone on camel back through the Iraqi desert while trying to reach a hidden military compound.It was his last stop before leaving for Thailand and resting with that little time he had left to enjoy the luxuries his boss had bought the new recruits and their families before training started.His own wife and children were already there and enjoying themselves as he would hear from them during his evening calls every so often.It all made Anton jealous and furious that he had to be out in the desert alone on a camel, but he more thought about the rewards and benefits his work wou
"My Lord, if you wouldn't mind me asking a question?"One of the G.A.E humans called Janet, a red-haired beauty who could change her hair colour and length with just a simple thought as part of her specialised augmentation ability, wanted to ask Esmond more about the body coding and augmentation as she was curious about having some of her own."Sure, go ahead.""Could the body coding be made for specific organs…?What I mean is, currently I have gathered from my quick skim through the information that the coding affects the body as a whole.But why not affect the organ instead.If we wrote the coding for, let's say, improved eyesight, could be write it on the organ and increase the body coding any person could be subjected to."Esmond like their idea and even thought it worked better that the current method which meant it could give his soldiers a greater sense of power and strength.His snipers could be deadlier than an
'I knew it was too good to be true…Fuck my life'"Carter! Help me out here…"Esmond massaged his head as it throbbed in pain from his carelessness to not read labels properly.He cursed his luck for wasting credit just like that for something that would require time and patience, and he didn't have any to spare if he wanted to get started as soon as possible.Before he completely discarded what he brought from the system, Carter gave him a rundown of what he bought.Much to his delight and surprise…"What you bought, of course, isn't the complete Buklish Special Security Forces which would mean they could be summoned at the square, instead what you got is a way to create your own super soldiers with accelerated growth development.Plus, it's set with a universal list of genetic coding which means it can be used on the Zadrisian, humans and even the G.A.E.The pods make the operation seamless and ove
Esmond hadn't started using the Virtual Labs he'd bought from the system store along with the Virtual World which the labs were connected with and integrated into.Though the system had removed the side effects and problems associated with Virtual Labs, the Virtual World would allow Esmond to both test out his simulations with near identical environment to the external world.Now getting the System Knowledge Databank as a reward, he felt it would perfect for him to recreate some of the items and projects from his past lives.He might not need it now but uploading it to the S.K.D would definitely bring him some sort of benefit."Carter?!""Yo yo yo!What do you need fool?"Carter was twirling like a ballerina, trying his hand at dropping some hot verses before Esmond called for him.He'd come across rap music by chance while fascinated by the graceful movement of ballerinas, so he started performing them at the same time which E
"….Mmm…. hello…"Julias sleepy, croaky voice spoke into the mouthpiece of her housephone, waking her up before her alarm for work.She felt like cursing at whoever it was for ruining her sleep, however the voice from the otherside just happened to be the person she most dreaded and feared, having been tortured by their mind-numbing calls that broke down Julia at times."Goooooood Morning! JULIA! RISE AND SHINE!" Carter's voice came screaming through the phone awaking Julia right up and ruining what left of her sleepy mood and she knew instantly her day was going to be long and arduous."I've got some great news for you today!So, wake up and get dressed.Also bring your daughter along today.The office has been updated and prepared based on Esmonds thoughts.All the instructions have already been sent to your email, with that to do.Also, today is the first day for James Trudell, the new CEO so I hop
Oscar recounted the past of his people and planet while the other G.A.E humans were conversing and chatting freely with the Zadrisian people who'd come out to chat and act as guides for the newest members of the city and space.Carter was also busy gathering all the details and information of the new citizens of the Spatial Ark Land, so he couldn't stick around and continue to listen to Oscar's past for now."If I remember things correctly, the insectoid race was called Chisidin, a planet conquering nuisance that had 6 eyes, though you would only see 4 on their faces while the two remaining were hidden at the back of their heads.Those pricks were difficult to deal with honestly… especially the captains within their ranks could shapeshift, I think so… or was it Lord ranked…?"Esmond added his thoughts to the conversation, thinking back to a time in the past when he came across the 6-armed, 6 eyed creature which ripped apart assailants
Esmond moved according to Carter's instructions, however the cut through side streets and alleys to catch up to the small motorcade that surrounded the personal secretary.He circulated his body energy to increase his speed and movement which removed most of Esmonds need for a vehicle, but it got to a point that he needed more than his body to assault the security detail in the motorcade.Follow the roughly direction and estimations of Carter, Esmond eventually found the motorcade slowly approaching a backed-up region of traffic.It seemed like the perfect place, but it would cause a huge scene and mass casualty..>Master, please summon some drones, I believe I may be of some assistance…<Esmond felt relieved and summoned a gate, letting a dozen or so drones entered before shutting the gate.A guilt fluttered in his heart for not getting in contact with Echo once he was
[Status!][Name: Esmond Manston][System Level: 19[Experience: 49,578,500/1,048,576,000][Credits: 1,001,000][Body Condition: Healthy][Body Status: Primordial Human][Status: Healthy][Strength: 67][Endurance:67][Stamina: 67][Dexterity: 77][Intelligence: 87][Agility: 64][Wisdom: N/A][Abilities:- Spectral Consciousness- Taming]*[Spatial Ark Land][System Level: 19].[Hunting G