Interlude 4
Captured Scolux Lab Far Side of Luna “I’m here Tron, what do you want?” I’m not used to being ordered by an under officer so this information had better be very important. “I’ve figured out how the Scoluxer worked his experiment.” All it took was finding the right file. This Scoluxer believed in writing down every detail of his experiments. “Well?” Why does he drag everything out? “He used the beaming device.” I suppose it should’ve been obvious once we knew that the Scoluxers had a beaming device. “What?” Why didn’t I think of that? It’s the obvious answer once you know that the Scoluxers have such a device. “He not only used the device to beam the natives from the planet to this lab he also used it for all of the surgical work.” It’s amazing that they can do so much with the same device. “How can that be?” Why am I surprised it would just be a difference in scale. Beaming an entire organism really isn’t that much difference in beaming just a part of the organism. “Evidently the hardest part of building the device is to make the part that does the beaming, they just put more than one focusing unit on that part.” It’s just like having multiple lenses on a microscope. “What does that mean Tron? It’s late at night and I’m not thinking clearly so just tell me in plain language.” This PILA could be a philosopher since he takes so much time to say the most simple things. “Yes Sir.” “Well how did he do it?” It’s like pulling teeth to get anything from this PILA. “After beaming the three natives to the lab with one focuser he then used another much finer focuser to do the actual surgery. It’s not clear but I think he must’ve used actual surgical techniques to attach the uterus to the necessary arteries and veins in the abdominal cavity of Specimen B.” At least I can’t think of any other way to attach such things, though I suppose there might be a way of doing it with the beamer. “How is the beamer involved in this?” I wonder if the beamer can be used to fight our enemies? “First he used the beamer to remove the uterus from the female. He also removed eggs from her ovaries. He then used it to remove the DNA from the eggs. The next step was to remove sperm from Specimen B and to take the DNA out of it and then put it into the egg. Then he fertilized the egg with sperm from Specimen A. Once the zygote formed he beamed it into the uterus. The last step was to beam the two males back to the planet. Both had been slightly sedated and hypnotically ordered to return to their homes. A side effect of the sedation was to cause them to lose any memories they might have had while they were being experimented on. The female he just beamed into space since she wasn’t worth the energy to beam her back to the planet. You were right Platoon Leader the Scolux have no use for females.” How can any species not value their females. While I’ve enjoyed being with young PILA while I’ve been soldiering I can’t imagine not wanting to spend the rest of my life with a female once I’m transferred back home. “This is very good work Tron but we really do need to find this device.” Why don’t the Scoluxers label their machines like any sensible PILA would? “I’m still working on it Platoon Leader. You’ll be the first one I tell when I find it.” Sometimes I wonder about Coron, how can he have gotten to his rank, at his age, and yet want obvious items spelled out in perfect detail.