For Love And Glory, XXXIX.
At last we learn what Hebo had realized in XXX (see here):
it is known that the Forerunners were active in the period between five and three million years ago;
they probably had computing power way beyond ours;
thus, they might have predicted the black hole collision;
if so, then they would have wanted to observe the collision from close by;
their probes, if any, would be small and undetectable;
they would have established a base at a nearby star;
the star would have to be more massive than Sol or Sunniva so that its trajectory could be predicted that far in advance;
there is in fact a giant star fifteen light years from the site of the collision;
however, Hebo needs expensive new radiation screening etc if he is to approach such a star;
the purpose of his business on Freydis is to make enough money to fund such an expedition.
Hebo's deduction of a possible nearby working Forerunner base resembles David Falkayn's deduction of a possible source of supermetals.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
Would the Forerunners have the patience to wait millions of years for the black hole collision? Where would they BE in the meantime? What if their race somehow became extinct? Or could some of the Forerunners be somehow suspended or placed in a "stasis" field till shortly before the collision?
Sean
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