Literature
Take Me With You (Short Story)
Published on MetaStellar 11/8/21 (LINK BELOW) DIRK: Dirk Seneca here, reporting from Cape Canaveral. Right now, NASA technicians are preparing for launch. The Magellan Space Probe, the world’s smartest computer moored in its specially built satellite, will engage its experimental faster than light drive and fly billions of lightyears away from our solar system and possibly into another galaxy. For nearly a decade and a half, the Magellan supercomputer has been connected to every system around the world, absorbing countless pieces of data ranging from mathematics, history, and even simple movie trivia, which it will share with potential intelligent life, should it meet any. I have Gavin Langstram here, the financier behind the project. How excited are you to get this project underway, nearly fifteen years in the making? GAVIN: Very excited, Dirk. I’ve put enough money into this project to build a small city. DIRK: (laughs) I’ve heard that Magellan is the one true example of