Chapter 4: Sharif“Listen, you Goldbergian Rube, this contraption will never work! The Lemurians will never return!”
Professor of Timefold Perturbation Mechanics and Quantum Crystal Mechanics at the University of Mumbai on the planet Decca at the far edge of the Orion Belt, Sharif Vaikkal ignored the derision and remained focused on the device in front of him.
Half the hemispherical housing folded aside, the Harmonic Sequencing Subspace Emitter blinked merrily at him, its readouts indicating its readiness to send a full, broad-spectrum transmission across the thirty-five parsecs that separated Orion from his target, the Crab Nebula.
“You just don't have any faith, Abdul,” Dr. Vaikkal said, looking up from his work. The machine humming smoothly, he closed the hatch. From the bottom of the
