Space Ark! - A Futuristic Science Fiction Space Odyssey

a science–fiction book intended to change the world

synopsis

SPACE ARK! is a thrilling sci-fi Space odyssey. The exhilarating adventure begins in 2018 A. D. on planet Earth where some quite inventive Space technologists and a number of very ingenious scientists are industriously engaged in developing that world's next generation of Spaceships whose potent system of propulsion will be a radical departure from the extremely powerful, yet extremely limited, jet propulsion generated by conventional rocketry. The futuristic setting for that advanced R & D is the Magnetic Propulsion Laboratory, or MPL, which evolves out of JPL, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, located on the outskirts of Pasadena, California in the USA. Some of the dedicated visionaries at that experimental Space laboratory are working diligently on a project the bold goal of which is to build the first flying saucers made on Earth! A small fleet of those otherworldly Starships will be piloted by the twin personages of eighteen engineers and scientists selected from amongst their colleagues at the research and development facility. The eighteen especially devoted people are chosen to have their DNA culled for use in generating synthetic Replicates of themselves so their mirror-image clones can be entrusted with the momentous task of saving the endangered life of an ever more troubled and jeopardized world from which they will have originated. The trusty plenipotentiaries will endeavor to accomplish the vital objectives of their daunting mission by flying through deep Space on a daring expedition the long duration and faraway termini of which will be unprecedented in the annals of Space flights launched from planet Earth.

Those dreamers at the innovative aerospace lab. design the Spaceships of their dreams, then fabricate the special lifeboats they affectionately dub Circular Wings. While some engineers are assembling eighteen magnificent vessels, others are creating the marvelous Androgynyn pilots who will man the extraordinary Starcraft which will whisk the chosen Earthlings in that durable form right out of their world, then fly them across the immense chasms of interstellar space toward very distant destinations. The initial plan is for the Androgynyns to employ the slingshot force of an hypothesized red-shift catapult which their creators calculate should boost the powerful Discs straightaway to the outermost extremities of the universe and away from the powerful gravitational tug of a theorized Big Plunge so they will avoid being drawn irresistibly into, and then incinerated by, such a crushing cataclysm and so the tandem salient goals of their grand enterprise can be accomplished successfully. First, some seeds of humanity, and those of other precious forms of life from the Earth, must be saved in a storable form and then seeded by the surrogate humans onto habitable worlds, a series of cosmic steppingstones for which they will search throughout the universe on an epic journey of preservation and discovery. The Androgynyns then must zoom ever onward and seek to accomplish the second major objective of their mission which is to prove by their very long flight that the existing cosmos, which they eventually will try to exit, finally will die in the violent death throes of a shattering Big Plunge but be followed by yet another macrocosm born from yet another awesome Big Bang after which countless new worlds gradually should form as in the prior empyrean. Their hope is that at least one such nascent world eventually will evolve into one ideally suitable for transplantation of what will be some very primitive seeds by then!

After years of developing the heterodox technologies for the unorthodox flying machines while planning the expedition they will fly, then building and thoroughly flight testing them, the audacious mission finally launches its extensive flight skyward toward the nether regions of Space. The star fleet flies so far and for so long a time that it outlasts the end of one macrocosm by evading its destructive death while observing and recording the devastating dynamics of its protracted demise and eventual cataclysmic annihilation. The Ark of Discovery flies ever onward and also eludes the even greater creative force of a new Big Bang while monitoring its grand nature in detail and thereby proves what is by then a very ancient Multi-Cosmos Theory! During its very long trek, the Ark of Ages is in a dangerous Space race with its menacing arch rival GALCON, the colossal InterGalactic Conglomerate, a gargantuan commercial enterprise which also employs those otherworldly technologies but only for self-aggrandizement during its avaricious mining escapades that eventually span many a galaxy. The Ark of Destiny is forced to battle the mighty GALCON in a decisive star war during which it must save a budding universe and itself from its ferocious archenemy which the ancient Ark of Faith was sure could not possibly have survived the lethal Big Plunge at the end of the previous cosmos, and subsequent explosive Big Bang that followed its Big Crunch, yet somehow did! After the dawn of a newborn universe, the Ark of Salvation finally defeats its evil and potent protagonist after being pursued relentlessly and targeted for annihilation by the deadly nemesis for eons.

After resuming its far-flung journey following its miraculous victory over the terrifying and perennial scourge of GALCON, the Ark of Dreams becomes a very ancient dream by that time. Its ever-inquisitive astronauts fly ever onward and eventually discover a wonderful maturing solar system while navigating the wondrous nascent heavens whose gradual development they observe closely and document in detail. The interesting star system they descry is especially tantalizing to them because one cerulean world orbiting its sun looks perfectly suitable for the very ancient dream of reincarnating their carnal ancestors who, once upon a time, lived on a similar orb named Earth which once resided for so long a time amidst the erstwhile empyrean. For, those very ancient ancestors were the special people who originally fashioned the Androgynyns and then dispatched them on their very long exodus from the bygone cycle of Creation whence they all originated oh so long ago.

The amaranthine mission has some very mystical encounters with some very mysterious Beings before and during its exceedingly long journey. First, while the mission's crews are still Earthbound when they encounter three extra-terrestrial Starships, which inspire their own similar designs, one of which is stranded temporarily while visiting the Earth. Then, with some telepathic dolphins who cheer their heady plans to exit their imperiled world. Next, with spiritual protectors who mysteriously help them in The Battle Of The Void with GALCON. Finally, during their search for a solar system with a habitable world when the replicated Beings become endued with supernatural energy and power just prior to their transubstantiation back into the original people who had created them after they alight upon planet Hearth and its companion moon Charm which are orbiting around their sun in a star system within a pinwheel galaxy named the Milky Mode which is spiraling round and round amongst billions of other young galaxies populating a new and expanding firmament!