<Friday morning . . . 10:00 am Arizona time . . . At Mr. Ben’s family’s Rental House . . . >
👽 LAGRANGE: “Well, we are rapidly approaching the event we have been waiting for since moving to Arizona. The launch of the IFS Noble!”
👽 MEDALLION <center>. “Indeed. It’s interesting that this very week, many people around the world celebrate new life. We’re not completely sure, but we are close to getting an answer on that as well. Same could be said about a ship, couldn’t it?”
👽 ELI <red hat>. “It definitely is! Well, let’s begin the report. Our distinguished Colony Chief, Dr. Union will be patching in from downtown Phoenix right about now, along with Oceana . . . “
🖥 <Computer voice on Mr. Ben’s TV screen>: “This is an official Engedian Star Force presentation. Project Phoenix.“
<Downtown Phoenix 🏜 . . . live from Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza>
👽 DR. UNION: “Good morning my distinguished colleagues! I and Oceana are in downtown Phoenix at this Memorial Park, with artifacts of an Earth sea ship!”
👽 OCEANA: “Yes! We are here next to artifacts of the American battleship, the USS Arizona.”
👽 DR. UNION: In the Earth year, month and date called December 7, 1941, the USS Arizona entered the first battle of her career, which started in the Earth year 1915. It was a fierce attack by a force that was an enemy of the USA at the time. “
👽 CHANCE: “That’s right! That battle was the start of a great war they called World War II. It had been going on for two years, but the USA finally entered after this attack.”
👽 ELI: “The location of this attack was in the USA territory of Hawaii, at a place called Pearl Harbor where there was a major ocean Navy base.”
👽 MEDALLION: “In this battle, enemy forces decided to attack the ships so that the ships could not stop them from taking over many islands in the Earth ocean called the Pacific.”
👽 DR. UNION: “Very true, Medallion! The USS Arizona was about 607 feet in length and was considered a heavy “Pennsylvania class” battleship. Generally speaking, she had a rather uneventful career performing defense duties and training duties for her 25 Earth year career!”
👽 DR. UNION <continues>: “I now am standing next to the anchor of Arizona. It is very large compared to me as you can see!”
👽 OCEANA: “And just above us is a small model of our soon to be second saucer, the IFS Noble!”
👽 LAGRANGE: “Quite a collection for a ships artifacts.”
👽 SNEAK: “I wonder why they have so many artifacts from that ship there other than the ship being named after the state our colony is in.”
👽 CAPTAIN ECHO: “I believe Union is about to disclose that.”
👽 DR. UNION: “Yes, the military that attacked Pearl Harbor was from the Japanese Navy. They sent their Zero fighters and bombers into Pearl Harbor. Many ships were hit, damaged, and even destroyed. One of the first to be destroyed was Arizona. These images show the battleship being struck in the forward section where one of the major gun powder magazines were.”
👽 ELI <red hat>: “It was a terrible explosion. At this battle, many US military personnel were lost and injured. Around half of them died in the explosion that you see here!”
👽 CAPTAIN ECHO <far right>: “It was approximately 2,400 American, or USA military that died, but HALF of them were mostly on the USS Arizona!”
👽 DR. UNION: “Yes! It was truly terrible! Had I been there, I would have treated all of the wounded I could to help them survive and get as full of life back as possible! The USS Arizona was declared a total loss and sank in the harbor and you see it how it was just after the sinking, and then in the present day that they have a memorial built over her.”
👽 CAPTAIN ECHO <far right>: “Wars are terrible! Even a soldier like I understand that it has to happen, as long as it’s defending the innocent from evil ones that want to harm them! So Union, confirm what relation that Arizona has to our new companion saucer that is being built.”
👽 SNEAK: “As you know, Best Friend, this star teleconference is going to be broadcast on Engedi at the Milky Way Star Symposium to our Planet’s Lesser Elders, so they don’t yet know everything behind it as we do.”
👽 DR. UNION: “The answer to that is this. Through molecular and quantum cloning and reinforcement, we are performing 5D printing from atomic samples we gathered from the artifacts of the USS Arizona. With that, we are replicating them and the 5D drones are actually producing a shipwright-print of the new saucer.
👽 OCEANA: “It is to be the very first Engedian star saucer ever built on Earth. And the most powerful ship in history built by humans or Star People like us!”
👽 ELI: “Dr. Union, Captain Echo, and I have been taking the time to collect atomic samples from the USS Arizona remains. The fictional Earth bird called the Phoenix was one that supposedly burned up when it died and then out of its own ashes it was reborn. The same idea holds true in a different way here!”
👽 DR. UNION: “Yes! It is a similar idea. From the remnants of the destroyed and burned Arizona, the ship can live again in a new form as the IFS Noble!”
👽 CHANCE: “The molecular quantum cloning that we are using is the most advanced we have ever used before! We have used similar methods in the past, but not to this extent.”
👽 MEDALLION: “And once again, it will be the first Engedian star saucer built on Earth! New life! New life indeed!”
👽 LAGRANGE: “This graphic shows us and the leadership of Engedi including the Grand Elder and Lesser Elders what the ship will look like . . .”
👽 OCEANA: “This is the image of the ship from the starboard side. Very similar to other Engedian saucers, but the sensor dome is larger to match Union’s Engedian Elder specifications for this, his Colonial command ship. Plus, the ventral side has been painted black to denote that it is a command ship. IFS Noble has the same abilities of the IFS Thunder but has slightly new technology that needs to be applied to the IFS Thunder in its next refit.”
👽 ELI <unseen>: “From Pearl Harbor and from destroyed ship ruins, comes a new ship for scientific research, Earth defense, and goodwill from the Planet Engedi to Earth. The IFS Noble!”
👽 ELI <red hat>: “Right now, the 5D printing of the star saucer is getting close to completion. I had an idea about where to conduct this. I saw a small railroad layout. They had a picture of a small “star people” spaceship that would rise and go down. Ironically, it has a feature similar to our saucers! But I knew that the mountains, especially in the rugged areas, would be a good safe place . . .”
👽 OCEANA: “Very true Eli. I believe the nearby Superstition Mountains are a good place for not just building the IFS Noble, but for serving as a staging place for both this new saucer and the IFS Thunder.”
👽 DR. UNION: “So Chance, how soon will the saucer be ready?”
👽 CHANCE: “We are almost there. I believe it might be within the next couple of weeks or sooner. But we do have to keep an eye on the US Military. The sightings of the IFS Thunder have put them on higher alert and although they are grateful for our help, they may be trying to find us and learn more about us, and perhaps too much about us.”
👽 ELI <unseen>: “Chance and I will be going out to Superstition Mountain to check on the progress in the next day or so, and Captain Echo and Sneak will keep a close eye on the military and make sure Mr. Ben and his family remain safe as well from government forces that would want to question them.”
👽 OCEANA: “That’s great! Well, Mr. Ben is almost back to pick Union and I up.”
👽 DR. UNION: “And we will have a safe house meeting shortly, mainly to talk about areas of Arizona we would like to explore and report about and also a new development. Mr. Ben and Miss Jessica have identified a new habitation to live at, suitable for the size of their family and for us staying with them as we did in Colorado. Wait until you see what they are about to show us!”
For the Great Galactic Space Gimmick, we’re the Earthnauts Union, Lagrange, Medallion, Captain Echo, Eli, Sneak, Oceana, and Chance . . . with some help from Ben Faltinowski! 👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽🛸
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