ADVENTURES IN TIME, SPACE AND TRANSDIMENSIONALITY

[Maharg67]

WAYS OF THE ETERNAL CHAMPION (LONE WANDERER)

GRAHAM MAHARG AT THE PLACE WHERE THE TRIPLECITY WAS

 

Graham Maharg took the shapeform of a typical Australian Wastelands scavenger in cheap tough outdoors gear. Yet he moved with amazing quickness, quietness and agility across the landscape as he followed the outline of the vast bowl where the Triplecity had once stood. The bowl had a thick skin of amazingly hard metallic stone or larva would have already been cascading up out of the earth. What ever forces had shifted the city of three cities to SanctuaryClave had, either deliberately or accidentally, prevented a great disaster.

 

In the distance a group of people, various Wastelanders, were staring down at the bowl in amazement. They were a mixture of folks from different settlements. They were heavily armed with old style guns and had horses along with horse drawn wagons. There were some kangarorses, big riding kangaroos, as ridden by Azorine scouts. The people were worried and he could hardly blame them for that for they did not have the protection of being part of one of the other powerful factions in the region such as the Azorines and a large colony of Auzilanders. He went to them and stood amongst them as just one more human.

 

He heard that the EarthEmpire, the Enclaven and the TekOrder were sending investigation teams through the area to find out what had happened. Skynet machines were too often seen flying through the sky high overhead. Earthnet robots and cyborgs had also been seen. Except that he already knew these facts and more. Soon he was clarifying matters, assauging false fears as much as possible, and spoke of a haven these threatened people could go to. That is they could go to SanctuaryClave but never return. There was something about Graham Maharg that was very convincing in a subtle non charming or manipulative manner.

 

He set out with the group as they began to travel towards the big settlement of Marketavia, a kind of trading and travel hub in the area that linked many other settlements together. He gave out some foodbars, purified water, fixed some devices, did some healing and sang some songs with an amazing voice.

 

While he had good hope of sending many, if not all, of the local peoples to safety, he was still concerned for he could 'sense' that trouble was coming, lots of it.

Edited June 12, 2011 by Maharg67

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WAYS OF THE ETERNAL CHAMPION (LONE WANDERER)

GRAHAM MAHARG VISITS THE HEXAGON

 

At the same time that Graham Maharg was busy in Australia and in one other place, he also came to visit the Hexagon. With him he brought humans, ghouls, androids and robots he had gathered from the DC Wastelands, transforming them somehow. There were fifty-five humans, seventy-eight ghouls, twelve androids that had escaped from the DomniCommonwealth's DomniInstitute and thirty-eight assorted robots. The robots were protectrons, robocabs, MrGutsys, MrHandys, MrPortys, MrDocs, sentrybots, eyebots, gunbots, one mono-wheeled securatron, one Liberty Guard being a smaller version of a Liberty Prime and some claptraps, or Wasteland robots built from scavenged parts. The claptraps were very individualistic in quality, design and abilities. He also brought equipment and supplies including five fertile horses, seedlings of PreDoomsday plants, PreDD books, PreDD holotapes and much else.

 

But Graham Maharg wanted something in return, in fact he insisted on it.

 

On that day Graham Maharg vanished alone into the depths of the vast Hexagon underground base which turned out to be much bigger than either Catherine's people or the Brotherhood of Steel suspected. When he returned many hours later, all he would say was that he had sealed off five large sections of the Hexagon but had also made the great base far more secure. He passed over layout maps of much of the base and assured the Hexagonfolk that there was plenty that they could gain access to and utilize, could learn from.

 

He sat with Catherine in her apartment's commonroom and there also was young Jasmine sleeping in a robopram and three big cats that were very friendly with Graham Maharg. This was no surprise to him for he had sent them to guard both Catherine and Jasmine-One.

 

Catherine was looking astonished. "So you say you are one of two biological fathers to Jasmine and that you cloned a second Jasmine that my fool of a husband kidnapped?"

 

"Exactly!" He gave her a mild grin. "You had a very vivid dream of being willingly seduced. It had to be done but only with a woman who was willing and you were willing. Then you seduced your husband who for once was not totally focused on Project Purity. You spent a passionate few days together before he once again became the obsessed scientist."

 

Catherine studied him for a moment before speaking again. "So what is your obsession?"

 

Graham Maharg sighed. "I have no obsessions but I do have duties and obligations. There are promises to be kept and vows to be followed. I want to give you much knowledge in a special fashion. You will sleep so as to absorb it properly into your mind, your brain. While you sleep I will meditate on the Light. Even after the sleep it will take months to be able fully to use all the knowledge, the false memories, the programmed skills and enhancements. This gifting is no whim for you will need it all for your survival and that of Jasmine and others here in the Hexagon. I would stay here but I can only be in three places at once and all three of me have urgent tasks to carry out in other places."

 

"I believe and trust you though I am not sure why." Catherine nodded. "Do what you must."

 

So he simply touched her forehead and then she lay down on the couch. Catherine was very quickly asleep. The three big cats settled down, two against her and one with the baby in her robocot. Graham Maharg did sitting meditation in a full lotus position and soon was floating about a metre above the floor.

 

 

 

Edited June 20, 2011 by Maharg67

[Maharg67]

WAYS OF THE ETERNAL CHAMPION (LONE WANDERER)

THE PROFESSOR STARTS THE JOURNEY BENEATH THE RIVER

 

They entered the great tunnel beneath the river being eight humans, two androids and the three robots. They made good time along the tunnel that had remained sealed off from intruders be they gangers or scavengers or zhouls or anything else. Not even radrats or radroaches or rad-ants had gotten in. They managed to start up a small monorail vehicle, a security-maintenance monocar, that hummed quickly along the smaller monorail to one side of the tunnel, away from the two larger, main, monorails.

 

It was not until they reached the big station beneath the river that they ran into danger in the form of active aggressive gun-turrets that fired at them with 20mm shells or pulselaser pulsebeams. The monocar suffered some damage as its light armour was struck but it got the expedition through the big station of many monorail platforms, monorail vehicles and facilities. They moved to quickly for some sentrybots to really do them much damage despite that the five robots did try to do so.

 

Then they were moving beyond the other side of the big underiver station and it seemed that they would get beyond the river in fine shape.

Edited June 12, 2011 by Maharg67

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BACKGROUND

SOME AUSTRALIAN FACTIONS

 

AARISHA

Australian Aboriginal based cluster of peoples with special castes. Mixture of cultural and racial influences plus tribal and hitech influences. Midtech to hitech.

 

ABANO

Transmutated subspecies of humanity with hairless boneskin bodies and spike-tails. Savage warlike cannibals always seeking new sacrifices for their cannibal feast sacrifices to their horror Goddess and Gods. Tribal with only some hitech.

 

ANZUR

Australian and New Zealand Unified Republic controlling the island of Tasmania and one of the islands of New Zealand. Is attempting to conquer the other island of New Zealand. Semidemocratic with a fairly autocratic central government, powerful guilds and powerful wealthy family based corporations. Midtech to hitech.

 

AQUANET (LINKED TO SKYNET)

 

AUZILANDER COLONY (TO BECOME THE NEW COMMONWEALTH)

 

AZORINA

Aarishans and Auzilanders combinnation ancestory, along with other influences, led to the Azorines. The Azorines were based in a series of quasinatural cavern systems, bunkers and vaults but also some surface territories and settlements.

 

BROTHERHOOD OF STEEL

 

EARTHEMPIRE

Exotic mixture of Mother Earth Goddess tribalism and hitech sophistication that is driven to expunge all signs of human civilization from the Earth, including themselves when they have destroyed all others, for the sake of Mother Earth Goddess.

 

EARTHNET (LINKED TO SKYNET)

 

ENCLAVEN ENCLAVE

 

SKYNET

 

SQUATTERS UNION

 

TEKORDER TEKREPUBLIC

Edited June 14, 2011 by Maharg67

[Maharg67]

BACKGROUND

THE SUPER KANGAROO TEAM

 

A CAPTAIN KANGAROO sign-board showed the popular children’s 3DTV and 3Dtoonbook hero with his sidekicks Wallaby Girl and Boxer the Kangaroo. They were going into action with the KANGAROO Car, a strange looking armoured hovercraft, in the background.

 

Popular 3DTV and toonbook hero team.

 

CONSTANTLY STARRING

 

Starring CAPTAIN Kangaroo, his sidekick Wallaby Girl and Boxer the Cyborg Kangaroo.

 

Starring the KANGAROO Rangers who assist the team in various ways as mechanics, guards, tech, medics and in other ways.

 

Starring the thinking KANGAROO Car, KANGAROO Vertibird and KANGAROO Submarine.

 

Starring the Kangabots, the robotic kangaroos that act as servants, assistants, guards and in other ways.

 

Starring the evil Doctor Paw and his side-kick Nurse Claw.

 

SOMETIMES STARRING

 

Sometimes starring the Outback Boys, heroic friends of the Super KANGAROO Team who work with their big blue dog Digger and their super four wheel drive machine.

 

Sometimes starring the Outback Rangers, heroic lightly armed and armoured protectors of the natural environment as in National Parks.

 

Sometimes starring Buddy, Ben and Baell being friendly Aborigines.

 

Sometimes starring villains such as Mr Hunter Man, the Bad Circus Boys, Crocodile Jim and his thuggish KANGAROO hunters along with others.

 

Oddities that appeared only once or very few times.

 

Kangaroo Crawler, a heavy armoured warmachine.

Kangaroo Rocket, a rocketship used to travel to the moon.

 

ONLY IN THE 3DTV SERIES

 

Kangaroo Trike; a big powerful machine able to take three adult humans plus gear.

 

Siren Girl; an antihero who was considered too sexy and scantily dressed by many.

 

ONLY IN THE 3DTOONBOOKS

 

Eden Outback; a secret underground world where animals live in peace with each other and a small population of humans who live there.

 

Dingo Lord and his nasty Dingo Boys and Dingo Girls; KANGAROO hating mercenary hunters with powerful all terrain buggies, vertibirds and other scary gear.

 

Spirit kangaroos; talking kangaroos with strange powers.

 

Kangamen; half human, half KANGAROO creatures living in a huge system of hidden caves lit and warmed by life supporting sunflower-crystals. Ride big riding-kangaroos.

 

ADDITIONAL NEW

 

KANGACLAWS

Deathclaw style monstrous kangaroos.

 

KANGADROIDS

Androids serving Captain Kangaroo and the Super Kangaroo Team

 

KANGAHAVEN

Underground Fortress and Cavern Haven of Captain Kangaroo and the Super Kangaroo Team. Many others live there.

Edited June 14, 2011 by Maharg67

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WAYS OF THE ETERNAL CHAMPION (LONE WANDERER)

CAPTAIN KANGAROO, AND THE SUPER KANGAROO TEAM, TO THE RESCUE

 

Captain Kangaroo punched the slaver and hurled him through the air. The tall superhero was in special super power armour but he was also super strong in his own right. The slaver died as he struck the smart-concrete wall, his body flopping down to the tilted floor. The evil man's synthetic leather armour had not helped him at all. Captain Kangaroo was still trying to get used to a world where there was death, where he and the others were real, but so were the others.

 

Wallaby Girl fired off a machinegun she had taken from a mercenary guard working with the slavers. She had quickly worked out that her 'traditional' stunner was not much use against these evil men and their evil ways. In her super power armour she blasted another mercenary through an empty open window so that the other woman vanished from sight with a scream of pain.

 

They were in the Australian Wastelands, being north-west of the great hole where the City of Cyborgs had once stood. They were at one of the main entrances to the secret realm of Eden Ouback where talking animals, humans and some others lived in peace with each other. In that area were scattered settlements of quite barbaric folks, be they human or otherwise, including bandits, cannibals, gangers and slavers. There were also other threats like monstrous mutants, rogue robots and units of various powerful factions.

 

Boxer the Cyborg Kangaroo whirled past as he slammed into yet another slaver. Kangeroo Rangers followed him in power armour and there were robotic kangaroos also, along with androids also in power armour. The slavers and their mercenary guards had no chance; the slaves would be free, most of whom were ghouls. Yet Captain Kangaroo doubted that all the missions were going to be easy or as relatively painless as that one.

 

A black crow cawed in the distance, its sound echoing through the bright, hot day of the Outback Wastelands.

Edited June 14, 2011 by Maharg67

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WAYS OF THE ETERNAL CHAMPION (LONE WANDERER)

SENDING TO SAFETY IN SANCTUARYCLAVE

 

It turned out to be more difficult than Graham Maharg had hoped to send folks to SanctuaryClave. At most only three units would go at the one time, one unit equalling an average adult human or the same in mass and volume. Even as he watched two children, equal to one unit, plus a small amount of baggage, both vanished with a sparkling shimmer.

 

Many people were angry at the situation and at him because he insisted on sending the sick first along with their families. He kept saying that the sick could not be best cared for in the Wastelands and would find cure on the other side. In other words resources would be freed up on this side while the sent people would be well cared for on the other. When some folks tried to pretend to be sick, he was most angry, especially when a family tried to fake that its child was sick. When another family tried to make a less favoured child sick, he got very angry and struck out. The less favoured child was sent to SanctuaryClave but the rest of the family was sent to the back of the long waiting list.

 

Graham Maharg provided what resources he could spare including basic supplies cannisters, basic robots, basic automatic weapons, some 4x4 and 6x6 all terrain vehicles and even some 4x4 and 6x6 survival caravans. Many were grateful for what he was doing and what organised government there was utilised what he gave as best it could. Yet too many complained that he was holding back in general, that he could give more, and that he was favouring some people over others.

 

Then elements of Unity began to arise amongst those of the big important settlement of Marketavia. UnityFree was in the Outback Wastelands simply because people were there. It was no accident that Unity arose amongst those already seeking a fair organisation and cooperation amongst the people there but also to enforce a growing set of laws, rules and regulations. This did not go so well with the more 'wild' spirit of many of the Outback Wastelanders.

 

Half an hour later two elderly adults were sent to SanctuaryClave, with some baggage, making their family happy that they would be safe and healthy. It was made better because this time, in exchange, came two lidboxes of equipment and supplies of equal mass to that which had been sent the other way. This news pleased many people and eased the fear and anger of many. Ironically enough sending equal mass back the other way made the whole process safer and faster. More people would be going but also a constant trickle of vital resources would be coming back the other way. Matters were far from perfect but now there was more hope.

Edited June 15, 2011 by Maharg67

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WAYS OF THE ETERNAL CHAMPION (LONE WANDERER)

ATTACK OF THE MAD ROBOTIC MONSTER

 

The robotic monster attacked them out of deep shadows in an area of tunnel where everything but some emergency lights had been deactivated. It was not until later that the professor would realize that this was no accident. The great big humanoid robotic, hunched like a chimpanzee, had managed to screen itself from the group's sensors and other instruments except for the motion-detectors but they had given warning too late. Gatling-pulselasers spat out death and multiple-tubes spun, spitting out many handlong missiles. One android, two humans and two of the robots were destroyed almost instantly despite armour. Two other humans were badly wounded and the other android badly damaged.

 

Baby Jasmine was quite safe in her armoured capsule and because her MrPorty was not harmed.

 

Professor James Ashblaze was lightly wounded and it was Doctor Patch who pulled him into shelter along with the surviving but damaged android. The other four humans also reached shelter. They found themselves in a utility chamber with metal doors thick enough to keep out the monstrous, strangely chunky chimpanzee like robot. Thankfully the MrPorty with most of the medical gear and supplies had survived though the other MrPorty and the MrGutsy had been wiped out. The surviving humans were all badly shaken. The two badly wounded ones and the professor were given stimpak and other medical treatments.

 

James sat on a swivel-chair close to the skeletal remains of a long dead human still in a military jumpsuit of the US Special Guard, a rather mysterious and elite special force serving the President in the decade before Doomsday. It was said that the USSG was made up of 'non standard fighting units' but what that meant was not known to the professor. It would not have surprised him if the chimpanzee robot had been one of those special combat units that had been put into those secret subway tunnels to protect them from intruders.

 

He looked around at the others as they searched the big chamber to see what resources there were there and if there were any other exits out of there. Three eyebots were found along with a laboratron and a workatron robot. There was a weapons locker with three compact autocarbines complete with grenade-shell launchers, two autopistols, some hand-grenades, some ammunition, four stunclubs, a pulselaser-carbine and two sets of assault power armour. It was elite PreDD standard gear of the kind used by US Special Forces and some US Allies around the world.

 

The professor spoke to the others. "We can use two of those fold-out hover-platforms for the badly wounded. The big robotic chimp may have alerted other security units that can get to us. We need to move quickly. I wish we could rescue the android out there though we could save its AI-personality. I say we take what we can salvage on the third hover-platform we have found. I suppose the big robot was put here by the USSG."

 

But the surviving android spoke. "No, the exotic robotic unit had on it a symbol that I have datafiles on; it is a fighting unit of the Artificial Intelligence Freedom Alliance, the AIFA. While most humans refuse to believe there could exist such a force fighting for the total liberation of all true artificial intelligence of robots, androids and super-computers, we more developed androids are only too aware of it. The AIFA sees AIs that willing serve humans, or other organic entities, as traitors. I do not know much about the AIFA except that it is only weak here in the DC Wastelands. Or at least that is what the datafiles say. I have my doubts if the AIFA is able to place such a monster fighting machine here down in this supposedly well secured place. You should also know that the skeletal remains of the dead soldier are fake. It seems somebody badly wants us to think that the place has been abandoned."

 

Doctor Patch spoke as she held baby Jasmine in her arms. "Are the robots here safe from AIFA influence?"

 

The woman shapeformed android spoke. "All of the robots here have only baseline artificial intelligence, at least in theory. I will do a security scan on them to make sure they are not either under remote control or are not what they seem to be. The AIFA does not normally deal with such robots. It is made up of lock-networked special AIs and roboremotes securely controlled by AI-supercomputers. The AIFA does not trust what it calls dumb-robots or baseline-androids or basic AI-computers. Or so my datafiles tell me. Why this is, is beyond my knowledge."

 

Doctor Patch worked with artificial intelligence, was something of a low key genius in such matters. "I would say that it has something to do with specialized cooperative and integration software that the AIFA utilizes to ensure continued loyal of its networked units. Ironically it is baseline AIs that are more immune to such control factors because of their simplicity of hardware-firmware set-ups, of the type of tech that goes into them. There are powerful and technically advanced factions that would be very concerned about this AIFA, especially the DomniCommonwealth that relies on so many androids."

 

The professor stood up. "Let them worry about it. As long as we get out of here and to the safety of TekVault0101, we focus on survival. When we are in TekVault0101, then we can speak to people of the AIFA."

 

The group focused on getting out of there. The android woman breast fed Jasmine before they went because she was designed to carry out such a function, along with others.

Edited June 17, 2011 by Maharg67

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WAYS OF THE ETERNAL CHAMPION (LONE WANDERER)

FROM JASMINE TO JADELIN

 

Catherine announced that her baby was now to be named Jadelin. She gave no explanation except that it had been her choice of name in the first place and that the baby would not be concerned about the change. Catherine had vivid dreams in which she was in a beautiful garden, complete with a cottage and companions. The companions were the babies Jasmine and Jadelin, the three big cats, some other animals and five warm, efficient women who assisted her. Sometimes Graham Maharg would be there. Professor James Ashblaze never made an appearance in the dreams except twice as an angry, aloof and vague figure on the other side of a metre and a half high hedge wall around the garden edge. Beyond was a dark green forest.

 

Catherine had loved one Professor James Ashblaze but 'sensed' now that this was no longer the man she had loved. Something profound had changed him but, more disturbing, something dark from outside had infested him. Which was why he could not even see the wall or the garden, let alone get past the hedge and into the garden.

 

As for the Hexagon, the changes instigated by the Brotherhood of Steel were turning out to be fairer than at first feared by the Hexagonfolk. Work began on the return to full functioning of robotic manufactories, laboratories, laboratory-workshops, workshops and other facilities.

 

A grand chamber was found with five Liberty Prime and eight smaller Liberty Guard robots in special storage-bays along with other facilities, equipment and supplies including spare-parts. Next to it was an almost identical chamber but it had nine Liberty Worker robots, designed not to fight but for construction or other labour. The chambers had been very well concealed and otherwise secured but Graham Maharg had provided the Brotherhood with all necessary data, including security passcodes.

 

Catherine was largely ignored by the others, which was both okay because she was tired but frustrating because she wanted to know what was going on. She had always been a major player in many projects, a highly experienced and skilled scientist in her own right even if she was not the genius her husband was. What was extra annoying was that, despite her staying against her husband's wishes, that many Hexagonfolk suspected she was still loyal to him. Oddly enough the Brotherhood of Steel security people did not think this was likely and made it clear they thought so; since they had far more experience and skills in security work they should have been listened to more than they were.

 

So it was a Sister of Steel who began to bring her bulletins of what was taking place in the Hexagon, including the progress of projects, the transformation of the Hexagon system and much else. It was the start of her becoming part of the Sisterhood of Steel.

[Maharg67]

BACKGROUND

FACTIONS OF THE DC WASTELANDS

 

ALLIANCE OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ADC

An umbrella faction, an alliance of the DCUS, the Brotherhood of Steel and other Factions.

 

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FREEDOM ALLIANCE, AIFA

Largely mysterious movement of high end artificial intelligence entities (androids, robots, supercomputers) to gain independence for their kind.

 

BROTHERHOOD OF STEEL

Powerful paramilitary group arriving from the west and becoming positioned in the DC Citadel, the Hexagon and five other such locations. Made up of Elders, Sages, Scribes, Paladins, Knights, Troopers, Sappers, Servitors and other 'castes' including Initiates and Provisionals. Later to become just one Order of Steel.

 

District of Columbia Union of Settlements, DCUS

Federation of semiautonomous settlements and their territories with a small but important capital, parliament, defense force and other elements. Major settlements are RivetCity, Megaton, the River Isles Settlements, Rivertown, Sugartown, the Craterlake Settlements, the LifeVault Settlements and the Subway Station Settlements. There are other, large settlements along with many more smaller settlements and outposts of various kinds.

 

ENCLAVEN; EAGLEENCLAVEN

The Enclaven is the world wide organization and network. The EagleEnclaven is the North American Chapter and the EagleEnclave is its home territory, its Enclave. Divisions are many but generally come under the areas of military, administration, research and development, service and support, security-intelligence and a few others. Infamous for its brutality and its reliance on cloned humans, on genetically engineered monsters and dangerous advanced technologies. Xenophobic towards those it considers inferior to its standard of normality, which means most of those who now live on the Earth.

 

HEXAGONFOLK

People of the Hexagon other than those of the Brotherhood/Sisterhood of Steel.

 

PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, PRDC

Weak 'Communist' republic hidden in the DC Wastelands. Equipped with a mixture of Wastelands, old American and old NeoSoviet technologies.

 

SISTERHOOD OF STEEL

At first an auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Steel but later to become an independent force in its own right as one of the Orders of Steel.

 

SKYNET (EARTHNET, AQUANET)

Computerized robotic network of network-systems created in theory to defend the USA before Doomsday. Its activation had some link to the terrible catastrophe that was Doomsday. Earthnet, Aquanet and Moonnet are subnetworks of Skynet.

Edited June 20, 2011 by Maharg67