The Catherine Kimbridge Chronicles #4, Retribution Read Online Free
Author: Andrew Beery
the Modos. Our engineers developed a technique for amplifying hyperfields using harmonics."
Cat looked intrigued. "The field generated was 10^27 orders of magnitude greater than anything we can produce. Nothing we have can produce a resonance chamber capable of supporting those types of field densities!"
Maasin-Tuk swayed back and forth in excitement. "You are absolutely right. There is really nothing in the universe that can contain forces on these scales. We don't even try!"
"Of course," Cat said, as understanding suddenly dawned. "Hyperfields are inherently transdimenional. You use the reflection off th e‘ bran e ’ interface between dimensions to generate your harmonic."
"The inherent stability of each dimension is more than enough to bound the field resonance," the Bearephant added with a grin.
Admiral Faragon stood and walked toward the slowly rotating display. "This is fascinating, but it doesn't answer the question posed indirectly by the Heshe. Why is this technology so dangerous the Heshe were afraid to share it with us?"
"I suspect," Maasin-Tuk said, "It might be because this technology can very well destroy both universes."
Chapter Three - Beachhead...
Cat looked at Admiral Faragon and raised an eyebrow. For his part, the older admiral turned to look at Maasin-Tuk.
"Doctor... would you care to explain that last statement?"
"The brane interfaces between dimensions are weakened by these trans-dimensional breaches. They need time to recover. Too many conduits formed in the same place too soon might cause the branes to rupture. It would be like two soap bubbles merging."
Admiral Faragon nodded. "So the universe would effectively double in size... , ”
"Not necessarily, sir," Cat added. "Each universe is in an equilibrium state where each of its cosmological constants are in balance with the others to yield a stable configuration. Mixing the states of two disparate universes would be highly unlikely to yield a stable configuration."
Maasin-Tuk waved his trunk. "Even if somehow they did, the physical laws our bodies rely on to exist would change drastically. Water might freeze at room temperature. Electricity might respond differently to magnetic fields... I could go on."
"No need" Admiral Faragon said, with a grim expression on his face. "How did the Suhtian people use this technology safely before... and how did Cat's ship use it earlier this year without adverse effect?"
Elder Farin spoke up. "It was a political decision made by our ruling council. Our scientists determined the universes could withstand roughly 20,000 trans-dimensional incursions before becoming unstable. The decision was made to allow no more than twenty percent of that number to occur. The ship Admiral Kimbridge used to escape the Modos earlier this year was left behind in a disabled state because its use exceeded that safety threshold. Had we realized that hundreds of generations later a race would arrive with access to your incredible nanite repair technologies we might have taken more extreme measures to destroy the ship and its technology."
"So, we are really no better off," Cat muttered out loud. "We have access to a technology that might give us a strategic advantage in our battle with the Modos Syndicate, but we dare not use it."
Maasin-Tuk swayed back and forth in excitement. "That might not be entirely true, Admiral Kimbridge. We have had many, many years to refine our understanding of trans-dimensional hyperfield dynamics. We believe we can generate a secondary harmonic which is temporally out of phase with the first."
"Of course!" Cat yelled. "That could work!"
"Would anyone care to explain for those of us intellectually challenged?" Admiral Fargon asked dryly.
Cat smiled at her friend. "What Doctor Maasin is suggesting is that a second harmonic resonance be established that cancels out the first... essentially repairing the damage moments after it occurs. We do the same thing with noise canceling
Cat looked intrigued. "The field generated was 10^27 orders of magnitude greater than anything we can produce. Nothing we have can produce a resonance chamber capable of supporting those types of field densities!"
Maasin-Tuk swayed back and forth in excitement. "You are absolutely right. There is really nothing in the universe that can contain forces on these scales. We don't even try!"
"Of course," Cat said, as understanding suddenly dawned. "Hyperfields are inherently transdimenional. You use the reflection off th e‘ bran e ’ interface between dimensions to generate your harmonic."
"The inherent stability of each dimension is more than enough to bound the field resonance," the Bearephant added with a grin.
Admiral Faragon stood and walked toward the slowly rotating display. "This is fascinating, but it doesn't answer the question posed indirectly by the Heshe. Why is this technology so dangerous the Heshe were afraid to share it with us?"
"I suspect," Maasin-Tuk said, "It might be because this technology can very well destroy both universes."
Chapter Three - Beachhead...
Cat looked at Admiral Faragon and raised an eyebrow. For his part, the older admiral turned to look at Maasin-Tuk.
"Doctor... would you care to explain that last statement?"
"The brane interfaces between dimensions are weakened by these trans-dimensional breaches. They need time to recover. Too many conduits formed in the same place too soon might cause the branes to rupture. It would be like two soap bubbles merging."
Admiral Faragon nodded. "So the universe would effectively double in size... , ”
"Not necessarily, sir," Cat added. "Each universe is in an equilibrium state where each of its cosmological constants are in balance with the others to yield a stable configuration. Mixing the states of two disparate universes would be highly unlikely to yield a stable configuration."
Maasin-Tuk waved his trunk. "Even if somehow they did, the physical laws our bodies rely on to exist would change drastically. Water might freeze at room temperature. Electricity might respond differently to magnetic fields... I could go on."
"No need" Admiral Faragon said, with a grim expression on his face. "How did the Suhtian people use this technology safely before... and how did Cat's ship use it earlier this year without adverse effect?"
Elder Farin spoke up. "It was a political decision made by our ruling council. Our scientists determined the universes could withstand roughly 20,000 trans-dimensional incursions before becoming unstable. The decision was made to allow no more than twenty percent of that number to occur. The ship Admiral Kimbridge used to escape the Modos earlier this year was left behind in a disabled state because its use exceeded that safety threshold. Had we realized that hundreds of generations later a race would arrive with access to your incredible nanite repair technologies we might have taken more extreme measures to destroy the ship and its technology."
"So, we are really no better off," Cat muttered out loud. "We have access to a technology that might give us a strategic advantage in our battle with the Modos Syndicate, but we dare not use it."
Maasin-Tuk swayed back and forth in excitement. "That might not be entirely true, Admiral Kimbridge. We have had many, many years to refine our understanding of trans-dimensional hyperfield dynamics. We believe we can generate a secondary harmonic which is temporally out of phase with the first."
"Of course!" Cat yelled. "That could work!"
"Would anyone care to explain for those of us intellectually challenged?" Admiral Fargon asked dryly.
Cat smiled at her friend. "What Doctor Maasin is suggesting is that a second harmonic resonance be established that cancels out the first... essentially repairing the damage moments after it occurs. We do the same thing with noise canceling
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