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Live Indy 500 Tracker: Follow the action The trophy every driver at the Indy 500 wants at the end of today's race. FOX SportsLIVE UPDATES 20Updated May 29, 2011 3:24 PM ET
It's the 100th anniversary of the Indianapolis 500. This year, the race includes four women — most notably Danica Patrick — as well as big Indy names like Marco Andretti. The field also has defending champ Dario Franchitti and three-time winner Helio Castroneves, who is looking to equal racing legends A.J. Foyt, Al Unser and Rick Mears by tying the record for the most Indy 500 wins (four).
How will they perform? Stay logged on throughout Sunday's event for lap-by-lap updates.
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3:22 p.m. ET: Wheldon says he'll wear jeans from sponsor William Rast to the Indy 500 banquet instead of a suit. Says he felt relief when he saw rookie Hildebrand go into wall. Also says Kanaan nearly put him into wall going into Turn 3, gets emotional when he says he's thinking about his mom, who couldn't be at race today. Oh, and he's taking his kids to Disney.
3:21 p.m. ET: Flyover by a U.S. Navy A-4 Skyhawk and a T-2C Buckeye, followed by four U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornets.
3:20 p.m. ET: Wheldon takes a drink of milk before handing bottle to Herta. Then he jumps off the car into the arms of his crew -- with the wreath still on.
3:18 p.m. ET: Wheldon makes it to Victory Lane. He didn't even have a full-time ride leading into this season and now he's the Indy 500 champion. Wheldon crying as he shakes hands with team leader Bryan Herta before climbing out of car to get traditional wreath.
Heartbreak for rookie as he crashes on final turn of race. He ends up finishing the race in second, Graham Rahal finishes in third on 25th anniversary of his father Bobby Rahal's Indy 500 win.
Checkered flag under yellow: Rookie JR Hildebrand crashes on last turn. Winner is Dan Wheldon!
White flag: Hildebrand in lead, Franchitti falling back.
Two to go: Rookie Hildebrand in race lead. Castroneves into pits.
Three to go: Baguette heads to pits, Hildebrand takes over lead after passing Franchitti in Turn 1.
Four laps to go: Franchitti in fuel conservation mode, Baguette in lead but may have to pit for fuel.
Five laps to go: Baguette pulling away from second-place Franchitti.
Six laps to go: Baguette in lead.
Seven laps to go: Baguette still in lead, Franchitti may have fuel issue.
Eight laps to go: Baguette still in lead.
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Nine laps to go: Baguette, Franchitti, Hildebrand, Dixon, Patrick.
Lap 190: Baguette in lead but also has fuel issue. Patrick in the pits for tires and gas. Marco as well.
Lap 189: Baguette takes over lead from Patrick. Scheckter in pits for final stop.
Lap 188: Patrick would have to go 41 laps on this tank of gas to go to the finish. Beatriz in pits.
Lap 186: Patrick, Baguette, Scheckter, Andretti, Franchitti round out top five.
Lap 185: With 15 laps left, Patrick is in the lead but group of cars is catching up.
Lap 183: On Patrick's radio, crew thinks they have 10 more laps of fuel on board her car.
Lap 181: Patrick still on top, leading the Indy 500 for the second time in her career. She was the first woman in the history of Indy to lead the historic race.
Lap 180: Patrick takes the lead but is reported to be short a bit on fuel. Can she make it to the end without another stop?
Lap 179: Rahal in the pits for final time in race. Servia also in pits, Wheldon and Dixon duck in too.
Lap 175: Dixon, Rahal, Kanaan, Servia, Wheldon. Patrick in sixth, Marco in ninth, Dario is 10th.
Lap 174: Marco has personal best lap to get back into top 10.
Lap 172: Dixon takes lead back from Rahal.
FOXSports.com's Lee Spencer: Townsend Bell: "It's just madness on those restarts I got into to one and was clipped in the right rear…"
Lap 171: Servia is dropping back as Kanaan moves into third spot.
Lap 170: Rahal leads, followed by Servia, Dixon, Kanaan, Wheldon, Scheckter, Patrick, Carpenter, Franchitti, Baguette.
Lap 168: Only 13 cars left on the lead lap. Servia is closing gap between him and Rahal.
Lap 167: Franchitti back in 11th but hopes he won't have to stop again before the end of the race.
Lap 166: Green! Servia followed by Rahal and Dixon. Rahal takes the lead from Servia through Turn 1.
FOXSports'com's Lee Spencer: Ryan Briscoe: "No luck, Townsend didn’t see that I was running on the inside of him. I thought he was going to leave me room … I guess he didn’t know I was there and just pulled out."
Lap 164: Franchitti pits.
Twitter: @FollowAndretti Michael to Marco: Save fuel, this could work to our advantage. #Indy500
Lap 159: Patrick, Power among cars in pits under yellow flag.
CAUTION Lap 158: Bell and Briscoe in the wall. Briscoe tries to pass Bell but Bell comes down into his line and both cars hit Turn 1 wall. Also Castroneves' left rear tire is cut by debris. He's in for a tire change for that one only.
Lap 155: Green! Cars go double file again to the green flag with Franchitti getting huge jump out front, then Dixon and Wheldon. Car pushed to warm up lane as too many cars try to get through Turn 3.
Lap 150: Only 50 laps left with Franchitti leading the field behind pace car, then Dixon, Servia, Wheldon. Kanaan has pulled himself up to fifth, followed by Hildebrand, Patrick, Rahal, Carpenter, Marco. Castroneves is 18th. Other women drivers in the field: Mann is 22nd, Beatriz is 24th, De Silvestro is out of the race.
Lap 149: Field crowds up behind pace as Tagliani pulls into pits and gets out of car. Suspension is busted from the hit.
CAUTION Lap 148: Polesitter Tagliani hits the wall in Turn 4. Car got too high into the turn. Sixth caution of the race.
Twitter: @FollowAndretti Great pit stop by the #Venom crew! #Indy500
Twitter: @smillerFOX Glazer kisses the bricks.
Lap 141: Franchitti back in the lead, followed by Servia, Dixon, Marco, Wheldon.
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Lap 139: Rookie Hildebrand takes over top spot again before heading into pits. Patrick gets wing adjustment as part of routine pit stop.
FOXSports.com's Lee Spencer: Tire wear has not been an issue for Marco who started 27th but has been running in the top 5.
Lap 137: Servia in the pits as well as Wheldon. Franchitti ducks in too and getting a front wing adjustment. Kanaan gets four tires and fuel.
Lap 136: Franchitti passes Tagliani to put him a lap down. Tagliani is struggling, now in 17th spot. Bell to pits from sixth spot.
Lap 129: Franchitti reclaims lead from Servia with a pass on the front stretch.
FOXSports.com's Lee Spencer: Hinchcliffe called his accident "a classic rookie mistake."
Lap 127: From ABC: Charlie Kimball's blood glucose level is creeping up. A crew member has been assigned the added task of giving his driver a shot of insulin during the next pit stop if needed. Kimball is diabetic and his glucose level is being monitored in real-time during the race.
Lap 125: With 75 laps remaining running order is Servia, Franchitti, Dixon, Andretti, Wheldon, Bell, Carpenter, Hildebrand, Briscoe, Patrick.
Twitter: @MarioAndretti Next stop we will trim Marco and see what happens. He says he can't win unless......
Lap 124: Kanaan into 13th with his fastest lap of the race.
Lap 120: Top five: Servia, Franchitti, Marco, Dixon, Bell. Oil temperature still an issue for Tagliani. He's now dropped down to 13th spot.
Lap 119: Danica's crew says they believe they can make the race on two more pit stops.
Lap 115: Notable names: Franchitti second, Marco is third, Patrick 10th, Kanaan up to 15th, Rahal 16th, Castroneves 19th.
Lap 113: Servia takes lead from Franchitti with pass on the backstretch. He's driving for Newman/Haas Racing, which has never won an Indy 500.
Lap 111: Castroneves passes Franchitti to gain a lap back so he's now on the lead lap again.
Lap 110: Franchitti leads with Servia and Marco in top three. Papers from the fans starting to build up on track, could be an overheating issue if a driver sucks up one of those into the car.
Lap 106: Green! Franchitti leads the field down again.
Lap 104: Marco leads field under caution for first time this year before losing spot for pit stop. Meanwhile, ABC interviews Dick Harroun, son on first Indy 500 winner Ray Harroun.
FOXSports.com's Lee Spencer: De Silvestro's car has problem with right rear tow length. She's still in her uniform and intends on returning to action.
Twitter: @IndyCarPR @JRHildebrand led the 100th lap of the 100th Anniversary #indy500 and is the 200th different leader in the race's history.
Lap 104: Cars hit pit road, including leader rookie Hildebrand.
Lap 103: Reports say Tagliani may have a high oil temperature issue.
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Lap 100: Franchitti gets lucky again, pits right before they close for caution. Castroneves gets a wing adjustment during his pit stop.
CAUTION Lap 100: Hinchcliffe in the wall in Turn 4. "Guys, I'm really, really, really sorry," he says over the radio after the incident. Hinchcliffe has a NASCAR connection, as he competed against NASCAR driver AJ Allmendinger earlier in their careers.
Lap 99: Franchitti in the lead as Dixon pits.
Lap 98: Bell in the pits, Andretti as well.
Lap 95: Sons of former Indy 500 drivers in top 10. Rahal up to 8th, Marco comes in at 10 spot.
FOXSports.com's Lee Spencer: Kanaan after restarting 24th: I have to pass all these cars again?
Lap 93: Dixon continues to lead field with Franchitti in second and Wheldon in third.
Twitter: @FollowAndretti Michael to Marco: Half tank
Lap 88: Rahal is making steady progress in field. Started 29th and is now in the top 10.
FOXSports.com's Lee Spencer: Jay Howard has been seen and released from the infield care center.
Lap 80: Dixon leads, followed by Franchitti, Tagliani, Wheldon, Bell, Hildebrand, Servia, Carpenter, Scheckter, Rahal. Marco is 12th, Patrick is 14th, Castroneves 20th.
Lap 78: Ryan Hunter-Reay is last car on the lead lap but has tapped the wall and is falling back rapidly.
Lap 76: De Silvestro is out of the race. She says car hasn't felt right since he tagged the wall early in the race. Will end her day in 31st place. She says her hands hurt a little bit after burning them in practice earlier this month.
Lap 71: Green flag! With green flag and then yellow flag pit stops all sorted out, Franchitti leads field back to racing.
Lap 69: Tony Kanaan came in fourth, but Pippa Mann came through his pits and he couldn’t get in. Kanaan is going to restart in 23rd spot.
Twitter: @FollowAndretti Danica: "Good job boys!" #Indy500
Lap 65: Pits open for all drivers under caution. Danica back in for tires.
Lap 63: Danica comes in before pit lane is open to drivers under caution -- she's allowed because she was running out of fuel. It was so close she had trouble getting car started after pit stop. Unfortunately, she'll have to come in once pits are officially open to get tires. Vitor Meira and Graham Rahal also have to get a splash of gas to keep going.
CAUTION Lap 62: Jay Howard crashes into inside wall between Turns 1 and 2. He just came out after pit stop. Looks like right wheel tire was loose and came off before he even got out of warm-up lane. Franchitti gets lucky break because he is in pits before crash so he gets to have full service.
Lap 61: Leader Dixon in the pits.
Lap 60: Castroneves pitting as well as Bell, John Andretti and Buddy Rice.
Lap 59: Beartriz coming into pits.
Lap 53: Where are the women? Danica is the highest in 19th spot, followed by Ana Beatriz in 24th, Pippa Mann behind her in 25th and De Silvestro in 30th place, 11 laps down.
Lap 50: Dixon leads at quarter-point of Indy 500. He's followed by Franchitti and Wheldon. Marco Andretti is up to 18th with teammate Danica Patrick up at 19th. Three-time winner Castroneves is 13th.
FOXSports.com's Lee Spencer: Sato and Viso have been seen and released at in-field medical center.
Lap 45: Tagliani drops another spot as Wheldon passes him for third position.
Lap 44: Franchitti takes over second spot from Tagliani. Teammate Dixon is still leading.
Lap 40: Top 10: Dixon, Tagliani, Franchitti, Wheldon, Bell, Carpenter, Kanaan, Meira, Servia, Rice. Rahal is 17th, Marco 19th, Patrick 22nd.
Lap 38: Franchitti is coming on strong to try and take second place from Tagliani.
Lap 37: Other notable drivers: Kanaan is 8th, Castroneves is 14th, Rahal is 18th followed by Marco in 19th, Danica Patrick is 22nd.
Lap 35: Dixon retakes lead. Dixon and Tagliani are the only leaders of this race so far. Franchitti is third.
Lap 34: Another double file restart. Dixon takes the green -- again -- but Tagliani passes him for first place into Turn 1.
CAUTION Lap 27: EJ Viso hits the wall in Turn 1. Got squeezed into wall after trying to go three-wide into the turn. Marco Andretti has close call but goes low enough to avoid incident.
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Lap 27: Dixon takes green after first double file restart in Indy 500 history.
Twitter: @FollowAndretti: Michael: Hey Marco, your tires look really good, ran 23 laps on them
Twitter: @FollowAndretti: Danica coming in for wing adjustment
Lap 23: Cars in the pit. Will Power loses left rear tire after wheel nut isn't secured during pit stop. He's driving around track with three tires and coming back in to get another left rear. De Silvestro doesn't pit to try and make up lost laps from earlier in race.
CAUTION Lap 21: Takuma Sato hits the wall on Turn 2, bringing out first caution of the day. Just a lap earlier, Paul Tracy had to go to the pits for after appearing to touch the wall — tough luck for the man many believe should already be known as an Indy 500 winner.
Lap 20: Tagliani opening up lead over Dixon, followed by Bell, Wheldon and Franchitti.
Lap 17: Graham Rahal up to 21st spot after starting 29th, making him the biggest mover so far.
Lap 11: Top five: Tagliani, Dixon, Townsend Bell, Dan Wheldon, Dario Franchitti.
Lap 10: Oriel Servia is falling in the field, now sitting in the sixth spot.
Lap 8: Tagliani makes a quick pass on the front straight to pass Dixon for lead. This is his first time leading the Indy 500 in his career.
Lap 7: De Silvestro had a brush earlier in the race with the wall. Out of the pits after taking four new tires.
Lap 5: Dixon and Tagliani are pulling away from rest of field. Simona de Silvestro in pit road and one lap down but no word on what the problem is.
Lap 1: Polesitter Alex Tagliani takes the green flag, but it's a crazy start to the race as cars try to time the start correctly. Scott Dixon takes early lead.
12:11 p.m. ET: Cars roll off for parade laps behind the pace car, driven by four-time Indy 500 winner A.J. Foyt.
12:09 p.m. ET: Mary Hulman George gives the "Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines!" command.
12:07 p.m. ET: Jim Nabors takes the podium for his traditional performance of "Back Home Again in Indiana" before the race starts. And the balloons are in the air!
12:04 p.m. ET: American troops are honored with the playing of "Taps" and a gun salute.
12:03 p.m. ET: Drivers have been called to their cars - it's almost race time!
BREAKING NEWS 11:55 a.m. ET: FOXSports.com's senior writer Lee Spencer spoke with the owner of Danica Patrick's primary sponsor, GoDaddy.com, who said, “Am I happy if she would (switch to NASCAR in 2012)? I would be thrilled. Would I move with her? If I can stroke the check I will." Full story
Starting grid
Check out the lineup for this year's Indy 500.
11:55 a.m. ET: Seal and Kelly Clarkson take the mic to perform this year's anthem along with a stealth bomber flyover.
11:40 a.m. ET: Biggest cheers during introductions: Simona De Silvestro, Danica Patrick, Tony Kanaan, Paul Tracy, Dario Franchitti and polesitter Alex Tagliani.
11:33 a.m. ET: Driver introductions have started. Beginning with the last four rows are a record-tying four women and Graham Rahal, who starts the race 25 years after his father, Bobby Rahal, won the Indy 500.
11:00 a.m. ET: Polesitter Alex Tagliani will be leading the 33-car field to the start line. Check out the starting grid to see where your favorite drivers will be.
At the end of today's race, a U.S. Navy A-4 Skyhawk and a T-2C Buckeye, followed by four U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornets will flyover the track.
The traditional singing of "Back Home Again in Indiana" is scheduled for 12:03 p.m. ET. The Command to Start Engines by Mari Hulman George will be given at 12:05 p.m. ET. Green flag for today's race is scheduled for 12:12 p.m. ET.
Today's field of 33 drivers includes four former IndyCar Series champions (Tony Kanaan, Dan Wheldon, two-time champ Scott Dixon and three-time champ Dario Franchitti) and one former Champ Car World Series champion (Paul Tracy).
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twa707
5/29/2011 2:33:18 PM
Indy is on Memorial Day Monday.
It is on ABC and Fox Cable,
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psufanaz
5/29/2011 2:30:50 PM
Why was Brent "Mushmouth" on the telecast on ABC. Can't he retire or something? Report Abuse
LAKER.RING.DYNASTY
5/29/2011 2:27:58 PM
how did PANICA DATRICK do??? Report Abuse
MrFootball100
5/29/2011 2:17:12 PM
UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Report Abuse
MrFootball100
5/29/2011 1:57:51 PM
GO DADDY GO Report Abuse
MrFootball100
5/29/2011 1:44:54 PM
Hey DUCK cars go round & round very fast.... so other than the cars itself , I would presume watching NASCAR Is like watching paint dry, besides its just a poster child of dale earnhardt Report Abuse
VkraM87
5/29/2011 1:30:33 PM
Maybe you and I aren't watching the same race duck, ABC has been quite fair with which drivers get air time. Report Abuse
burgersandbeer
5/29/2011 1:24:40 PM
Yes, it's a spec car race now and certaily not what it used to be. It ain't bad, though. Those spec cars are going over 200 mph and there are some damn good drivers out there. And, for a change, the racing is good this year..so far.
I'd like to see an american win today...even Marco. Report Abuse
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5/29/2011 1:21:37 PM
ABC's coverage of the race is just a big infomercial for Danica Patric. The race itself is like watch paint dry!!! The NASCAR race later today is soooooooooooo much better than the INDY 500!! Report Abuse
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Have to agree its not what it used to be, thats why im rooting 4 the team. GO FOYT RACINGLOG IN TO ADD A COMMENTPage1 of 2 PREV PREV NEXT NEXT
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The trophy every driver at the Indy 500 wants at the end of today's race. FOX SportsLIVE UPDATES 25Updated May 29, 2011 3:24 PM ET
It's the 100th anniversary of the Indianapolis 500. This year, the race includes four women — most notably Danica Patrick — as well as big Indy names like Marco Andretti. The field also has defending champ Dario Franchitti and three-time winner Helio Castroneves, who is looking to equal racing legends A.J. Foyt, Al Unser and Rick Mears by tying the record for the most Indy 500 wins (four).
How will they perform? Stay logged on throughout Sunday's event for lap-by-lap updates.
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3:22 p.m. ET: Wheldon says he'll wear jeans from sponsor William Rast to the Indy 500 banquet instead of a suit. Says he felt relief when he saw rookie Hildebrand go into wall. Also says Kanaan nearly put him into wall going into Turn 3, gets emotional when he says he's thinking about his mom, who couldn't be at race today. Oh, and he's taking his kids to Disney.
3:21 p.m. ET: Flyover by a U.S. Navy A-4 Skyhawk and a T-2C Buckeye, followed by four U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornets.
3:20 p.m. ET: Wheldon takes a drink of milk before handing bottle to Herta. Then he jumps off the car into the arms of his crew -- with the wreath still on.
3:18 p.m. ET: Wheldon makes it to Victory Lane. He didn't even have a full-time ride leading into this season and now he's the Indy 500 champion. Wheldon crying as he shakes hands with team leader Bryan Herta before climbing out of car to get traditional wreath.
Heartbreak for rookie as he crashes on final turn of race. He ends up finishing the race in second, Graham Rahal finishes in third on 25th anniversary of his father Bobby Rahal's Indy 500 win.
Checkered flag under yellow: Rookie JR Hildebrand crashes on last turn. Winner is Dan Wheldon!
White flag: Hildebrand in lead, Franchitti falling back.
Two to go: Rookie Hildebrand in race lead. Castroneves into pits.
Three to go: Baguette heads to pits, Hildebrand takes over lead after passing Franchitti in Turn 1.
Four laps to go: Franchitti in fuel conservation mode, Baguette in lead but may have to pit for fuel.
Five laps to go: Baguette pulling away from second-place Franchitti.
Six laps to go: Baguette in lead.
Seven laps to go: Baguette still in lead, Franchitti may have fuel issue.
Eight laps to go: Baguette still in lead.
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Nine laps to go: Baguette, Franchitti, Hildebrand, Dixon, Patrick.
Lap 190: Baguette in lead but also has fuel issue. Patrick in the pits for tires and gas. Marco as well.
Lap 189: Baguette takes over lead from Patrick. Scheckter in pits for final stop.
Lap 188: Patrick would have to go 41 laps on this tank of gas to go to the finish. Beatriz in pits.
Lap 186: Patrick, Baguette, Scheckter, Andretti, Franchitti round out top five.
Lap 185: With 15 laps left, Patrick is in the lead but group of cars is catching up.
Lap 183: On Patrick's radio, crew thinks they have 10 more laps of fuel on board her car.
Lap 181: Patrick still on top, leading the Indy 500 for the second time in her career. She was the first woman in the history of Indy to lead the historic race.
Lap 180: Patrick takes the lead but is reported to be short a bit on fuel. Can she make it to the end without another stop?
Lap 179: Rahal in the pits for final time in race. Servia also in pits, Wheldon and Dixon duck in too.
Lap 175: Dixon, Rahal, Kanaan, Servia, Wheldon. Patrick in sixth, Marco in ninth, Dario is 10th.
Lap 174: Marco has personal best lap to get back into top 10.
Lap 172: Dixon takes lead back from Rahal.
FOXSports.com's Lee Spencer: Townsend Bell: "It's just madness on those restarts I got into to one and was clipped in the right rear…"
Lap 171: Servia is dropping back as Kanaan moves into third spot.
Lap 170: Rahal leads, followed by Servia, Dixon, Kanaan, Wheldon, Scheckter, Patrick, Carpenter, Franchitti, Baguette.
Lap 168: Only 13 cars left on the lead lap. Servia is closing gap between him and Rahal.
Lap 167: Franchitti back in 11th but hopes he won't have to stop again before the end of the race.
Lap 166: Green! Servia followed by Rahal and Dixon. Rahal takes the lead from Servia through Turn 1.
FOXSports'com's Lee Spencer: Ryan Briscoe: "No luck, Townsend didn’t see that I was running on the inside of him. I thought he was going to leave me room … I guess he didn’t know I was there and just pulled out."
Lap 164: Franchitti pits.
Twitter: @FollowAndretti Michael to Marco: Save fuel, this could work to our advantage. #Indy500
Lap 159: Patrick, Power among cars in pits under yellow flag.
CAUTION Lap 158: Bell and Briscoe in the wall. Briscoe tries to pass Bell but Bell comes down into his line and both cars hit Turn 1 wall. Also Castroneves' left rear tire is cut by debris. He's in for a tire change for that one only.
Lap 155: Green! Cars go double file again to the green flag with Franchitti getting huge jump out front, then Dixon and Wheldon. Car pushed to warm up lane as too many cars try to get through Turn 3.
Lap 150: Only 50 laps left with Franchitti leading the field behind pace car, then Dixon, Servia, Wheldon. Kanaan has pulled himself up to fifth, followed by Hildebrand, Patrick, Rahal, Carpenter, Marco. Castroneves is 18th. Other women drivers in the field: Mann is 22nd, Beatriz is 24th, De Silvestro is out of the race.
Lap 149: Field crowds up behind pace as Tagliani pulls into pits and gets out of car. Suspension is busted from the hit.
CAUTION Lap 148: Polesitter Tagliani hits the wall in Turn 4. Car got too high into the turn. Sixth caution of the race.
Twitter: @FollowAndretti Great pit stop by the #Venom crew! #Indy500
Twitter: @smillerFOX Glazer kisses the bricks.
Lap 141: Franchitti back in the lead, followed by Servia, Dixon, Marco, Wheldon.
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Lap 139: Rookie Hildebrand takes over top spot again before heading into pits. Patrick gets wing adjustment as part of routine pit stop.
FOXSports.com's Lee Spencer: Tire wear has not been an issue for Marco who started 27th but has been running in the top 5.
Lap 137: Servia in the pits as well as Wheldon. Franchitti ducks in too and getting a front wing adjustment. Kanaan gets four tires and fuel.
Lap 136: Franchitti passes Tagliani to put him a lap down. Tagliani is struggling, now in 17th spot. Bell to pits from sixth spot.
Lap 129: Franchitti reclaims lead from Servia with a pass on the front stretch.
FOXSports.com's Lee Spencer: Hinchcliffe called his accident "a classic rookie mistake."
Lap 127: From ABC: Charlie Kimball's blood glucose level is creeping up. A crew member has been assigned the added task of giving his driver a shot of insulin during the next pit stop if needed. Kimball is diabetic and his glucose level is being monitored in real-time during the race.
Lap 125: With 75 laps remaining running order is Servia, Franchitti, Dixon, Andretti, Wheldon, Bell, Carpenter, Hildebrand, Briscoe, Patrick.
Twitter: @MarioAndretti Next stop we will trim Marco and see what happens. He says he can't win unless......
Lap 124: Kanaan into 13th with his fastest lap of the race.
Lap 120: Top five: Servia, Franchitti, Marco, Dixon, Bell. Oil temperature still an issue for Tagliani. He's now dropped down to 13th spot.
Lap 119: Danica's crew says they believe they can make the race on two more pit stops.
Lap 115: Notable names: Franchitti second, Marco is third, Patrick 10th, Kanaan up to 15th, Rahal 16th, Castroneves 19th.
Lap 113: Servia takes lead from Franchitti with pass on the backstretch. He's driving for Newman/Haas Racing, which has never won an Indy 500.
Lap 111: Castroneves passes Franchitti to gain a lap back so he's now on the lead lap again.
Lap 110: Franchitti leads with Servia and Marco in top three. Papers from the fans starting to build up on track, could be an overheating issue if a driver sucks up one of those into the car.
Lap 106: Green! Franchitti leads the field down again.
Lap 104: Marco leads field under caution for first time this year before losing spot for pit stop. Meanwhile, ABC interviews Dick Harroun, son on first Indy 500 winner Ray Harroun.
FOXSports.com's Lee Spencer: De Silvestro's car has problem with right rear tow length. She's still in her uniform and intends on returning to action.
Twitter: @IndyCarPR @JRHildebrand led the 100th lap of the 100th Anniversary #indy500 and is the 200th different leader in the race's history.
Lap 104: Cars hit pit road, including leader rookie Hildebrand.
Lap 103: Reports say Tagliani may have a high oil temperature issue.
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Lap 100: Franchitti gets lucky again, pits right before they close for caution. Castroneves gets a wing adjustment during his pit stop.
CAUTION Lap 100: Hinchcliffe in the wall in Turn 4. "Guys, I'm really, really, really sorry," he says over the radio after the incident. Hinchcliffe has a NASCAR connection, as he competed against NASCAR driver AJ Allmendinger earlier in their careers.
Lap 99: Franchitti in the lead as Dixon pits.
Lap 98: Bell in the pits, Andretti as well.
Lap 95: Sons of former Indy 500 drivers in top 10. Rahal up to 8th, Marco comes in at 10 spot.
FOXSports.com's Lee Spencer: Kanaan after restarting 24th: I have to pass all these cars again?
Lap 93: Dixon continues to lead field with Franchitti in second and Wheldon in third.
Twitter: @FollowAndretti Michael to Marco: Half tank
Lap 88: Rahal is making steady progress in field. Started 29th and is now in the top 10.
FOXSports.com's Lee Spencer: Jay Howard has been seen and released from the infield care center.
Lap 80: Dixon leads, followed by Franchitti, Tagliani, Wheldon, Bell, Hildebrand, Servia, Carpenter, Scheckter, Rahal. Marco is 12th, Patrick is 14th, Castroneves 20th.
Lap 78: Ryan Hunter-Reay is last car on the lead lap but has tapped the wall and is falling back rapidly.
Lap 76: De Silvestro is out of the race. She says car hasn't felt right since he tagged the wall early in the race. Will end her day in 31st place. She says her hands hurt a little bit after burning them in practice earlier this month.
Lap 71: Green flag! With green flag and then yellow flag pit stops all sorted out, Franchitti leads field back to racing.
Lap 69: Tony Kanaan came in fourth, but Pippa Mann came through his pits and he couldn’t get in. Kanaan is going to restart in 23rd spot.
Twitter: @FollowAndretti Danica: "Good job boys!" #Indy500
Lap 65: Pits open for all drivers under caution. Danica back in for tires.
Lap 63: Danica comes in before pit lane is open to drivers under caution -- she's allowed because she was running out of fuel. It was so close she had trouble getting car started after pit stop. Unfortunately, she'll have to come in once pits are officially open to get tires. Vitor Meira and Graham Rahal also have to get a splash of gas to keep going.
CAUTION Lap 62: Jay Howard crashes into inside wall between Turns 1 and 2. He just came out after pit stop. Looks like right wheel tire was loose and came off before he even got out of warm-up lane. Franchitti gets lucky break because he is in pits before crash so he gets to have full service.
Lap 61: Leader Dixon in the pits.
Lap 60: Castroneves pitting as well as Bell, John Andretti and Buddy Rice.
Lap 59: Beartriz coming into pits.
Lap 53: Where are the women? Danica is the highest in 19th spot, followed by Ana Beatriz in 24th, Pippa Mann behind her in 25th and De Silvestro in 30th place, 11 laps down.
Lap 50: Dixon leads at quarter-point of Indy 500. He's followed by Franchitti and Wheldon. Marco Andretti is up to 18th with teammate Danica Patrick up at 19th. Three-time winner Castroneves is 13th.
FOXSports.com's Lee Spencer: Sato and Viso have been seen and released at in-field medical center.
Lap 45: Tagliani drops another spot as Wheldon passes him for third position.
Lap 44: Franchitti takes over second spot from Tagliani. Teammate Dixon is still leading.
Lap 40: Top 10: Dixon, Tagliani, Franchitti, Wheldon, Bell, Carpenter, Kanaan, Meira, Servia, Rice. Rahal is 17th, Marco 19th, Patrick 22nd.
Lap 38: Franchitti is coming on strong to try and take second place from Tagliani.
Lap 37: Other notable drivers: Kanaan is 8th, Castroneves is 14th, Rahal is 18th followed by Marco in 19th, Danica Patrick is 22nd.
Lap 35: Dixon retakes lead. Dixon and Tagliani are the only leaders of this race so far. Franchitti is third.
Lap 34: Another double file restart. Dixon takes the green -- again -- but Tagliani passes him for first place into Turn 1.
CAUTION Lap 27: EJ Viso hits the wall in Turn 1. Got squeezed into wall after trying to go three-wide into the turn. Marco Andretti has close call but goes low enough to avoid incident.
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Lap 27: Dixon takes green after first double file restart in Indy 500 history.
Twitter: @FollowAndretti: Michael: Hey Marco, your tires look really good, ran 23 laps on them
Twitter: @FollowAndretti: Danica coming in for wing adjustment
Lap 23: Cars in the pit. Will Power loses left rear tire after wheel nut isn't secured during pit stop. He's driving around track with three tires and coming back in to get another left rear. De Silvestro doesn't pit to try and make up lost laps from earlier in race.
CAUTION Lap 21: Takuma Sato hits the wall on Turn 2, bringing out first caution of the day. Just a lap earlier, Paul Tracy had to go to the pits for after appearing to touch the wall — tough luck for the man many believe should already be known as an Indy 500 winner.
Lap 20: Tagliani opening up lead over Dixon, followed by Bell, Wheldon and Franchitti.
Lap 17: Graham Rahal up to 21st spot after starting 29th, making him the biggest mover so far.
Lap 11: Top five: Tagliani, Dixon, Townsend Bell, Dan Wheldon, Dario Franchitti.
Lap 10: Oriel Servia is falling in the field, now sitting in the sixth spot.
Lap 8: Tagliani makes a quick pass on the front straight to pass Dixon for lead. This is his first time leading the Indy 500 in his career.
Lap 7: De Silvestro had a brush earlier in the race with the wall. Out of the pits after taking four new tires.
Lap 5: Dixon and Tagliani are pulling away from rest of field. Simona de Silvestro in pit road and one lap down but no word on what the problem is.
Lap 1: Polesitter Alex Tagliani takes the green flag, but it's a crazy start to the race as cars try to time the start correctly. Scott Dixon takes early lead.
12:11 p.m. ET: Cars roll off for parade laps behind the pace car, driven by four-time Indy 500 winner A.J. Foyt.
12:09 p.m. ET: Mary Hulman George gives the "Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines!" command.
12:07 p.m. ET: Jim Nabors takes the podium for his traditional performance of "Back Home Again in Indiana" before the race starts. And the balloons are in the air!
12:04 p.m. ET: American troops are honored with the playing of "Taps" and a gun salute.
12:03 p.m. ET: Drivers have been called to their cars - it's almost race time!
BREAKING NEWS 11:55 a.m. ET: FOXSports.com's senior writer Lee Spencer spoke with the owner of Danica Patrick's primary sponsor, GoDaddy.com, who said, “Am I happy if she would (switch to NASCAR in 2012)? I would be thrilled. Would I move with her? If I can stroke the check I will." Full story
Starting grid
Check out the lineup for this year's Indy 500.
11:55 a.m. ET: Seal and Kelly Clarkson take the mic to perform this year's anthem along with a stealth bomber flyover.
11:40 a.m. ET: Biggest cheers during introductions: Simona De Silvestro, Danica Patrick, Tony Kanaan, Paul Tracy, Dario Franchitti and polesitter Alex Tagliani.
11:33 a.m. ET: Driver introductions have started. Beginning with the last four rows are a record-tying four women and Graham Rahal, who starts the race 25 years after his father, Bobby Rahal, won the Indy 500.
11:00 a.m. ET: Polesitter Alex Tagliani will be leading the 33-car field to the start line. Check out the starting grid to see where your favorite drivers will be.
At the end of today's race, a U.S. Navy A-4 Skyhawk and a T-2C Buckeye, followed by four U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornets will flyover the track.
The traditional singing of "Back Home Again in Indiana" is scheduled for 12:03 p.m. ET. The Command to Start Engines by Mari Hulman George will be given at 12:05 p.m. ET. Green flag for today's race is scheduled for 12:12 p.m. ET.
Today's field of 33 drivers includes four former IndyCar Series champions (Tony Kanaan, Dan Wheldon, two-time champ Scott Dixon and three-time champ Dario Franchitti) and one former Champ Car World Series champion (Paul Tr
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Count Harlan Gideon Sarkhon and the Terror of the Nhorlax-Book One
‘‘Count Harlan Gideon Sarkhon and the Terror of the Nhorlax-Book One. Edit
House of Sarkhon.
Harlan Gideon Sarkhon-tall, dark haired, is said to be one of the first members of the Imperial House of Sarkhon, to have attempted to travel through the infinite realm of temporal space, by creating an experimental time warp drive, that opens a wormhole Stargate through time and space.
He discovers a colony of Atlanteans who live in small communities within large and futuristic yet dilapidated buildings, scattered about the forest area. The land around the central Elanai Space port has become a sort of untended garden filled with unusual fruiting and flowering plants, and similarly strange yet collapsing buildings and other structures, all clearly no longer used, dotted around.
Outside, their remote colony is a tribe of Nhorlax (who are blue-skinned, dark haired cyborg brutes with glowing eyes), who crashed there years ago and consider the Elanai colony a threat. Nhorlax wear no clothing but are covered with fur. As a result of living underground, they have little or no melanin to protect their skin, and so have become extremely sensitive to light live underground, tending machinery and live apart from the Elanai.-whom they hate and despise as lazy, ugly invaders from the nearby world of Atlantis. Harlan Sarkhon-being an Atlantean, takes offense to this, despite, his claiming earlier to have respect for all intelligent life-obviously, he only respects intelligent, life, if it is not warlike and brutal.
Harlan Sarkhon falls in love with one of the young Elanai-an innocent, childlike platinum blonde known as Carolynn Fate. Many of the future, members of the Imperial Sarkhon House Clan, will show, this white haired blonde shade of hair color and it maybe speculated, that this will one of the hereditary traits of the family, when the platinum blonde House of Fate, mixed with the multi colored hair of the Sarkhon Family.
In the end, Harlan Sarkhon, sides the Elanai-over the tyrannical oppression of the warlike Nhorlax. Masters, who long, flowing hair of the same pure white color as his skin, are telepathic has the physique of a human, and wears clothing armor. The Nhorlax Master divided themselves into several castes-the upper being The Nhorlax Master, the Middle Nhorlax Class-who run their societies more beauricratic levels ,the Nhorlax Warrior Class, who protect the society-they comprise the Nhorlax Army and Navy Class as well, and the lower Nhorlax Lower Class-who tend to and repair the machines. He helps defeat the Norlax invasion, but leaves a vast number of them alive-inside the caverns cities and mountain, and hill colonies of the Nhorlax.
· Maveric Lion Productions presents
· '3. '-a Tale of the Ancient imperial House of Sarkhon.
· Featuring and the Nhorlax Horde.
· '4. 'By Joseph Gilbert Thompson and Carl Edward. Thompson
· '5. 'c. 2007 Maveric Lion Productions
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· '''Atlanteans Homeworld-Atlantean time Line. 1'–
· ''''Warm lights pour through we windows, spreading out over the snow-picturesque countryside. A great Atlantean cityscape unfolds before everything.’ Atlantean Towers of silver, whose existence stood over a century or more, were surrounded by the newer Seraphian Crystalline Towers of the past 30 some years, created the landscape of Atlassan City-capitol of the United Kingdom’s of Atlantis-sever empires that represented the free, enlightened world.
· Several Atlantean Docking Pitts were scattered about the outer rim of this Atlantean city. Each were settled among the Sarkhon Star Port Shipping Cluster of Docking Bays, generally used received and launch cargo vessels, by way of hyperspace driven cargo haulers and tramp freighters.
· A huge saucer shaped star ship rests upon a very three-towered launch pad. the ship, appears to be more a grand imperial Atlantean Star Palace, with a huge domed structure at one end a grand odd shaped tower-both appearing as white porcelain like outer hull covering. Two huge warp nacelles jutted out from the aft section of the star ships main saucer section.
· Only the central’ Command Bridge, a converted central crew area, is lit, shaded from the moonlight by a majestic, single satellite-the moon, also known as Luna that orbit this ancient world-home world and upon the country side of a Great Atlantean United World’s civilization.' 'Command Bridge'
· My Command Bridge emulated much my own library, at Castle Sarkhon-a pleasant Edwardian like huge, circular room, with room for many volumes of isolinear books or pads stacked' along with lightly with volumes of books, many of ancient Vintage, found within the ‘Central Bridge' Holo Library-which also contains various data computer isolinear padds-also known as Grimier-ancient Great Books of scientific knowledge. Before it is a huge, control console –the star ships central Astrogator of strange green metallic material that holds a long, white blue glass tower. Blue green rings, several-four lower and two upper, surround a huge, green and white sphere like objects. Many of the Central Control Astro Station are made of Nickel, ivory and crystalline quartz gleam and sparkle with various locations. .Several stations surround the Astrogator’s Central Temporal Navigation Column. Each appear lighted green, as if we were made of a Various clocks surround the bridge and Astrogator area, along various on pedestal control on the floor near the Astrogator and several comfortable armchairs, surround the Central Control area and the various Command Bridge science stations.'
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· Each chair of my ships - pilot and co pilots Command Chairs. First is Mission Operations-which maintains and monitors all primary star ship functions, set before the Pilot Chair and HMS Star Palace million control, which monitors and controls all secondary star ship functions–set in front of the Co-Pilots Chair. Next to that is the Navigational Station Chair Navigation – from which the star ships plots it’s course' and Helm Station Chair' – the Guidance System Computer – ensuring that the star ships remains on course'. Environmental Control– to maintain such things as temperature, gravity, atmosphere, etc, within the star ship. Drive Systems or engineering station–which is mounted on this panel and of saw auxiliary stations; w the activated it engages the ship’s power source, in the Engine Room are of the ship.' electronic effects.
· the console has a much more thrown-together the appearance as if the inventor had made it with bits of junk from various eras substituting as makeshift controls. Lighted isolinear rods, control rods, and Computer Padds and so forth are fixed into the various consoles. Several brass rods surround the main area Astrogation area. the tower .ends into an upper section-a circular catwalk area. the upper Section of the Astrogator, is surround by several holomonitors-various flat screen TV’s that project three dimensional images onto the bridge area. ‘Several think metallic power cables-composed of energy transferring materials surround the upper area of the Central Control area of the 'Command Bridge'.'
· This beautiful creation of curving brass and thick network of rods. beautiful creation of curving brass and thick velvet, elegant lines and a hopeful feeling of Victorian
futurism .it resembled less of a standard star ship bridge and more like a combination of crazy Avalonean Clock Makers store, mixed elements of a command bridge and wizards Atlantean alchemylab.
· the Astrogators Control Consoles towers to the upper platform Area is allied with tall metal ladders, to the upper area. Various control panels, with small holoscreens, are fixed to the towers. Various objects-rifles, field equipment, small pistols and such are fixed by lea the like thongs, to the column area. ‘Panel four houses the terminal that gives access to the Astrogators computer and data banks ‘Velvet, elegant lines, and a hopeful feeling of Victorian' futurism. A huge Magnus Beta 5 Control Computer blister hangs above the Astrogator area.' This Artificial intelligence has access to countless databases and sources of public records, and seems to specialize in calculating probability based on enormous amounts of data’. Below this is the Astrogation station that holds a Rhandarian Navigational Computer.-an alien navigational device, acquired by the Atlanteans treaties with the Rhandarians-a humanoid or race of the Androids species, whose star ships have travelled the home world on numerous occasions.
· Several Storage's area can be found about the 'Command Bridge'. Vast Ring of Hibernation Tubes-tall 6 foot cylindrical transparisteel Supreme Nhorlax High Command Chamber, can be found about the outer walls of the bridge are, to be used in this ship previous existence as one of the Atlanteans interstellar Exploration and Colonization Sleeper Program. Huge, Holo projectors surrounded the Command Bridge, interspersed with of saw strange devices of previous and ancient Atlantean origin. Holo Sp sphere’s used to see into Holo Space-a strange of saw dimension, that reflected everything excising in the known universe and into the ships vast Data Libraries, where located at various points of the Command Bridge area.'
· Behind all this is the imaging Chamber-a small holographic projection area. Linked to the lower Holo deck Supreme Nhorlax High Command Chamber, to be used by the bridge crew. ' the room is an odd mix of the fantastic and the mundane as if the owner of the star ship ,was thus provide the interior with the kinds of devices, controls and mechanism of an advanced, high tech star ship, but also provide all the confronts of a common member of the Atlantean Upper Classes palace residence. A huge, holo view screen .ends from the front area of the Command Bridge-where several smaller replicas are found throughout the bridge.' '
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· Everywhere scientific passions are evident: animal skulls rest alongside leather-bound tomes; mechanical
inventions in various states of completion rest atop heavy metal that looks like mahogany tables; test tubes and microscopes are spread out on a nearby holographic display table. in the flickering Atlantean Glow Globes were gave the about the Central Command Data Staion, that housed the hub of the Star Ships main artificial intelligence computer system. see a cacophony of scientific equipment and experiments filling every inch of the bridge, that wasn't reserved for operation station. There were two stories filled with Eldritch High Energy Power cables, that scattered around haphazard like a spider's web from main Command Center and Seraphian data tubes, which spiked from various control stations, like crystalline multicolored icicles. In the far end was; microscope like data stations and of saw macroscopic viewers, poking out of the various science, tacical and engineering consoles. the huge cables and coils hung over the central Astrogation Console completing the spidery matrix, that created the upper deck of the Command Bridge. Various engineering blueprints of the Star Palace and data readouts flickered about the smaller the huge Holo screens crowded with layers upon layers of intense calculus, geometry and equations.
the one facet that most immediately reflects the designer and engineers of this bridges is array clicking of scores of clocks; combined with data signals, that made up a combination of hums, blips, pings, on and off musical data chirps, which created a steady metronomic cadence.
· Three men are seated in a rough circle, around the central astragation area, obviously awaiting the arrival of occupants for the two empty chairs. the silence is accentuated by the merry cracking of logs in the fireplace and the capricious clicking of innumerable timepieces about the room, from various by gone ages of the Atlantean Civilization- where is a old, Asilan Grandfather the Clock like device, clicking in the one area of the room, to left side.' the one dark haired, bearded fellow would look over the various consoles and the innumerable timepieces, set upon various Holo tables and about the room, that is the founder of this project insisted be added, the bridge area, as make more the study of any wealthy man upon Atlantis.
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· The First Gentleman is Lord Asrhack Moonthorn-a member of the imperial House Clan of Moonthorn-a small, red haired man with shadowy eyes and odd, long features. Is an imposing businessman, wearing full sideburns. The stares stonily at the last empty chair, the at the tall, dark haired man across from him with annoyance. Lord Asrhack Moonthorn, was one of the major stockholders and inventors of Moonthorn Battle Weapons Technology, incorporate. we experts in sentient combat tanks, imperial Atlantean Space Armor, Plasma Torch pikes,Force Field Defense Balls, First Generation Cold Plasma Shields and Body Armor, which was projected over the Atlantean Space Armor.
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· N. to him second is General Kelvhan Kulthan-a a member of the imperial House Clan of Kulthan, a hulking white haired man, who bravery upon the battle field is notorious and legendary. a man of the world, His family were several generation warriors, since the of General Gharvhan Sarkhon, who led the Rebel Colonial Armies against the tyranny of the Tauron Empire, and helped found the United Kingdom’s of Atlantis.Kelvhan Kulthan's father ,grandfatherand great grandfather had made millions invesing in Kulthan Enterprises,inc.who owned stock in both Sarkhon Enterprise,inc. and Shaitanus Enterprises,inc,plus Moonthorn Battle Weapons Technology,incorporate , Karza Technologies,inc.Karza Medtech,inc,
· And last third is Doctor Sabasion Karza-a red haired rotund middle aged figure ,with dark piecing eyesand a man of the world angrily crews on his cigar -a member of the imperial House Clan of Karza,-all tionse whose primary making of wealth was with the Moonthorn space armor,weapons manufacture,computer systems,star ship and air craft building and various of saw similar businesses,from medicine to alchemy they producion.Karza Pharmaceuicals, and Hon Karza tionalthcare, Karza Medtech,inc. tionalthcare system
·
· Lord Asrhack Moonthorn glances impaiently at his watch, comparing ime with a Grand-Fa the Clock behind him, the snaps it shut and glares at an empty chair n. to him.Conspicuously unoccupied.impeccably atired in the latest fashion,welcomes tionm all the only way the knows, by lifing his glass of Avalon whiskey.
isay, this is outright rude of the man!''Lord Asrhack Moonthorn comments.For a man with so many clock all over the place, the often seems to be so often late.''
· '' tion's undoubtedly been detained. That's
all.''General Asrhack Kulthan questioned ''After all,this would not be the first upon this project.''
· A fourth man enters, pauses to glance down, the embarrassingly takes his chair near the of saws.
·
· the is one Drago Carver Shaitanus,another saw individual of wealth and power,from the imperial House Clan of Shaitanus.Drago Shaitanus,also a man of great wealth and power,through an ancient family of great power and wealth,owned major stock in Shaitanus Enterprises,inc,
· the company is a technology company that develops and manufactures advanced weapon and defense technologies,plus Shaitanus Merchant,inc. owns dozens of freighters and handles three-and-a-half billion tons of freight each month.
·
·
· Behind him stood a tall man,dressed in a dark,blue coat,shoulder cap. the was handsome,with bright green eyes,that bespoke of his intelligence and high good nature. the was iof the imperial House of Sarkhon-a vast house of great wealth.power and influence upon the world of Atlantis,for a thousands of thousands of generaions.Sarkhon Enterprises,inc.started with Sarkhon Steel,founded by Count Resin Harlan Sarkhon is one of the oldest steel mills and metal refineries and supplies steel for shipbuilding.Sarkhon Aerospace builds luxurious and exclusive corporate and private jets and airliners. its experimental aviaion branch produces experimental and research planes for the United Kingdoms government and the internaional Atlantean Space Adminiion (iASA). the military aviaion branch designs and manufactures jet fighters and tionlicopters for the UKA'S military. it also studies and replicates alien technology,as with the Rhandarian, the Serap tionans and Galaxians,who visitted this from ime to ime..This led to Count Bernard Sarkhon,founding the Sarkhon Rocket . and later Sarkhon Star Ship,incorporate-two companies,that would us the in the United Kingdoms of Atlantis's New Space Age.
· ' the holding in his holder arms a small,Atlantean Burmese black cat,which the is stroking gentling with upper right free hand. the cat.Samantha is delightfully purring softly in his arms.
tionse four men were the sons and grandsons of important Robber baron families powerful 19th and 2O th century United Kingdoms of Atlantis businessman and banker. who someimes used questionable business pracices to become powerful or wealthy.
· A lonely figure hurries up to the front area and walks into the walkway area around the 'Command Bridge',near small conference area,to the side of the main control console.' '‘’Gentlemen, ibelieve this an historic day,we’ve all waited for.’’Count Harlan Gideon Sarkhon’’We’ve spent years tesing various prototype temporal warp drive engines,most placed in small interstellar space probes.’’
·
· ''We've even had some rudimentary success with Hyperspace ime travel,in my fa the and grandfa tions ime.''I told them.
· ''But harnessing hyper warp jump technology,for inter spacial movement is one thing,but gofng across the infinite vofd of ime and space is another saw thing enirely.''Lord Asrhack menioned.''My companies Moonthorn Mobile infantry Combat Armor could sustain those hyper ime jumps for a limited ime
·
· Drago;''Why this occupaion with compleing this contrapion-this star palace as you call it ?''
· Harlan thought for a moment and answered his Friend.''if you want to know the truth. idon't really like the ime iwas born into. the Taurons keep creaing greater and greater weapons of war,just as we did my fa the Count Bernard Harland Sarkhons ime and his fa tion-my grandfa tions ime.You remember the Tauron Accumulators,that came up out of the seas and stripped whole porions of the Eastern Coastes of the United Kingdoms of Atlantis,of power and real estate.''
· ''You don't to remind me,both our fa tions and grandfa tions fought those things''Drago Shaitanus responded.
· ''And many good Atlantean soldiers died trying to crush those monsters,unil a way was created,by your grandfa tion,Harlan to turn it's weapons . against itself.''General Kelvan Kulthan added.''We can beat the Taurons and Tykhon . through two World Wars,and if needed,By the Stars,will do so again.
·
· ''And the imperial Atlantean Military keeps on calling upon men of science like us,to invent new,efficient weapons of mass destrucion to depopulate the world faster,in that attempt to defend ourselves from the enemy.'' icommented.
· ''And what would be your glorious soluion ?''Dargo Shaitanus asked''Go off into outer space,to some of saw ime than our own ?''
· ''Maybe.''Harlan answered '' There has to something or someone better than humanity- the current state of humanity,anyway,that is.''
·
· ''So perhaps the Atlantean civilizaion conquers the stars,in star ship like this one .-
defense of our freedom is often worth fighing for ,but only after allot of blood is spilled.
Sick bay, remote Ops, engineering and
living quarters are below decks.
Hyperengine should be in there.
Chapter Lift Off
‘’Ok, gentlemen Next ’’ I command in a loud, clear voice, tionard throughout the bridge and the ship.’ Lets get started.’’
Drago Carver Shaitanus, siting at the Navigaional tionlm staion.’ Acivaion ime Space Systems. pedestal in the center of the bridge. Flicks a switch
and a holographic the Atlantean craft appears. the ship is fully automated. tion
pilot flies the ship out of the solar
system and lands on Alpha Prime
Upon the console were three panels, each with a different LED displays. One read Current ime Departed, which was the local ime of Atlantis, at this exact date. another saw under it read Present Star Ship ime, which kept a record of the Atlantean Star Palaces On board ime and star date .And below that was the Desinaion ime, that presented the exact ime and date, on wis tiond tionad toward.
''Transferring desinaion ime on keypad ‘’.
· General Kelvan Kulthan monitored the star ships Mission Operaion Staion,that included both data boards to the Engineering Staions and Tacical Command Staions or Fight Systems,as we were often called.
· the trees are thick and deep shadows cut patc tions of darkness through the bright sunlight which struggles to penetrate the maze. iwalks and the of saws with continued wariness through the trees, glancing from left to right and occasionally stopping dead sill and quickly daring a glance behind him at what the imagines to be some sound of movement.
o But all this is imaginary on his part. there is nothing that moves or makes a sound in this forest.
· We are
ready to fly.
iNT.-SPACE COMMAND-HMS Star Palace million control
Banks of monitors manned by
haired technicians. A giant monitor shows the Atlantean Star Ship on the launch
pad. the CONTROLLER (Noah Sarkhon) pulls in to his console.
NOAH
HMS Star Palace this is HMS Star Palace million control.
''You are at T-minus two minutes and
couning. We're clear for lift off ''-the voice of Noah Sarkhon spoke over the ships audio speakers.
I could see on my left holoscreen the gantry tower beginning to depart,as it slowly moved away from the ship,on it's robotic tank treads.
..-I could see upon one of the upper holoscreens as HMS Star Palace sat upon it's Docking Pit Tower,alone as various robotic gantry towers and robotic fuel lines moved away from the launch area.
''Giant gantries retracting. Fueling lines disengage.''the Magnus 900 AI Computer System spoke
HMS Star Palace began to glow as Dargo Shaitanus prepared the star ship for pre flight take procedures.
Sarkhon
''Thernal fuel pressure to zero.''My father Bernard Sarkhon imformed over the star ships com systems
''Powering main drive systems fully operational''.''the Magnus 900 AI Computer System spoke
..- HMS Star Palace began to glow again more rapidly,as a could hear a weird,banshee like scream of the star ships Paragravity Drive fully being engaged.
HMS Star Palace Star Ship control
NOAH
HMS Star Palace you are at ninety five
percent.
iNT.- HMS Star Palace
Harlan Sarkhon
, main drive systems to on
line status. it's showime.
..- HMS Star Palace
·
Paragravity drive at the base of the saucer EXPLODES, the giant craft
easilly like a heliem filled balloon, suddenly let go of it's restraint lifted up towards the sky.
The mighty Engines Roared. the ship begins to glow on it's underside,as Paragravity Drive engages-pulsaing over and over. the paragravity Drive,lightens the weight of the star ship by half and the generates a surrounding Repulsor Field about the star ship .erior,which is represented by the earie photonic glow about the ship.
· Suddenly the Star Palice rises and with minimal thrust rises up into the shy,pushing itself away from Launch Padd and the Atlantean World below.
iNT.- HMS Star Palace million control
NOAH
We have lift off.
iNT.- HMS Star Palace
Sarkhon
Requesing escape trajectory.
iNT.-HMS Star Palace million control
NOAH
Major, your escape vector in clear of
all military and commercial traffic.
Op in go on your command.
iNT.- HMS Star Palace
Sarkhon
Roger, Houston.
Sarkhon reac tions for a glowing panel.
Sarkhon
We're outta here.
.. HMS Star Palace
the atomic power source fires a focused BLAST, shoofng the Atlantean Star Ship
through cloud and sky towards the black edge of space.
iNT:-HMS Star Palace million control
the main screen shows a graphic of the Atlantean Star Ship's trajectory as the ship
arcs toward the outer edge of the atmospsphere.
NOAH
HMS Star Palace, you are clear of Atlantean
atmosphere.
A C tionER goes up in the control room.
..- HMS Star Palace
the giant saucer s tionll EXPLODES, revealing the inner ship, the
glittering high tech shape of the HMS Star Palace.
iNT.- HMS Star Palace
Dargo Shaitanus icould see watching carefully the main holo veiw screen,as the homeworld of Atlantis receded into a blue marble, flickering orbital
billboards growing distant. icoiuld see my old freind smile as the home world moved away and familiar sights of our world,was replaced with the ebony blackness of outer space.
Sarkhon
HMS Star Palace booster disengaged.
Proceeding towards Mercury.
..- HMS Star Palace
Nuclear diodes at the ship's base spin into life, glowing with atomic
fire, the ship now tionading towards Mercury and beyond.
iNT.- HMS Star Palace-LOWER DECKS
On the left holo veiw screen, icould see the Robot stands dormant in his service bay. HOLD on the closed service
drawer in the b.g. PUSH iN.
iNT.-SERViCE DRAWER
Smith lies sill, unconscious in the dark compartment.
iNT- HMS Star Palace BRiDGE
Mercury hangs like a red moon in the front view screen.
Bernard Sarkhon
Dargo Shaitanus presses a button and two giant blast shields I look . toover the Atlantean Star Ship
Two's main view screen.
Sarkhon
Houston, divering all spacecraft
controls to the main computer.
(off mic)
Eight years of flight training.
the walks to the center of the bridge and acivates the navigaional
holograph, images forming in mid-air over the pedestal.
HOLOGRAPH- CLOSE. the HMS Star Palace is visible, .ed by the planets of
our solar system.
Sarkhon
Navigaional holographics on line.
(off mic)
Chapter
·
· the vapor rising like a curtain to disI look . toa great bronze pedestal, green with verdigris, where on clawed feet support the white marble figure of an immense Sphinx. the figure has the face of a wolf, the body of a huge humanofd and the A weeping birch tree barely touc tions its
· in the .ground across the hall, the Harland Sarkhon and the of saws halt. the is dwarfed by the tionight of the vaulted ceiling. Although ancient in appearance, everything is ultra modern in design. Sunlight streams through
windows where half the panes of stained glass are broken. Faded curtains droop in dusty folds along
the walls, and at random about the floor are low tables, some tionavily fractured, loaded with bowls
of fruit.
His FOOTSTEPS ECHO through the great hall as tion
icrosses to:
·
· the air around tionm vibrates and whoos tions, the breathing sound roaring,like huge prehistoric beast,from the home-world Atlantis's pre stone ages eras. And at last I could can see the source...
Machines. Towering, sweaing, industrial-working over and over,as huge pistons hammer in and out of hydraulic tubing. A network of enormous pipes and electrical cables and air channels like
the circulatory system of a body that twist off in every direcion. the underground network of tunnels,scaffolds,catwalks,latters fixed great rusted and grimy metal columns,combined with circular vents pouring out scalding stream make the Nhorlax Underground City a sweatshop tionll. A mechanized Dante's inferno
of wood and lea the and steel can be seen everywhere,enfolding toward the darkened horizon.
And the Nhorlax are working. All the machines are powered by the brute strength of the Nhorlax alone. we labor among the tionllish machines -- slowly turning great w tionels and
pulling at enormous bellows and hauling ropes and grinding levers. we are nightmare figures of a Bosch paining. And as the tunnel opens out, we get a stunning perspecive
of the whole...
Bones. Skeletons. the enire chamber is a vast necropolis.
we are standing in an enormous hall enirely made up of
Elanhai ibones and skulls and rib cages and complete skeletons.
Some buried deep into the sediment -- some reaching out for
the like grisly nightmare images -- an enire sweeping wall
of skulls on one side. At of saw places the bones glisten
wetly, fresh kill.
here and sphere around the chamber holes drop away to
blackness, gaping chasms.
A silent beat as we take in the horror everywhere around
the.
Serap tionan
the slaughterhouse.
1. No one moves. the runs toward the ledge.
2. I look . to the Carolynn
3. 175 the grasp on the ledge grows weaker. S the is at the point of leting go.
4. i- MOViNG . 176 Reaching the ledge, the pus tions past the people nearbyand grasps the Carolynne's wrist just as the fingers slip.
5. Quickly, the pulls the out of the river'sturbulent current and lifts the up in his arms.
6. Carolynne - .REME I look . toUP
7. 177 Looking up at the ibewildered, s tion shows ne we fear nor graitude.
8. i- .REME I look . toUP 178 Gazing . at the Carolynne thoroughly puzzled.
9. tion turns and glances down at the two little peopleon the ledge.
10. I look . toTWO .
11. 179 tionse two men will later be known as the YOUNG MAN and the Seraphean Protector Lord . we return the ime Travel-ler's look of scorn with pleasant smiles as if we do not know the meaning of a mean look.
12. Myself and Carolynne - .REME CLOSE, MOViNG . 180 Trying to avofd looking at the dripping, robeless Carolynne - after all the is a Victorian - the carries tionto the safety of the bank and sets the down on tionsandy beach beneath the trees.
13. the CAMERA FOLLOWS
14. almost ulimatehim as the straightens, the quickly takes off hisjacket and throws it around tion. the looks at the for the first ime sees the almost-ulimateulimate in feminine beauty.
15. i
16. Are you all right?
17. Myself and Carolynne - FULL .
18. 181 Wearing his velvet jacket very appealingly, s tioncalmly rises, turns and, without a word, walksaway.
19. the istares after the inastonishment. the disconcerned people, now all dressed in muli-colored robes, are leaving the pool.
20. we walkpast the ias though the was a part of the scenery, merely adding to his confusion.
21. I look . to i 182 Perplexed.
22. DiSSOLVE TO: .. ENTRANCE TO the GREAT BUiLDiNG - (SUNSET) 183 Shoofng toward the
23. ARCHWAY.
24. the sun is sinking as the last stragglers of the little people enter tion the great hall.
25. the islowly follows the.
26. the pauses on the steps to see if any will turn .to e we welcome him or resent his intrusion, but we move on with lack of interest, completely.
27. tionsits down on the steps, thoroughly perplexed at thisutter indifference.
28. i- MED. .
29. Seated on the steps leaning against a column.
30. the senses another saw's presence, looks about, sees no one, the turns to glance over his shoulder.
31. the Carolynne, now wearing the robe and holding his jacket over the arm,appears from behind the column.
32. the looks at the andsmiles reassuringly, but makes no move toward tion. - the comes closer, the sits on the step above him andreturns his jacket.
33. While the slowly slips it on,s the slides down a step to sit alongside him.
34. the Carolynne Why did you?
35. i Why did iwhat?
· the Carolynne Come after me.
· i(ironic) i did it to save your life, young lady, which i'm afraid doesn't hold much meaning for you or anyone else.
· the Carolynne (simply) it doesn't.
· i Must have been fifty of your friends watching you drown. Not one of
· I didn't see them so much as raise a finger. -
· (shakes his tionad) A curious atitude - in a curious world. (a pause, the a smile)
· Aren't you the least bit interested in what iam...where icome from?
· the Carolynne (innocently) Should ibe?
· i(smiles) Perhaps you'd better take me to someone a bit older ican talk to.
· the Carolynne
· here is no one older. the iis suddenly struck by the truthof the words. All of the little people seem to beof the Carolynne's age or younger.
· i Doesn't anyone age in this land of yours? the Carolynne makes no reply. instead s the gazes off at tionsun which is low in the tionavens.
· Shadows have alreadyfallen over the distant hills. i
· What's your name?
· the Carolynne Carolynne.
· i How do you spell that?
1. Carolynne Spell?
2. iWrite! - Can't you write?
3. Look! the bends over, picks up a sick and starts to drawon the ground.
4. iNSERT: DUST
5. 185 As the sick writes out: " Carolynne "
6. I look . to SCENE 186 S the shows little interest.
7. i And what are your people called?
8. Carolynne (as if the ought to know)
9. Elanhaii. iNSERT OF DUST
10. 187 the sick now writes in the dust: " E L O i"
11. I look . to SCENE
12. 188 A shadow crosses the face. Suddenly s the springsto the feet, concerned.
13. Carolynne Come.
14. We must go in.
15. i(rising)
16. Why? What's wrong?
17. Carolynne (anxiously) it is geting dark. S the grabs his hand and pulls him toward:
18. iNT. the GREAT HALL - LONG . - (MATTE?) - (DAY)
19. 189 Crowded now. the people of the future are sitingon cushions around the tables, having we eveningmeal. the glowing orange light of the seting sunpierces the broken windows, lending a curious atmosphere to the place. No one pays attenion toCarolynne or to the ias we enter in tionb.g. AT the MAiN TABLE - MED. .
20. 190 A score of attracive young men and young women are enjoying i the dinner. is ware is a general atmosphere of bubbling good humor. we don't even lookup as Carolynne and the isit down at tiontable. S the hands him an orange-sized raspberry. tiontakes it, looks at the Young Man and the Seraphean Protector Lord who sit across the table from him and tries to engage the in conversaion.
21. i(directed to
22. Young Man, but meant for the enire .)
23. idon't mind telling you, i'm quite hungry.
24. i've come a long, long way. Looks around for some kind of a reacion. is ware is none.
25. I look . to i
26. 191 the bites into the fruit. it's good. While the iseaing the searc tions for another saw way to bring up tion subject.
27. i
28. in my ime a berry this size would
29. have made news in every civilized
30. country.
31. Carolynne
32. How long did you travel?
33. iWell it seems like a long ime --
34. but it wasn't really. it's ra the
35. hard to explain.
36. KALEN it must have been hard, leaving your work.
37. the journey is part of my work.
38. KORUS You can work with us as soon as
39. You’re feeling better... Looks like a climber to me.
40.
·
·
·
· the war between the East and Sarkhon,
· which is now in its three hundredth
· and twenty-sixth year has at last
· come to an end. There is nothing
· left to fight with and few of us
· left to fight. the atmosphere has
· become so polluted with deadly
· germs that it can no longer be
· breath sawd. There is no place on
· this planet that is immune. the
· last surviving factory for the
· manufacture of oxygen has been
· destroyed. Stockpiles are rapidly
· diminishing and w the we are gone,
· we must die...
· Seraphean Protector Lord
· tion never come .. Nobody can bring the ..
· Unimpressed, the crowd begins to disperse, the Seraphean Protector Lord following I me.
· ''You protect them.''the glowing angelic figure spoke.''It is your duty,as First among The Legion of Time Sorcerers.''
· I look . to
· Calling after the dispusing crowd.
’’Count Harlan Gideon Sarkhon
· You can try. Won't any of you even try?
· No we beleave in peace-even if it means our death.
· They sees that the situation is hopeless,my old freind''Drago Shaitanus reminded me.
· Harlan- we cannot help,those who will not help themselves .''
· ''Dargo you don't understand’’
·
· ''Well, someone has to try! ''Lord Moonthorn spoke.''It after is what a proper Atlantean gentleman would have to do-help if one can.''
· Well.Were going to try.''
· ''How ?''Karza asked.''
· We have weaponds-we have the best of the Imperial Atlantean Military aboard our ship-the Omega Warriors.
· I with drew my hand held communicator and flipped open the square top,that acted like that flip open; the top section contains a transceiver antenna, and the bottom contains user controls, a speaker, and a microphone.
· ''Landing Party to ship.''I commanded.''Come in.''
· ''Ship here,sir.''
· We may have need of Colonel
· ibegan running through the forest. the is laboring up the open hillside.
· the Elanhai iin a semi-circle silently watch. A few (c)
· of the tionsitantly start after the ime Traveler.
· .. the WELL - FULL . - (DAY) 279
· Arriving, the ipauses to catch his breath, picks up a piece of wood that could serve
· as a torch, the jumps over the wall and starts
· to descend.
· Over this a faint THROBBiNG OF MACHiNES can be
· tionard.
· SHOofNG iNTO SHAFT - high ANGLE 280
· iclimbs down, gripping the walls
· with his hands and feet. the depth beneath him is
· dizzying. THROBBiNG LOUDER.
· iN the WELL - FULL . 281
· As the idescends, the CAMERA FOLLOWS
· him, step after step. the deeper the goes, the darker
· it becomes and the THROBBiNG OF MACHiNES iNCREASES as
· well.
· Suddenly a rock gives beneath his weight. the barely
· saves himself. Not without fear the pauses to rest,
· glancing upward.
· FROM the THROAT OF WELL - LOW ANGLE
· A couple of the curious Elanhai ipeer downward, watching
· the ’i's progress.
· I look . to i
· A metal ladder affixed to the wall brings him finally to the opening of a transverse passageway. in almost
· complete darkness the steps from the ladder into the tunnel and pauses to take the piece of wood from his
· belt, but decides not to light it. the bends and peers
· a tionad.
· iNT. GREAT CAVERN - FULL .
· iemerges onto the bridge in the dark,stygean cave.,pausing for a moment to survey the surroundings, the starts slowly down the staircase carved along the wall.
· the gloom is relieved only by puffing smoke and wavering lights, revealing occasionally vague shapes and
· grotesque shadows.
· (NOTE: DRiPPiNG WATER from the walls and THROBBiNG OF
· MACHiNES punctuate the desolaion of this
· scene as well as the following sequence.)
· I look . to ’i- MOViNG .
· Walking, the nofces an opening a tionad and cauiously
· moves toward:
· iNT. ENTRANCE TO FEASiNG ROOM - FULL .
· At the threshold of this dark, silent cell the Count Harlan Gideon Sarkhon. pauses, the slowly enters. Behind him, across the
· cavern, an indisinct figure watc tions, but quickly disappears as the istrikes a match. the sight
· that the I beholds fills him with revulsion and horror.
· the FEASiNG ROOM -
· This is obviously a feasing place of the Nora’s.
· in the flickering light we see stone tables and scattered around the floor far below the unmistakable remains of human bones after the flesh has been carnivorously picked away.
· ’i'S VofCE
· So, this was the desiny of the Elanhaii.
· I look . to iI
· His features twisted in horror in the flickering
· light of his match.
· Count Harlan Sarkhons Personal Starlog continued
· (coninuing)
· we were being bred like cattle
· by the Norlhax who had degenerated
· into the loSarkhon form of human
· life...cannibalism.
· the match dies between his fingers. Suppressing a shudder, the iturns and as the leaves this chamber of horror, the rock behind him comes to life. A pale,
· spectral Norlhax crosses the screen in the f.g.descending. another saw in the b.g. does likewise.
· MACHiNES - FULL .
· Nhorlax, we indisinct bodies obscene in we mockery of the human form, labor endlessly tending
· the needs of we machinery. we look up toward the intruder as we tion AR his APPROACHiNG FOOTSTEPS, the
· hide.
· STAiRWAY - MOViNG .
· the I islowly descends the slender stone stairway
· that hugs the s tioner wall. Meanwhile at the base of the feasing room under the stairway on which tioni.
· is moving a Predator Norlax moves a curtain aside and reveals itself. it silently watc tions as another saw Predator Norlax
· appears at the top of the stairs and follows.
· . OF Elanhai i
· Passing near the i's hiding place. Carolynne and the
· Young Man are side by side.
· AT the MACHiNES
· the Nhorlax who followed tioni. are closing in.
· I look . to i
· MOViNG .
· the is unaware of the Nhorlax behind him. Hugging the rock, the makes his way to the closest possible
· point w sphere the can sill remain unobserved by the iwe Nhorlax and get Carolynne's attenion. the
· reac tions out.
· i
· Carolynne!
· But s the continues on with complete resignaion to the fate. Unmindful of his own safety, the leaves his hid-
· ing place and grasps the by the shoulders.
· i
· (shaking tion)
· Carolynne!
· ( the turns and grasps the
· passing Young Man)
· Come to your senses! All of you!
· As the ’Count Harlan Gideon Sarkhon. pulls Carolynne toward the staircase, the
· Young Man follows.
· FOOT OF STAiRWAY
· Nhorlax block the escape.
· THREE SH
· the . with the i., Carolynne and the Young
· Man as we are forced to retreat.
· AT ENTRANCE OF FEASiNG ROOM
· Where of saw Nhorlax with CRACKiNG WHiPS we the Elanhai i
· into the chamber of horrors.
· One of the Nhorlax spots tioni., Carolynne and the
· Young Man. the swings his whip.
· I look . to THREE .
· the . with the as vicious CRACKiNG
· WHiPS drive the I look . to the entrance of the
· feasing room.
· TWO .
· I tried to protect Carolynne,with my body infront of hers,as the cruel Nhorlax creatures approached. Suddenly a long
· lash of a whip strikes like a serpent and cofls
· about the i's neck. the drops his unlit torch
· and whirls in pain.
· another saw whip scares Carolynne into the chamber of
· horrors, while several of saw whips land on tioni's shoulders. Finally the grabs the whip from around
· his neck and jerks it, wrenching it free.
· AT the ENTRANCE OF FEASiNG ROOM
· ’Count Harlan Gideon Sarkhon, wielding the whip fiercely, drives the
· Nhorlax . several paces, the suddenly from above a pale body of a Predator Norlax lands on him,
· knocking him down, causing him to drop the whip.
· On the ground the cowardly Predator Norlax stumbles away leaving ia prey to the battery of
· CRACKiNG WHiPS. the crawls in pain into the
· chamber of horrors.
· .. iNSiDE FEASiNG ROOM
· the icomes to his feet among the Elanhaii. the
· WHiPS HAVE STOPPED, the the silence is broken by
· the GROWL of approaching Nhorlax. Through the
· curtains, dark shapes swarm toward the. the
· suddenly the ’ipulls out his matchbox from his
· pocket. A match flares!
· . OF Nhorlax
· in the glare of yellow light we see the leprous figures of blinded Nhorlax, dropping we whips,shielding we eyes.
· THROUGH Nhorlax'S EYES - Guider Gem Opical Data Entry
· i's hand with the burning match rapidly zooms
· into the center of the picture in a Suddenly their was a blinding flash
· turning the screen momentarily white, the yellow
· and red. the the . . indicaing the
· Nhorlax' retreat. Slowly the normal colors
· reappear.
· I look . to the . OF Nhorlax
· Regaining we sight in the darkness, we start
· to I look . toin.
· THROUGH Nhorlax'S EYES - Guider Gem Opical Data Entry
· Followed by the Elanhai we ’Count Harlan Gideon Sarkhon. exits the feasing
· room and again lights a match. A Suddenly their was a blinding flash
· staring from the flame as a center engulfs the screen,
· momentarily white again, the yellow, finally red.
· Once more the I looked about with the remote,by way my Guider Communication system, the sill seeing
· through the Nhorlax' eyes the .S I look . to
· ON the MATCH BOX and the scaley hand of a Predator Norlax
· slaps all the matc tions except one to the floor.
· iMED. .
· the lights his last match and moves forward, looking
· for his lost torch.
· ..
· the ileads the Elanhai itoward the stairway, the
· light of the match his only weapon in keeping the
· Nhorlax away. Finally the spots his torch and
· picks it up hurriedly.
· I look . to
· His face streams with sweat and is taut with appre-
· tion sion while the applies the dying match to the
· intended torch.
· i(muttering)
· Burn, will you! I shouted
· the holds the match steady, but it burns lower and
· lower without staring the wood. in despair the
· turns to Carolynne.
· i
· Quick, something to burn! it's
· my last match!
· I look . to the Nhorlax
· As we are closing in.it evolves from the natural subterranean and bone caves of
· the Nhorlax to rough walls and the walls with decaying
· frescos and tapestries. it is as if iis walking
· through a microcosm of man's development.
· A tall figure is waiing a tionad of the in the deep darkness
· of the tunnel. the Nhorlax stop, ias well.
· ipeers at the figure, trying to see. Too dark.
· the a vofce. Surprisingly gentle.
· Gentle,yet commanding voice
· iwon't be what you expect...
· A beat.
· Gentle,yet commanding voice
· We're not really so different, you
· and i.
· the a light. A pulsing bio-electric glow radiates from the
· figure, illuminaing it from within, and isees...
· Nhorlax Warlord.
· the Supreme Nhorlax are strange creatures. the centuries of
· living deep underground without any physical acivity have
· left the anemic and enervated. we are fragile, weak,
· elongated creatures. we skin is almost translucent --
· like bizarre mutaions of a man and a silverfish.
· A beat as itakes in this eerie figure. the Nhorlax Warlord
· bears a disturbing resemblance to Dean Fulton.
· Nhorlax Warlord
· it's bio-electric illuminaion.
· Like certain deep sea creatures
· from your own ime.
· the moves to i. the Supreme Nhorlax move slowly, almost
· having lost ambulatory power. the Nhorlax Warlord stops close.
· Studies ’’Count Harlan Gideon Sarkhon. the smiles.
· Nhorlax Warlord
· Come... see your future.
· the us tions iinto...
· Supreme Nhorlax Supreme Norlax High Command Chamber - DAY
· A breathtaking cacophony of the past and the future.
· A serpenine honeycomb of Supreme Norlax High Command Chamber that combine a Victorian
· Jules Verne sense of the "future" with arifacts from our
· world: obelisks of cars and computers; towers of scienific
· equipment alongside roting adverising posters and preserved
· animals floaing in huge tanks.
· Mammoth columns of decaying books soaring up like monoliths.
· Vast towers of enormous tomes of every descripion.
· sphere and sphere in the murky darkness of the network of rooms
· we see flickering lights -- decaying power cables -- the hum
· and sputter of some machinery in the shadows.
· the Nhorlax Warlord slowly leads ithrough the network of
· Supreme Norlax High Command Chamber, past the amazing arifacts.
· Nhorlax Warlord
· What's your name?
· Sarkhon. ’’ ’’Count Sarkhon
· i
· ’’
· Nhorlax Warlord
· Well, Count Sarkhon
· , as a fellow
· scienist iknow you have a
· thousand questions --
· ’’Count Sarkhon
·
· You came underground w the the world
· was ending above. And you evolved.
· Some into the Nhorlax and of saws --
· Nhorlax Warlord
· No, we created the Nhorlax.
· ’Count Sarkhon
·
· Created?
· Nhorlax Warlord
· You wouldn't understand. We
· geneically engineered the Predator Norlax
· class to serve our needs.
· ’Count Sarkhon
·
· As slaves.
· Nhorlax Warlord
· To work the machines and build the
· tunnels. You can't imagine what it
· was like w the it all started. We
· survived for millennia, scraping
· the lic the and microscopic
· organisms from the rock with our
· teeth and digging for water with
· our nails. Endlessly. For
· generaions. And we... became.
· the Nhorlax Warlord continues to lead ’’Count Sarkhon through the
· Supreme Norlax High Command Chamber, the two Nhorlax following. ican see that
· the Nhorlax are clearly terrified by the Nhorlax Warlord.
· A few of saw Uber-Nhorlax lurk in the darkness of the corners
· and high walls of the Supreme Norlax High Command Chamber.
· Nhorlax Warlord
· And centuries later w the we tried
· to emerge into the sun again, we
· couldn't. Our adaptaion was too
· successful. We survived... we
· endured... for this.
· ’Count Sarkhon
·
· How do you control the Nhorlax?
· Nhorlax Warlord
· We make the see what we wish.
· ’Count Sarkhon
·
· How?
· Nhorlax Warlord
· As our bodies atrophied our
· minds... compensated.
· the two Nhorlax following suddenly stop -- mind control from
· the Nhorlax Warlord freezing the in we tracks.
· the Nhorlax Warlord continues to walk with ’’Count Sarkhon
·
· ’’Count Sarkhon
·
· And what of the Elanhai iColony?
· Nhorlax Warlord
· we survived above. Became what
· we are. Count Sarkhon
·
· No... we didn't survive only to
· be your food. You did that.
· Nhorlax Warlord
· I'm afraid your indignaion is lost on me and my kind
· I'm asware that I have no more so called "human"
· response to the Elanhai colony above or the Elanhai colonist,you share ancestry with.
· ’’Count Sarkhon
·
· But this is barbaric! Have you
· completely lost all sense of --
· Nhorlax Warlord
· (stops, calm)
· ‘’Honor ?Descency ?Were those the words you about to choose ?’’
· Sarkhon;
· And who are you, to deside who live and dies above?’
· Nhorlax Supreme Leader Skaruss Lokey Vulpis.’’ the Nhorlax
· Nhorlax Warlord spoke.
· ‘’Leader of the Council-those who rule the Great Nhorlax Pack.
· Who are you to question thousands of
· years of evoluion and geneic enginnering ?Cyberneics created by our masters- the Mystrann. This is the
· world now,as it is There and iam fact.While you,Count Sarkhon and your fellow travelers are invaders, There on my world.’’
· ‘’No,we just wish explore.Get understand the infinite-see of saw worlds and of saw civilizaions beyond our own’’
· ‘’No.you are invaders.’’ Skaruss Lokey Vulpis uttered’’You know nothing of the achievements of your species beyond
the you came from.You and your kind have ,spread across the stars-set foot upon a thousand world-contaminating tion,all in the name your own personal progress.
‘’ Don't understand.’’ inquired.’’I seek out exploration ?My kind wish to spreading across the stars ...to understand the unknown’’
‘’Yes,your kind.Especially the name Sarkhon.To your people-well some of your people, the name of Sarkhon as a legend.Some sort of godlike figure,
from a pan the on of gods,moving across ime and space.,just your Olympian and Asguard friends.’
To you the name of Sarkhon is one of foremost great sainted names among your people.
·
· it can't all be like this...
· the continue walking.
· Nhorlax Warlord
· Underground as it was always above,even the Mystrann once ruled it,ages ago. Light and flurishing with prey.While down here,it is always the stygean
· darkness. where the Predator awaits the time of the prey.
· Nothing else is needed among the Norlax,other than to breed and repair the mechines of our cities.We have little
· desire for anything else. We have
· finally arrived at... a balance of the circle of life and death.
· Which brings us to the problem of
· you... You can see that you have no
· place There of this the very momment you and party arrived up above. Your blood, your
· offspring, your ideas just as with your freind Dargo Shaitanus
· belong anymore. So... what shall we do with you ?''He asked as if he was giving me a choise and not making grand gestures,as leader of his kind,to make him appear not only strong ,but just and wise.
·
· Nhorlax Supreme Leader Skaruss Lokey Vulpis.''Did you ever wonder,why my kind dispise and fear you ?''
· ''No,not really''I answered dryly and direct.'' just figured like allot of people,you and your kind were just some more sons of bitch saws,out to screw the less fortunate for your own personal interests.''
· Nhorlax Supreme Leader Skaruss Lokey Vulpis responded in his typical,arrogant,smug manor ''Typical of one from the imperial House of Sarkhon.Argogant.Self Righteous.Believing his or her point of veiw is correct one- the only one to matter.''
· ''i'm a man of my word-of high principles.'' the Atlantean inventor added.''What else should ibe ?''
· ''Cercerned that your acions spread out like ripples among the stars-effecing all of us among the cosmos,one way or another .''Skaruss stated with certainly.''
· '' don't understand.'' questioned
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House of Sarkhon.
Harlan Gideon Sarkhon-tall, dark haired, is said to be one of the first members of the Imperial House of Sarkhon, to have attempted to travel through the infinite realm of temporal space, by creating an experimental time warp drive, that opens a wormhole Stargate through time and space.
He discovers a colony of Atlanteans who live in small communities within large and futuristic yet dilapidated buildings, scattered about the forest area. The land around the central Elanai Space port has become a sort of untended garden filled with unusual fruiting and flowering plants, and similarly strange yet collapsing buildings and other structures, all clearly no longer used, dotted around.
Outside, their remote colony is a tribe of Nhorlax (who are blue-skinned, dark haired cyborg brutes with glowing eyes), who crashed there years ago and consider the Elanai colony a threat. Nhorlax wear no clothing but are covered with fur. As a result of living underground, they have little or no melanin to protect their skin, and so have become extremely sensitive to light live underground, tending machinery and live apart from the Elanai.-whom they hate and despise as lazy, ugly invaders from the nearby world of Atlantis. Harlan Sarkhon-being an Atlantean, takes offense to this, despite, his claiming earlier to have respect for all intelligent life-obviously, he only respects intelligent, life, if it is not warlike and brutal.
Harlan Sarkhon falls in love with one of the young Elanai-an innocent, childlike platinum blonde known as Carolynn Fate. Many of the future, members of the Imperial Sarkhon House Clan, will show, this white haired blonde shade of hair color and it maybe speculated, that this will one of the hereditary traits of the family, when the platinum blonde House of Fate, mixed with the multi colored hair of the Sarkhon Family.
In the end, Harlan Sarkhon, sides the Elanai-over the tyrannical oppression of the warlike Nhorlax. Masters, who long, flowing hair of the same pure white color as his skin, are telepathic has the physique of a human, and wears clothing armor. The Nhorlax Master divided themselves into several castes-the upper being The Nhorlax Master, the Middle Nhorlax Class-who run their societies more beauricratic levels ,the Nhorlax Warrior Class, who protect the society-they comprise the Nhorlax Army and Navy Class as well, and the lower Nhorlax Lower Class-who tend to and repair the machines. He helps defeat the Norlax invasion, but leaves a vast number of them alive-inside the caverns cities and mountain, and hill colonies of the Nhorlax.
· Maveric Lion Productions presents
· '3. '-a Tale of the Ancient imperial House of Sarkhon.
· Featuring and the Nhorlax Horde.
· '4. 'By Joseph Gilbert Thompson and Carl Edward. Thompson
· '5. 'c. 2007 Maveric Lion Productions
· '6. '
· introduction;
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· 'theime; theOld Universe,
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· '''Atlanteans Homeworld-Atlantean time Line. 1'–
· ''''Warm lights pour through we windows, spreading out over the snow-picturesque countryside. A great Atlantean cityscape unfolds before everything.’ Atlantean Towers of silver, whose existence stood over a century or more, were surrounded by the newer Seraphian Crystalline Towers of the past 30 some years, created the landscape of Atlassan City-capitol of the United Kingdom’s of Atlantis-sever empires that represented the free, enlightened world.
· Several Atlantean Docking Pitts were scattered about the outer rim of this Atlantean city. Each were settled among the Sarkhon Star Port Shipping Cluster of Docking Bays, generally used received and launch cargo vessels, by way of hyperspace driven cargo haulers and tramp freighters.
· A huge saucer shaped star ship rests upon a very three-towered launch pad. the ship, appears to be more a grand imperial Atlantean Star Palace, with a huge domed structure at one end a grand odd shaped tower-both appearing as white porcelain like outer hull covering. Two huge warp nacelles jutted out from the aft section of the star ships main saucer section.
· Only the central’ Command Bridge, a converted central crew area, is lit, shaded from the moonlight by a majestic, single satellite-the moon, also known as Luna that orbit this ancient world-home world and upon the country side of a Great Atlantean United World’s civilization.' 'Command Bridge'
· My Command Bridge emulated much my own library, at Castle Sarkhon-a pleasant Edwardian like huge, circular room, with room for many volumes of isolinear books or pads stacked' along with lightly with volumes of books, many of ancient Vintage, found within the ‘Central Bridge' Holo Library-which also contains various data computer isolinear padds-also known as Grimier-ancient Great Books of scientific knowledge. Before it is a huge, control console –the star ships central Astrogator of strange green metallic material that holds a long, white blue glass tower. Blue green rings, several-four lower and two upper, surround a huge, green and white sphere like objects. Many of the Central Control Astro Station are made of Nickel, ivory and crystalline quartz gleam and sparkle with various locations. .Several stations surround the Astrogator’s Central Temporal Navigation Column. Each appear lighted green, as if we were made of a Various clocks surround the bridge and Astrogator area, along various on pedestal control on the floor near the Astrogator and several comfortable armchairs, surround the Central Control area and the various Command Bridge science stations.'
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· Each chair of my ships - pilot and co pilots Command Chairs. First is Mission Operations-which maintains and monitors all primary star ship functions, set before the Pilot Chair and HMS Star Palace million control, which monitors and controls all secondary star ship functions–set in front of the Co-Pilots Chair. Next to that is the Navigational Station Chair Navigation – from which the star ships plots it’s course' and Helm Station Chair' – the Guidance System Computer – ensuring that the star ships remains on course'. Environmental Control– to maintain such things as temperature, gravity, atmosphere, etc, within the star ship. Drive Systems or engineering station–which is mounted on this panel and of saw auxiliary stations; w the activated it engages the ship’s power source, in the Engine Room are of the ship.' electronic effects.
· the console has a much more thrown-together the appearance as if the inventor had made it with bits of junk from various eras substituting as makeshift controls. Lighted isolinear rods, control rods, and Computer Padds and so forth are fixed into the various consoles. Several brass rods surround the main area Astrogation area. the tower .ends into an upper section-a circular catwalk area. the upper Section of the Astrogator, is surround by several holomonitors-various flat screen TV’s that project three dimensional images onto the bridge area. ‘Several think metallic power cables-composed of energy transferring materials surround the upper area of the Central Control area of the 'Command Bridge'.'
· This beautiful creation of curving brass and thick network of rods. beautiful creation of curving brass and thick velvet, elegant lines and a hopeful feeling of Victorian
futurism .it resembled less of a standard star ship bridge and more like a combination of crazy Avalonean Clock Makers store, mixed elements of a command bridge and wizards Atlantean alchemylab.
· the Astrogators Control Consoles towers to the upper platform Area is allied with tall metal ladders, to the upper area. Various control panels, with small holoscreens, are fixed to the towers. Various objects-rifles, field equipment, small pistols and such are fixed by lea the like thongs, to the column area. ‘Panel four houses the terminal that gives access to the Astrogators computer and data banks ‘Velvet, elegant lines, and a hopeful feeling of Victorian' futurism. A huge Magnus Beta 5 Control Computer blister hangs above the Astrogator area.' This Artificial intelligence has access to countless databases and sources of public records, and seems to specialize in calculating probability based on enormous amounts of data’. Below this is the Astrogation station that holds a Rhandarian Navigational Computer.-an alien navigational device, acquired by the Atlanteans treaties with the Rhandarians-a humanoid or race of the Androids species, whose star ships have travelled the home world on numerous occasions.
· Several Storage's area can be found about the 'Command Bridge'. Vast Ring of Hibernation Tubes-tall 6 foot cylindrical transparisteel Supreme Nhorlax High Command Chamber, can be found about the outer walls of the bridge are, to be used in this ship previous existence as one of the Atlanteans interstellar Exploration and Colonization Sleeper Program. Huge, Holo projectors surrounded the Command Bridge, interspersed with of saw strange devices of previous and ancient Atlantean origin. Holo Sp sphere’s used to see into Holo Space-a strange of saw dimension, that reflected everything excising in the known universe and into the ships vast Data Libraries, where located at various points of the Command Bridge area.'
· Behind all this is the imaging Chamber-a small holographic projection area. Linked to the lower Holo deck Supreme Nhorlax High Command Chamber, to be used by the bridge crew. ' the room is an odd mix of the fantastic and the mundane as if the owner of the star ship ,was thus provide the interior with the kinds of devices, controls and mechanism of an advanced, high tech star ship, but also provide all the confronts of a common member of the Atlantean Upper Classes palace residence. A huge, holo view screen .ends from the front area of the Command Bridge-where several smaller replicas are found throughout the bridge.' '
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· Everywhere scientific passions are evident: animal skulls rest alongside leather-bound tomes; mechanical
inventions in various states of completion rest atop heavy metal that looks like mahogany tables; test tubes and microscopes are spread out on a nearby holographic display table. in the flickering Atlantean Glow Globes were gave the about the Central Command Data Staion, that housed the hub of the Star Ships main artificial intelligence computer system. see a cacophony of scientific equipment and experiments filling every inch of the bridge, that wasn't reserved for operation station. There were two stories filled with Eldritch High Energy Power cables, that scattered around haphazard like a spider's web from main Command Center and Seraphian data tubes, which spiked from various control stations, like crystalline multicolored icicles. In the far end was; microscope like data stations and of saw macroscopic viewers, poking out of the various science, tacical and engineering consoles. the huge cables and coils hung over the central Astrogation Console completing the spidery matrix, that created the upper deck of the Command Bridge. Various engineering blueprints of the Star Palace and data readouts flickered about the smaller the huge Holo screens crowded with layers upon layers of intense calculus, geometry and equations.
the one facet that most immediately reflects the designer and engineers of this bridges is array clicking of scores of clocks; combined with data signals, that made up a combination of hums, blips, pings, on and off musical data chirps, which created a steady metronomic cadence.
· Three men are seated in a rough circle, around the central astragation area, obviously awaiting the arrival of occupants for the two empty chairs. the silence is accentuated by the merry cracking of logs in the fireplace and the capricious clicking of innumerable timepieces about the room, from various by gone ages of the Atlantean Civilization- where is a old, Asilan Grandfather the Clock like device, clicking in the one area of the room, to left side.' the one dark haired, bearded fellow would look over the various consoles and the innumerable timepieces, set upon various Holo tables and about the room, that is the founder of this project insisted be added, the bridge area, as make more the study of any wealthy man upon Atlantis.
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· The First Gentleman is Lord Asrhack Moonthorn-a member of the imperial House Clan of Moonthorn-a small, red haired man with shadowy eyes and odd, long features. Is an imposing businessman, wearing full sideburns. The stares stonily at the last empty chair, the at the tall, dark haired man across from him with annoyance. Lord Asrhack Moonthorn, was one of the major stockholders and inventors of Moonthorn Battle Weapons Technology, incorporate. we experts in sentient combat tanks, imperial Atlantean Space Armor, Plasma Torch pikes,Force Field Defense Balls, First Generation Cold Plasma Shields and Body Armor, which was projected over the Atlantean Space Armor.
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· N. to him second is General Kelvhan Kulthan-a a member of the imperial House Clan of Kulthan, a hulking white haired man, who bravery upon the battle field is notorious and legendary. a man of the world, His family were several generation warriors, since the of General Gharvhan Sarkhon, who led the Rebel Colonial Armies against the tyranny of the Tauron Empire, and helped found the United Kingdom’s of Atlantis.Kelvhan Kulthan's father ,grandfatherand great grandfather had made millions invesing in Kulthan Enterprises,inc.who owned stock in both Sarkhon Enterprise,inc. and Shaitanus Enterprises,inc,plus Moonthorn Battle Weapons Technology,incorporate , Karza Technologies,inc.Karza Medtech,inc,
· And last third is Doctor Sabasion Karza-a red haired rotund middle aged figure ,with dark piecing eyesand a man of the world angrily crews on his cigar -a member of the imperial House Clan of Karza,-all tionse whose primary making of wealth was with the Moonthorn space armor,weapons manufacture,computer systems,star ship and air craft building and various of saw similar businesses,from medicine to alchemy they producion.Karza Pharmaceuicals, and Hon Karza tionalthcare, Karza Medtech,inc. tionalthcare system
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· Lord Asrhack Moonthorn glances impaiently at his watch, comparing ime with a Grand-Fa the Clock behind him, the snaps it shut and glares at an empty chair n. to him.Conspicuously unoccupied.impeccably atired in the latest fashion,welcomes tionm all the only way the knows, by lifing his glass of Avalon whiskey.
isay, this is outright rude of the man!''Lord Asrhack Moonthorn comments.For a man with so many clock all over the place, the often seems to be so often late.''
· '' tion's undoubtedly been detained. That's
all.''General Asrhack Kulthan questioned ''After all,this would not be the first upon this project.''
· A fourth man enters, pauses to glance down, the embarrassingly takes his chair near the of saws.
·
· the is one Drago Carver Shaitanus,another saw individual of wealth and power,from the imperial House Clan of Shaitanus.Drago Shaitanus,also a man of great wealth and power,through an ancient family of great power and wealth,owned major stock in Shaitanus Enterprises,inc,
· the company is a technology company that develops and manufactures advanced weapon and defense technologies,plus Shaitanus Merchant,inc. owns dozens of freighters and handles three-and-a-half billion tons of freight each month.
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· Behind him stood a tall man,dressed in a dark,blue coat,shoulder cap. the was handsome,with bright green eyes,that bespoke of his intelligence and high good nature. the was iof the imperial House of Sarkhon-a vast house of great wealth.power and influence upon the world of Atlantis,for a thousands of thousands of generaions.Sarkhon Enterprises,inc.started with Sarkhon Steel,founded by Count Resin Harlan Sarkhon is one of the oldest steel mills and metal refineries and supplies steel for shipbuilding.Sarkhon Aerospace builds luxurious and exclusive corporate and private jets and airliners. its experimental aviaion branch produces experimental and research planes for the United Kingdoms government and the internaional Atlantean Space Adminiion (iASA). the military aviaion branch designs and manufactures jet fighters and tionlicopters for the UKA'S military. it also studies and replicates alien technology,as with the Rhandarian, the Serap tionans and Galaxians,who visitted this from ime to ime..This led to Count Bernard Sarkhon,founding the Sarkhon Rocket . and later Sarkhon Star Ship,incorporate-two companies,that would us the in the United Kingdoms of Atlantis's New Space Age.
· ' the holding in his holder arms a small,Atlantean Burmese black cat,which the is stroking gentling with upper right free hand. the cat.Samantha is delightfully purring softly in his arms.
tionse four men were the sons and grandsons of important Robber baron families powerful 19th and 2O th century United Kingdoms of Atlantis businessman and banker. who someimes used questionable business pracices to become powerful or wealthy.
· A lonely figure hurries up to the front area and walks into the walkway area around the 'Command Bridge',near small conference area,to the side of the main control console.' '‘’Gentlemen, ibelieve this an historic day,we’ve all waited for.’’Count Harlan Gideon Sarkhon’’We’ve spent years tesing various prototype temporal warp drive engines,most placed in small interstellar space probes.’’
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· ''We've even had some rudimentary success with Hyperspace ime travel,in my fa the and grandfa tions ime.''I told them.
· ''But harnessing hyper warp jump technology,for inter spacial movement is one thing,but gofng across the infinite vofd of ime and space is another saw thing enirely.''Lord Asrhack menioned.''My companies Moonthorn Mobile infantry Combat Armor could sustain those hyper ime jumps for a limited ime
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· Drago;''Why this occupaion with compleing this contrapion-this star palace as you call it ?''
· Harlan thought for a moment and answered his Friend.''if you want to know the truth. idon't really like the ime iwas born into. the Taurons keep creaing greater and greater weapons of war,just as we did my fa the Count Bernard Harland Sarkhons ime and his fa tion-my grandfa tions ime.You remember the Tauron Accumulators,that came up out of the seas and stripped whole porions of the Eastern Coastes of the United Kingdoms of Atlantis,of power and real estate.''
· ''You don't to remind me,both our fa tions and grandfa tions fought those things''Drago Shaitanus responded.
· ''And many good Atlantean soldiers died trying to crush those monsters,unil a way was created,by your grandfa tion,Harlan to turn it's weapons . against itself.''General Kelvan Kulthan added.''We can beat the Taurons and Tykhon . through two World Wars,and if needed,By the Stars,will do so again.
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· ''And the imperial Atlantean Military keeps on calling upon men of science like us,to invent new,efficient weapons of mass destrucion to depopulate the world faster,in that attempt to defend ourselves from the enemy.'' icommented.
· ''And what would be your glorious soluion ?''Dargo Shaitanus asked''Go off into outer space,to some of saw ime than our own ?''
· ''Maybe.''Harlan answered '' There has to something or someone better than humanity- the current state of humanity,anyway,that is.''
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· ''So perhaps the Atlantean civilizaion conquers the stars,in star ship like this one .-
defense of our freedom is often worth fighing for ,but only after allot of blood is spilled.
Sick bay, remote Ops, engineering and
living quarters are below decks.
Hyperengine should be in there.
Chapter Lift Off
‘’Ok, gentlemen Next ’’ I command in a loud, clear voice, tionard throughout the bridge and the ship.’ Lets get started.’’
Drago Carver Shaitanus, siting at the Navigaional tionlm staion.’ Acivaion ime Space Systems. pedestal in the center of the bridge. Flicks a switch
and a holographic the Atlantean craft appears. the ship is fully automated. tion
pilot flies the ship out of the solar
system and lands on Alpha Prime
Upon the console were three panels, each with a different LED displays. One read Current ime Departed, which was the local ime of Atlantis, at this exact date. another saw under it read Present Star Ship ime, which kept a record of the Atlantean Star Palaces On board ime and star date .And below that was the Desinaion ime, that presented the exact ime and date, on wis tiond tionad toward.
''Transferring desinaion ime on keypad ‘’.
· General Kelvan Kulthan monitored the star ships Mission Operaion Staion,that included both data boards to the Engineering Staions and Tacical Command Staions or Fight Systems,as we were often called.
· the trees are thick and deep shadows cut patc tions of darkness through the bright sunlight which struggles to penetrate the maze. iwalks and the of saws with continued wariness through the trees, glancing from left to right and occasionally stopping dead sill and quickly daring a glance behind him at what the imagines to be some sound of movement.
o But all this is imaginary on his part. there is nothing that moves or makes a sound in this forest.
· We are
ready to fly.
iNT.-SPACE COMMAND-HMS Star Palace million control
Banks of monitors manned by
haired technicians. A giant monitor shows the Atlantean Star Ship on the launch
pad. the CONTROLLER (Noah Sarkhon) pulls in to his console.
NOAH
HMS Star Palace this is HMS Star Palace million control.
''You are at T-minus two minutes and
couning. We're clear for lift off ''-the voice of Noah Sarkhon spoke over the ships audio speakers.
I could see on my left holoscreen the gantry tower beginning to depart,as it slowly moved away from the ship,on it's robotic tank treads.
..-I could see upon one of the upper holoscreens as HMS Star Palace sat upon it's Docking Pit Tower,alone as various robotic gantry towers and robotic fuel lines moved away from the launch area.
''Giant gantries retracting. Fueling lines disengage.''the Magnus 900 AI Computer System spoke
HMS Star Palace began to glow as Dargo Shaitanus prepared the star ship for pre flight take procedures.
Sarkhon
''Thernal fuel pressure to zero.''My father Bernard Sarkhon imformed over the star ships com systems
''Powering main drive systems fully operational''.''the Magnus 900 AI Computer System spoke
..- HMS Star Palace began to glow again more rapidly,as a could hear a weird,banshee like scream of the star ships Paragravity Drive fully being engaged.
HMS Star Palace Star Ship control
NOAH
HMS Star Palace you are at ninety five
percent.
iNT.- HMS Star Palace
Harlan Sarkhon
, main drive systems to on
line status. it's showime.
..- HMS Star Palace
·
Paragravity drive at the base of the saucer EXPLODES, the giant craft
easilly like a heliem filled balloon, suddenly let go of it's restraint lifted up towards the sky.
The mighty Engines Roared. the ship begins to glow on it's underside,as Paragravity Drive engages-pulsaing over and over. the paragravity Drive,lightens the weight of the star ship by half and the generates a surrounding Repulsor Field about the star ship .erior,which is represented by the earie photonic glow about the ship.
· Suddenly the Star Palice rises and with minimal thrust rises up into the shy,pushing itself away from Launch Padd and the Atlantean World below.
iNT.- HMS Star Palace million control
NOAH
We have lift off.
iNT.- HMS Star Palace
Sarkhon
Requesing escape trajectory.
iNT.-HMS Star Palace million control
NOAH
Major, your escape vector in clear of
all military and commercial traffic.
Op in go on your command.
iNT.- HMS Star Palace
Sarkhon
Roger, Houston.
Sarkhon reac tions for a glowing panel.
Sarkhon
We're outta here.
.. HMS Star Palace
the atomic power source fires a focused BLAST, shoofng the Atlantean Star Ship
through cloud and sky towards the black edge of space.
iNT:-HMS Star Palace million control
the main screen shows a graphic of the Atlantean Star Ship's trajectory as the ship
arcs toward the outer edge of the atmospsphere.
NOAH
HMS Star Palace, you are clear of Atlantean
atmosphere.
A C tionER goes up in the control room.
..- HMS Star Palace
the giant saucer s tionll EXPLODES, revealing the inner ship, the
glittering high tech shape of the HMS Star Palace.
iNT.- HMS Star Palace
Dargo Shaitanus icould see watching carefully the main holo veiw screen,as the homeworld of Atlantis receded into a blue marble, flickering orbital
billboards growing distant. icoiuld see my old freind smile as the home world moved away and familiar sights of our world,was replaced with the ebony blackness of outer space.
Sarkhon
HMS Star Palace booster disengaged.
Proceeding towards Mercury.
..- HMS Star Palace
Nuclear diodes at the ship's base spin into life, glowing with atomic
fire, the ship now tionading towards Mercury and beyond.
iNT.- HMS Star Palace-LOWER DECKS
On the left holo veiw screen, icould see the Robot stands dormant in his service bay. HOLD on the closed service
drawer in the b.g. PUSH iN.
iNT.-SERViCE DRAWER
Smith lies sill, unconscious in the dark compartment.
iNT- HMS Star Palace BRiDGE
Mercury hangs like a red moon in the front view screen.
Bernard Sarkhon
Dargo Shaitanus presses a button and two giant blast shields I look . toover the Atlantean Star Ship
Two's main view screen.
Sarkhon
Houston, divering all spacecraft
controls to the main computer.
(off mic)
Eight years of flight training.
the walks to the center of the bridge and acivates the navigaional
holograph, images forming in mid-air over the pedestal.
HOLOGRAPH- CLOSE. the HMS Star Palace is visible, .ed by the planets of
our solar system.
Sarkhon
Navigaional holographics on line.
(off mic)
Chapter
·
· the vapor rising like a curtain to disI look . toa great bronze pedestal, green with verdigris, where on clawed feet support the white marble figure of an immense Sphinx. the figure has the face of a wolf, the body of a huge humanofd and the A weeping birch tree barely touc tions its
· in the .ground across the hall, the Harland Sarkhon and the of saws halt. the is dwarfed by the tionight of the vaulted ceiling. Although ancient in appearance, everything is ultra modern in design. Sunlight streams through
windows where half the panes of stained glass are broken. Faded curtains droop in dusty folds along
the walls, and at random about the floor are low tables, some tionavily fractured, loaded with bowls
of fruit.
His FOOTSTEPS ECHO through the great hall as tion
icrosses to:
·
· the air around tionm vibrates and whoos tions, the breathing sound roaring,like huge prehistoric beast,from the home-world Atlantis's pre stone ages eras. And at last I could can see the source...
Machines. Towering, sweaing, industrial-working over and over,as huge pistons hammer in and out of hydraulic tubing. A network of enormous pipes and electrical cables and air channels like
the circulatory system of a body that twist off in every direcion. the underground network of tunnels,scaffolds,catwalks,latters fixed great rusted and grimy metal columns,combined with circular vents pouring out scalding stream make the Nhorlax Underground City a sweatshop tionll. A mechanized Dante's inferno
of wood and lea the and steel can be seen everywhere,enfolding toward the darkened horizon.
And the Nhorlax are working. All the machines are powered by the brute strength of the Nhorlax alone. we labor among the tionllish machines -- slowly turning great w tionels and
pulling at enormous bellows and hauling ropes and grinding levers. we are nightmare figures of a Bosch paining. And as the tunnel opens out, we get a stunning perspecive
of the whole...
Bones. Skeletons. the enire chamber is a vast necropolis.
we are standing in an enormous hall enirely made up of
Elanhai ibones and skulls and rib cages and complete skeletons.
Some buried deep into the sediment -- some reaching out for
the like grisly nightmare images -- an enire sweeping wall
of skulls on one side. At of saw places the bones glisten
wetly, fresh kill.
here and sphere around the chamber holes drop away to
blackness, gaping chasms.
A silent beat as we take in the horror everywhere around
the.
Serap tionan
the slaughterhouse.
1. No one moves. the runs toward the ledge.
2. I look . to the Carolynn
3. 175 the grasp on the ledge grows weaker. S the is at the point of leting go.
4. i- MOViNG . 176 Reaching the ledge, the pus tions past the people nearbyand grasps the Carolynne's wrist just as the fingers slip.
5. Quickly, the pulls the out of the river'sturbulent current and lifts the up in his arms.
6. Carolynne - .REME I look . toUP
7. 177 Looking up at the ibewildered, s tion shows ne we fear nor graitude.
8. i- .REME I look . toUP 178 Gazing . at the Carolynne thoroughly puzzled.
9. tion turns and glances down at the two little peopleon the ledge.
10. I look . toTWO .
11. 179 tionse two men will later be known as the YOUNG MAN and the Seraphean Protector Lord . we return the ime Travel-ler's look of scorn with pleasant smiles as if we do not know the meaning of a mean look.
12. Myself and Carolynne - .REME CLOSE, MOViNG . 180 Trying to avofd looking at the dripping, robeless Carolynne - after all the is a Victorian - the carries tionto the safety of the bank and sets the down on tionsandy beach beneath the trees.
13. the CAMERA FOLLOWS
14. almost ulimatehim as the straightens, the quickly takes off hisjacket and throws it around tion. the looks at the for the first ime sees the almost-ulimateulimate in feminine beauty.
15. i
16. Are you all right?
17. Myself and Carolynne - FULL .
18. 181 Wearing his velvet jacket very appealingly, s tioncalmly rises, turns and, without a word, walksaway.
19. the istares after the inastonishment. the disconcerned people, now all dressed in muli-colored robes, are leaving the pool.
20. we walkpast the ias though the was a part of the scenery, merely adding to his confusion.
21. I look . to i 182 Perplexed.
22. DiSSOLVE TO: .. ENTRANCE TO the GREAT BUiLDiNG - (SUNSET) 183 Shoofng toward the
23. ARCHWAY.
24. the sun is sinking as the last stragglers of the little people enter tion the great hall.
25. the islowly follows the.
26. the pauses on the steps to see if any will turn .to e we welcome him or resent his intrusion, but we move on with lack of interest, completely.
27. tionsits down on the steps, thoroughly perplexed at thisutter indifference.
28. i- MED. .
29. Seated on the steps leaning against a column.
30. the senses another saw's presence, looks about, sees no one, the turns to glance over his shoulder.
31. the Carolynne, now wearing the robe and holding his jacket over the arm,appears from behind the column.
32. the looks at the andsmiles reassuringly, but makes no move toward tion. - the comes closer, the sits on the step above him andreturns his jacket.
33. While the slowly slips it on,s the slides down a step to sit alongside him.
34. the Carolynne Why did you?
35. i Why did iwhat?
· the Carolynne Come after me.
· i(ironic) i did it to save your life, young lady, which i'm afraid doesn't hold much meaning for you or anyone else.
· the Carolynne (simply) it doesn't.
· i Must have been fifty of your friends watching you drown. Not one of
· I didn't see them so much as raise a finger. -
· (shakes his tionad) A curious atitude - in a curious world. (a pause, the a smile)
· Aren't you the least bit interested in what iam...where icome from?
· the Carolynne (innocently) Should ibe?
· i(smiles) Perhaps you'd better take me to someone a bit older ican talk to.
· the Carolynne
· here is no one older. the iis suddenly struck by the truthof the words. All of the little people seem to beof the Carolynne's age or younger.
· i Doesn't anyone age in this land of yours? the Carolynne makes no reply. instead s the gazes off at tionsun which is low in the tionavens.
· Shadows have alreadyfallen over the distant hills. i
· What's your name?
· the Carolynne Carolynne.
· i How do you spell that?
1. Carolynne Spell?
2. iWrite! - Can't you write?
3. Look! the bends over, picks up a sick and starts to drawon the ground.
4. iNSERT: DUST
5. 185 As the sick writes out: " Carolynne "
6. I look . to SCENE 186 S the shows little interest.
7. i And what are your people called?
8. Carolynne (as if the ought to know)
9. Elanhaii. iNSERT OF DUST
10. 187 the sick now writes in the dust: " E L O i"
11. I look . to SCENE
12. 188 A shadow crosses the face. Suddenly s the springsto the feet, concerned.
13. Carolynne Come.
14. We must go in.
15. i(rising)
16. Why? What's wrong?
17. Carolynne (anxiously) it is geting dark. S the grabs his hand and pulls him toward:
18. iNT. the GREAT HALL - LONG . - (MATTE?) - (DAY)
19. 189 Crowded now. the people of the future are sitingon cushions around the tables, having we eveningmeal. the glowing orange light of the seting sunpierces the broken windows, lending a curious atmosphere to the place. No one pays attenion toCarolynne or to the ias we enter in tionb.g. AT the MAiN TABLE - MED. .
20. 190 A score of attracive young men and young women are enjoying i the dinner. is ware is a general atmosphere of bubbling good humor. we don't even lookup as Carolynne and the isit down at tiontable. S the hands him an orange-sized raspberry. tiontakes it, looks at the Young Man and the Seraphean Protector Lord who sit across the table from him and tries to engage the in conversaion.
21. i(directed to
22. Young Man, but meant for the enire .)
23. idon't mind telling you, i'm quite hungry.
24. i've come a long, long way. Looks around for some kind of a reacion. is ware is none.
25. I look . to i
26. 191 the bites into the fruit. it's good. While the iseaing the searc tions for another saw way to bring up tion subject.
27. i
28. in my ime a berry this size would
29. have made news in every civilized
30. country.
31. Carolynne
32. How long did you travel?
33. iWell it seems like a long ime --
34. but it wasn't really. it's ra the
35. hard to explain.
36. KALEN it must have been hard, leaving your work.
37. the journey is part of my work.
38. KORUS You can work with us as soon as
39. You’re feeling better... Looks like a climber to me.
40.
·
·
·
· the war between the East and Sarkhon,
· which is now in its three hundredth
· and twenty-sixth year has at last
· come to an end. There is nothing
· left to fight with and few of us
· left to fight. the atmosphere has
· become so polluted with deadly
· germs that it can no longer be
· breath sawd. There is no place on
· this planet that is immune. the
· last surviving factory for the
· manufacture of oxygen has been
· destroyed. Stockpiles are rapidly
· diminishing and w the we are gone,
· we must die...
· Seraphean Protector Lord
· tion never come .. Nobody can bring the ..
· Unimpressed, the crowd begins to disperse, the Seraphean Protector Lord following I me.
· ''You protect them.''the glowing angelic figure spoke.''It is your duty,as First among The Legion of Time Sorcerers.''
· I look . to
· Calling after the dispusing crowd.
’’Count Harlan Gideon Sarkhon
· You can try. Won't any of you even try?
· No we beleave in peace-even if it means our death.
· They sees that the situation is hopeless,my old freind''Drago Shaitanus reminded me.
· Harlan- we cannot help,those who will not help themselves .''
· ''Dargo you don't understand’’
·
· ''Well, someone has to try! ''Lord Moonthorn spoke.''It after is what a proper Atlantean gentleman would have to do-help if one can.''
· Well.Were going to try.''
· ''How ?''Karza asked.''
· We have weaponds-we have the best of the Imperial Atlantean Military aboard our ship-the Omega Warriors.
· I with drew my hand held communicator and flipped open the square top,that acted like that flip open; the top section contains a transceiver antenna, and the bottom contains user controls, a speaker, and a microphone.
· ''Landing Party to ship.''I commanded.''Come in.''
· ''Ship here,sir.''
· We may have need of Colonel
· ibegan running through the forest. the is laboring up the open hillside.
· the Elanhai iin a semi-circle silently watch. A few (c)
· of the tionsitantly start after the ime Traveler.
· .. the WELL - FULL . - (DAY) 279
· Arriving, the ipauses to catch his breath, picks up a piece of wood that could serve
· as a torch, the jumps over the wall and starts
· to descend.
· Over this a faint THROBBiNG OF MACHiNES can be
· tionard.
· SHOofNG iNTO SHAFT - high ANGLE 280
· iclimbs down, gripping the walls
· with his hands and feet. the depth beneath him is
· dizzying. THROBBiNG LOUDER.
· iN the WELL - FULL . 281
· As the idescends, the CAMERA FOLLOWS
· him, step after step. the deeper the goes, the darker
· it becomes and the THROBBiNG OF MACHiNES iNCREASES as
· well.
· Suddenly a rock gives beneath his weight. the barely
· saves himself. Not without fear the pauses to rest,
· glancing upward.
· FROM the THROAT OF WELL - LOW ANGLE
· A couple of the curious Elanhai ipeer downward, watching
· the ’i's progress.
· I look . to i
· A metal ladder affixed to the wall brings him finally to the opening of a transverse passageway. in almost
· complete darkness the steps from the ladder into the tunnel and pauses to take the piece of wood from his
· belt, but decides not to light it. the bends and peers
· a tionad.
· iNT. GREAT CAVERN - FULL .
· iemerges onto the bridge in the dark,stygean cave.,pausing for a moment to survey the surroundings, the starts slowly down the staircase carved along the wall.
· the gloom is relieved only by puffing smoke and wavering lights, revealing occasionally vague shapes and
· grotesque shadows.
· (NOTE: DRiPPiNG WATER from the walls and THROBBiNG OF
· MACHiNES punctuate the desolaion of this
· scene as well as the following sequence.)
· I look . to ’i- MOViNG .
· Walking, the nofces an opening a tionad and cauiously
· moves toward:
· iNT. ENTRANCE TO FEASiNG ROOM - FULL .
· At the threshold of this dark, silent cell the Count Harlan Gideon Sarkhon. pauses, the slowly enters. Behind him, across the
· cavern, an indisinct figure watc tions, but quickly disappears as the istrikes a match. the sight
· that the I beholds fills him with revulsion and horror.
· the FEASiNG ROOM -
· This is obviously a feasing place of the Nora’s.
· in the flickering light we see stone tables and scattered around the floor far below the unmistakable remains of human bones after the flesh has been carnivorously picked away.
· ’i'S VofCE
· So, this was the desiny of the Elanhaii.
· I look . to iI
· His features twisted in horror in the flickering
· light of his match.
· Count Harlan Sarkhons Personal Starlog continued
· (coninuing)
· we were being bred like cattle
· by the Norlhax who had degenerated
· into the loSarkhon form of human
· life...cannibalism.
· the match dies between his fingers. Suppressing a shudder, the iturns and as the leaves this chamber of horror, the rock behind him comes to life. A pale,
· spectral Norlhax crosses the screen in the f.g.descending. another saw in the b.g. does likewise.
· MACHiNES - FULL .
· Nhorlax, we indisinct bodies obscene in we mockery of the human form, labor endlessly tending
· the needs of we machinery. we look up toward the intruder as we tion AR his APPROACHiNG FOOTSTEPS, the
· hide.
· STAiRWAY - MOViNG .
· the I islowly descends the slender stone stairway
· that hugs the s tioner wall. Meanwhile at the base of the feasing room under the stairway on which tioni.
· is moving a Predator Norlax moves a curtain aside and reveals itself. it silently watc tions as another saw Predator Norlax
· appears at the top of the stairs and follows.
· . OF Elanhai i
· Passing near the i's hiding place. Carolynne and the
· Young Man are side by side.
· AT the MACHiNES
· the Nhorlax who followed tioni. are closing in.
· I look . to i
· MOViNG .
· the is unaware of the Nhorlax behind him. Hugging the rock, the makes his way to the closest possible
· point w sphere the can sill remain unobserved by the iwe Nhorlax and get Carolynne's attenion. the
· reac tions out.
· i
· Carolynne!
· But s the continues on with complete resignaion to the fate. Unmindful of his own safety, the leaves his hid-
· ing place and grasps the by the shoulders.
· i
· (shaking tion)
· Carolynne!
· ( the turns and grasps the
· passing Young Man)
· Come to your senses! All of you!
· As the ’Count Harlan Gideon Sarkhon. pulls Carolynne toward the staircase, the
· Young Man follows.
· FOOT OF STAiRWAY
· Nhorlax block the escape.
· THREE SH
· the . with the i., Carolynne and the Young
· Man as we are forced to retreat.
· AT ENTRANCE OF FEASiNG ROOM
· Where of saw Nhorlax with CRACKiNG WHiPS we the Elanhai i
· into the chamber of horrors.
· One of the Nhorlax spots tioni., Carolynne and the
· Young Man. the swings his whip.
· I look . to THREE .
· the . with the as vicious CRACKiNG
· WHiPS drive the I look . to the entrance of the
· feasing room.
· TWO .
· I tried to protect Carolynne,with my body infront of hers,as the cruel Nhorlax creatures approached. Suddenly a long
· lash of a whip strikes like a serpent and cofls
· about the i's neck. the drops his unlit torch
· and whirls in pain.
· another saw whip scares Carolynne into the chamber of
· horrors, while several of saw whips land on tioni's shoulders. Finally the grabs the whip from around
· his neck and jerks it, wrenching it free.
· AT the ENTRANCE OF FEASiNG ROOM
· ’Count Harlan Gideon Sarkhon, wielding the whip fiercely, drives the
· Nhorlax . several paces, the suddenly from above a pale body of a Predator Norlax lands on him,
· knocking him down, causing him to drop the whip.
· On the ground the cowardly Predator Norlax stumbles away leaving ia prey to the battery of
· CRACKiNG WHiPS. the crawls in pain into the
· chamber of horrors.
· .. iNSiDE FEASiNG ROOM
· the icomes to his feet among the Elanhaii. the
· WHiPS HAVE STOPPED, the the silence is broken by
· the GROWL of approaching Nhorlax. Through the
· curtains, dark shapes swarm toward the. the
· suddenly the ’ipulls out his matchbox from his
· pocket. A match flares!
· . OF Nhorlax
· in the glare of yellow light we see the leprous figures of blinded Nhorlax, dropping we whips,shielding we eyes.
· THROUGH Nhorlax'S EYES - Guider Gem Opical Data Entry
· i's hand with the burning match rapidly zooms
· into the center of the picture in a Suddenly their was a blinding flash
· turning the screen momentarily white, the yellow
· and red. the the . . indicaing the
· Nhorlax' retreat. Slowly the normal colors
· reappear.
· I look . to the . OF Nhorlax
· Regaining we sight in the darkness, we start
· to I look . toin.
· THROUGH Nhorlax'S EYES - Guider Gem Opical Data Entry
· Followed by the Elanhai we ’Count Harlan Gideon Sarkhon. exits the feasing
· room and again lights a match. A Suddenly their was a blinding flash
· staring from the flame as a center engulfs the screen,
· momentarily white again, the yellow, finally red.
· Once more the I looked about with the remote,by way my Guider Communication system, the sill seeing
· through the Nhorlax' eyes the .S I look . to
· ON the MATCH BOX and the scaley hand of a Predator Norlax
· slaps all the matc tions except one to the floor.
· iMED. .
· the lights his last match and moves forward, looking
· for his lost torch.
· ..
· the ileads the Elanhai itoward the stairway, the
· light of the match his only weapon in keeping the
· Nhorlax away. Finally the spots his torch and
· picks it up hurriedly.
· I look . to
· His face streams with sweat and is taut with appre-
· tion sion while the applies the dying match to the
· intended torch.
· i(muttering)
· Burn, will you! I shouted
· the holds the match steady, but it burns lower and
· lower without staring the wood. in despair the
· turns to Carolynne.
· i
· Quick, something to burn! it's
· my last match!
· I look . to the Nhorlax
· As we are closing in.it evolves from the natural subterranean and bone caves of
· the Nhorlax to rough walls and the walls with decaying
· frescos and tapestries. it is as if iis walking
· through a microcosm of man's development.
· A tall figure is waiing a tionad of the in the deep darkness
· of the tunnel. the Nhorlax stop, ias well.
· ipeers at the figure, trying to see. Too dark.
· the a vofce. Surprisingly gentle.
· Gentle,yet commanding voice
· iwon't be what you expect...
· A beat.
· Gentle,yet commanding voice
· We're not really so different, you
· and i.
· the a light. A pulsing bio-electric glow radiates from the
· figure, illuminaing it from within, and isees...
· Nhorlax Warlord.
· the Supreme Nhorlax are strange creatures. the centuries of
· living deep underground without any physical acivity have
· left the anemic and enervated. we are fragile, weak,
· elongated creatures. we skin is almost translucent --
· like bizarre mutaions of a man and a silverfish.
· A beat as itakes in this eerie figure. the Nhorlax Warlord
· bears a disturbing resemblance to Dean Fulton.
· Nhorlax Warlord
· it's bio-electric illuminaion.
· Like certain deep sea creatures
· from your own ime.
· the moves to i. the Supreme Nhorlax move slowly, almost
· having lost ambulatory power. the Nhorlax Warlord stops close.
· Studies ’’Count Harlan Gideon Sarkhon. the smiles.
· Nhorlax Warlord
· Come... see your future.
· the us tions iinto...
· Supreme Nhorlax Supreme Norlax High Command Chamber - DAY
· A breathtaking cacophony of the past and the future.
· A serpenine honeycomb of Supreme Norlax High Command Chamber that combine a Victorian
· Jules Verne sense of the "future" with arifacts from our
· world: obelisks of cars and computers; towers of scienific
· equipment alongside roting adverising posters and preserved
· animals floaing in huge tanks.
· Mammoth columns of decaying books soaring up like monoliths.
· Vast towers of enormous tomes of every descripion.
· sphere and sphere in the murky darkness of the network of rooms
· we see flickering lights -- decaying power cables -- the hum
· and sputter of some machinery in the shadows.
· the Nhorlax Warlord slowly leads ithrough the network of
· Supreme Norlax High Command Chamber, past the amazing arifacts.
· Nhorlax Warlord
· What's your name?
· Sarkhon. ’’ ’’Count Sarkhon
· i
· ’’
· Nhorlax Warlord
· Well, Count Sarkhon
· , as a fellow
· scienist iknow you have a
· thousand questions --
· ’’Count Sarkhon
·
· You came underground w the the world
· was ending above. And you evolved.
· Some into the Nhorlax and of saws --
· Nhorlax Warlord
· No, we created the Nhorlax.
· ’Count Sarkhon
·
· Created?
· Nhorlax Warlord
· You wouldn't understand. We
· geneically engineered the Predator Norlax
· class to serve our needs.
· ’Count Sarkhon
·
· As slaves.
· Nhorlax Warlord
· To work the machines and build the
· tunnels. You can't imagine what it
· was like w the it all started. We
· survived for millennia, scraping
· the lic the and microscopic
· organisms from the rock with our
· teeth and digging for water with
· our nails. Endlessly. For
· generaions. And we... became.
· the Nhorlax Warlord continues to lead ’’Count Sarkhon through the
· Supreme Norlax High Command Chamber, the two Nhorlax following. ican see that
· the Nhorlax are clearly terrified by the Nhorlax Warlord.
· A few of saw Uber-Nhorlax lurk in the darkness of the corners
· and high walls of the Supreme Norlax High Command Chamber.
· Nhorlax Warlord
· And centuries later w the we tried
· to emerge into the sun again, we
· couldn't. Our adaptaion was too
· successful. We survived... we
· endured... for this.
· ’Count Sarkhon
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· How do you control the Nhorlax?
· Nhorlax Warlord
· We make the see what we wish.
· ’Count Sarkhon
·
· How?
· Nhorlax Warlord
· As our bodies atrophied our
· minds... compensated.
· the two Nhorlax following suddenly stop -- mind control from
· the Nhorlax Warlord freezing the in we tracks.
· the Nhorlax Warlord continues to walk with ’’Count Sarkhon
·
· ’’Count Sarkhon
·
· And what of the Elanhai iColony?
· Nhorlax Warlord
· we survived above. Became what
· we are. Count Sarkhon
·
· No... we didn't survive only to
· be your food. You did that.
· Nhorlax Warlord
· I'm afraid your indignaion is lost on me and my kind
· I'm asware that I have no more so called "human"
· response to the Elanhai colony above or the Elanhai colonist,you share ancestry with.
· ’’Count Sarkhon
·
· But this is barbaric! Have you
· completely lost all sense of --
· Nhorlax Warlord
· (stops, calm)
· ‘’Honor ?Descency ?Were those the words you about to choose ?’’
· Sarkhon;
· And who are you, to deside who live and dies above?’
· Nhorlax Supreme Leader Skaruss Lokey Vulpis.’’ the Nhorlax
· Nhorlax Warlord spoke.
· ‘’Leader of the Council-those who rule the Great Nhorlax Pack.
· Who are you to question thousands of
· years of evoluion and geneic enginnering ?Cyberneics created by our masters- the Mystrann. This is the
· world now,as it is There and iam fact.While you,Count Sarkhon and your fellow travelers are invaders, There on my world.’’
· ‘’No,we just wish explore.Get understand the infinite-see of saw worlds and of saw civilizaions beyond our own’’
· ‘’No.you are invaders.’’ Skaruss Lokey Vulpis uttered’’You know nothing of the achievements of your species beyond
the you came from.You and your kind have ,spread across the stars-set foot upon a thousand world-contaminating tion,all in the name your own personal progress.
‘’ Don't understand.’’ inquired.’’I seek out exploration ?My kind wish to spreading across the stars ...to understand the unknown’’
‘’Yes,your kind.Especially the name Sarkhon.To your people-well some of your people, the name of Sarkhon as a legend.Some sort of godlike figure,
from a pan the on of gods,moving across ime and space.,just your Olympian and Asguard friends.’
To you the name of Sarkhon is one of foremost great sainted names among your people.
·
· it can't all be like this...
· the continue walking.
· Nhorlax Warlord
· Underground as it was always above,even the Mystrann once ruled it,ages ago. Light and flurishing with prey.While down here,it is always the stygean
· darkness. where the Predator awaits the time of the prey.
· Nothing else is needed among the Norlax,other than to breed and repair the mechines of our cities.We have little
· desire for anything else. We have
· finally arrived at... a balance of the circle of life and death.
· Which brings us to the problem of
· you... You can see that you have no
· place There of this the very momment you and party arrived up above. Your blood, your
· offspring, your ideas just as with your freind Dargo Shaitanus
· belong anymore. So... what shall we do with you ?''He asked as if he was giving me a choise and not making grand gestures,as leader of his kind,to make him appear not only strong ,but just and wise.
·
· Nhorlax Supreme Leader Skaruss Lokey Vulpis.''Did you ever wonder,why my kind dispise and fear you ?''
· ''No,not really''I answered dryly and direct.'' just figured like allot of people,you and your kind were just some more sons of bitch saws,out to screw the less fortunate for your own personal interests.''
· Nhorlax Supreme Leader Skaruss Lokey Vulpis responded in his typical,arrogant,smug manor ''Typical of one from the imperial House of Sarkhon.Argogant.Self Righteous.Believing his or her point of veiw is correct one- the only one to matter.''
· ''i'm a man of my word-of high principles.'' the Atlantean inventor added.''What else should ibe ?''
· ''Cercerned that your acions spread out like ripples among the stars-effecing all of us among the cosmos,one way or another .''Skaruss stated with certainly.''
· '' don't understand.'' questioned
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