For the Journal, I’ll have to rely on meeting minutes. Or with any luck the Shockwave AI will be recording. Our notes have some details about the Moon base and some information about the Empire. It’s the Empire that is actually behind the attack on Earth. Mr. T has started the meeting with uncharacteristic formality. There’s the red light. Time to sign off. Wouldn’t want the FBI or CIA or someone putting the grab on me. Ha!
The introductions have been made. And Mr. T is beginning his dissertation. I knew it was going to be a long one.
“As you know, the Moon is tidal-locked to Earth, with one side always facing away. There has been a modicum of exploration relative to that side. It was the old Soviet Union that first sent a ship to photograph the far side. That was way back in 1959.
“There have been plenty of exploratory ships. Starting around ten years ago the Chinese took a keen interest in the far side. Several nations were developing plans to set up permanent bases on the Moon. There would be mining operations. The Moon would become a platform for deeper runs, to Mars and beyond.
“Even private companies were building ships and planning missions. But exploration of the Moon and Mars has mainly been left to robotic craft. Processor advances allowed it. Unmanned craft would also help to control the narrative upon discovery of anything unusual.”
An interruption broke out from a high-ranking military sort.
Mr. T had a schedule to keep and a lot of information to unload. “Go ahead and read the reports in your packet. How about we get through this, and then we can go over questions and comments.”
He continued. “The economic and political challenges that were already brewing impacted the efforts. There were launch failures and odd equipment malfunctions. Some of that was never disclosed publicly. There were also certain ... clandestine ... trips that were not publicly announced. Attempts were made to hush up any private reporting related to those secret trips. As for manned trips and more details, like I said, see the reports in your packets.
“Mars exploration has been a challenge. The Moon hasn’t been a cake-walk either.
“For that, pay special attention to the briefing report titled: Preparing for War, The Mars Missions. The report was produced more than 5 years ago.
“The governments of the world, many of them, have known of extraterrestrial visitors for quite some time. They also knew there had been direct interference, attempts to dissuade us from space exploration.
“I am not able to tell you if our government knew a full-scale invasion of Earth was in the works. The Nemesis Project points to at least some level of concern. A fortune was spent on those 12 ships.
“The Empire, through their bug surrogates, started work on a Moon base at least five years ago. Probably earlier than that. They likely built Mars base first. I’ll elaborate on what I mean by ‘the Empire’ in a minute. The enemy has been watching us.
“The far side of the Moon is a good location for a base. Our enemy is highly advanced technologically. It would be relatively simple to mask base electromagnetic anomalies. We wouldn’t likely pick up any of their communications or notice their activities in the absence of a direct fly-over. We have had a hard enough time trying to listen in to their conversations right here on Earth.
“Most of their base is underground. In space, away from Earth, their actual construction activities would have been somewhat more difficult to hide. And Earthlings have sent out a considerable number of exploration ships all around the Solar System.
“There were occasional odd energy signatures reported near the Moon and Mars. Just so, Earth government officials have known of unusual activity on there for at least 5 years as you can see from the briefing reports. We still don’t have a good understanding of what is taking place on the moon. Thanks to the brave astronauts that made the BugEye observation run possible, at least we have the Moon base location.
“As far as this empire is concerned, we know very little, though we do know something of their plans and methodology. The bugs are an advance force sent by the rulers of a vast empire to investigate and soften target worlds. Those in charge of the Empire are NOT bugs. It is of utmost importance to quickly and effectively deal with what is taking place at the Empire base on the Moon.
“The Moon base is large. And not all of it is underground. A portion of what they are building is in near-Moon orbit, geostationary Moon orbit. That orbital portion is certainly a recent addition. Perhaps orbit is not quite the correct term. The anomaly in space maintains a hovering position in tight alignment to the Lunar ground base. We would never see it from Earth. And we now understand its purpose.
“The Empire is building what we will call an anchor point. It is an anchor point for a space portal. In sci-fi it would be called a wormhole or a stargate, something like that. BugEye didn’t last long. But it lasted long enough to take some interesting readings. Of specific import, Darkside base, the anomaly, is now emitting gravitational waves. It is important to understand matter and energy can warp space-time.
“Those gravitational waves detected by BugEye are like ripples in space-time. The Empire is in the process of creating something that will warp space-time and the byproduct we have detected includes gravitational ripples. Those ripples are now barely detectable. That will change.
“There will be another base at some distant location in Empire controlled space with a similar anchor point, also warping space-time. That distant anchor point will be aligned with this Lunar point and a connecting tunnel will be forced between the points. Just so,
