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Captain Hawkins
by H. Peter Alesso
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GENRE:
Sci-fi
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BLURB:
Jamie Hawkins was
living on an obscure planet in the twenty third-century when on one fateful
night—his life changed forever. His heroic effort to save the lives of innocent
women and children, caught in the cross-fire of war, placed him squarely in the
crosshairs of avenging soldiers.
A former marine,
Hawkins was stunned when his rescue effort was seen as treachery. Unfairly
convicted of treason by a corrupt judge, he was sentenced to life imprisonment
at hard labor on an infamous penal colony.
Once in prison,
Hawkins was mistreated by a paranoid warden, but his courage and perseverance
won him the admiration and trust of his fellow convicts. While he was plotting
his escape, an enemy attacked the planet—giving this daring warrior his chance.
Together with his fellow prisoners, he launched a bold assault and high-jacked
an enemy warship.
From then on, the
exploits of Captain Jamie Hawkins became legendary.
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EXCERPT ONE:
“Sir,
I was working with the data techs trying to analyze the communication patterns
of the enemy fleet,” said Joshua, licking his dry lips, excitedly. “And I’ve
came across a very unusual signal.”
Hawkins
gave him an encouraging nod.
“It
was a burst of radio signals from deep space. I traced it to either a 4
billion-year-old star in a constellation 44.4 light years away, or to another
star in that same constellation, but much farther away. That means that the
radio waves have been travelling to us for at least forty-four point four
years.”
Hawkins
said, “Deep space radio signals have many plausible explanations, such as radio
interference from planets, or rogue signals caused by local planet microwave
devices.
“That’s
true, Captain. It could be just the effect of a natural space object like a
pulsating quasar, but it’s also possible . . . I think maybe . . . it could be
a message from another civilization.”
Now
smiling broadly, Hawkins said, “Given the unlikeness of that, why are you
concerned?”
“Because
it was not a one-off event,” said Joshua excitedly and then pausing to catch
his breath. “I’ve recorded a half dozen repeating signals from the exact same
source.”
Nodding,
Hawkins said, “That’s a little more interesting, but there are explanations for
that too.”
“But
Captain, the implications could be mind-blowing. Imagine, what if it was an
alien civilization, and they were far more advanced than us, and they were
trying to make contact? After centuries of fruitlessly scanning the stars and
finding no evidence that anyone else is out there, this could be . . . could be . . .”
Joshua
became paralyzed by his own imagination.
“Joshua,
even if this signal were not natural, it might still be the product of one of
Earth’s colonies—not aliens.”
“No
sir, I’ve checked. There were no Earth colonies in the vicinity of the signal’s
star cluster when we last had contact with Earth, fifty years ago,” said
Joshua.
Joshua
wanted to argue further, but couldn’t offer any additional proof for his cause.
Hawkins
said, “I agree, we should continue to monitor this frequency, but for now,
it’ll have to remain a mystery.”
It
was only a few days later that Joshua returned to argue, “I’ve been working to
decrypt the deep space signal using our AI computer with the help of a data
tech.”
Hawkins
was surprised, but also impressed with Joshua’s initiative.
“What
does a deep space signal have to do with our enemy’s Top Secrets communication
network?”
“Everything.”
“You’ll
have to explain that.”
“Let
me give you a metaphor for how I solved this puzzle, because it is a puzzle.”
“Go
on.”
“Think
of a portrait of a woman, say the Mona Lisa. Now consider a jigsaw puzzle of
the Mona Lisa—a picture of a woman cut into a thousand irregularly sized pieces
and spread out for someone to reassemble.”
“A
kid’s game.”
“Yes,
sir.”
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AUTHOR BIO:
As a scientist and
author specializing in technology innovation, H. Peter Alesso has over twenty
years research experience at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). As
Engineering Group Leader at LLNL he led a team of scientists and engineers in
innovative applications across a wide range of supercomputers, workstations,
and networks. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy with a B.S. and
served in the U.S. Navy on nuclear submarines before completing an M.S. and an
advanced Engineering Degree at M.I.T. He has published several software titles
and numerous scientific journal and conference articles, and he is the
author/co-author of ten books.
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