Mindbridge by Joe Haldeman

                    (t =156) “Here, the
                                          machine is being set to
    HOLD SKEW TO                           produce the element silver.
    161            -077   3.5,3.5,2.0        (BEAT to t = 173) “It will
                                          process all that rock in
                                          approximately fifteen seconds.”
    FASTER SKEW, SLOW
    SQUEEZE & DROP
    162            -066   3.3,3.3,1.9
    163            -055   3.1,3.1,1.8
    164            -044   2.9,2.9,1.7
    165            -033   2.7,2.7,1.6
    166            -022   2.5,2.5,1.5
    167            -011   2.3,2.3,1.4
    168            000    2.1,2.1,1.3
    169            011    1.9,1.9,1.2
    170            022    1.8,1.8,1.1
    171            032    1.8,1.8,1.1
    172            042    1.8,1.8,1.1
    173            052    1.8,1.8,1.1
    174            060    1.8,1.8,1.1
    175            067    1.7,1.7,1.1
    176            073    1.6,1.6,1.1
    177            077    1.5,1.5,1.1
    178            080    1.4,1.4,1.1
    179            081    1.3.1.3,1.1
    180            082    1.2,1.2,1.1
    181            082    1.1,1.1,1.1
    182            082    1.0,1.0,1.1
    183            082    0.9,0.9,1.1
    184            082    0.8,0.8,1.1
    HOLD THIS                        (t = 188) The nugget
    CONFIGURATION TO                 appears in the output
    187            082    0.8,0.8,1.1hopper.
    BLUR SQUEEZE                     VOICE OVER: “Silver!
    188            082    0.3,0.3,1.1(BEAT to t = 191) “Or
                                    any other useful metal.
    HOLD THIS                        “Tamer engineers will
    CONFIGURATION TO                 use these metals to build
    197            082    0.3,0.3,1.1tools. . .”
    CUT TO:                    (t = 198) “Tools to build
    STOCK AED CUBAGE                 the machines for geoformy.
    44/5398/0329-0345 (Tamer         “And the elements to go
    using lathe on surface of        into those machines will
    unimproved planet) FADE TO:      also come from the
    214 HOLD STATIC                  Westinghouse . . . Mass
    REPLAY OF t =30 TO               Spectrometer.”
    219-221 SLOW FADE TO       (t = 214) VOICE OVER:
    STOCK AED CUBAGE
    79/4760/0000-0008 (Lush          “And given a year or
    landscape, double sun in sky)          two...
                                    (DEFIANTLY)
    CUT TO:                          “or ten-or fifty-“
    230                              (BEAT to t = 221) “There
    STOCK WEST CUBAGE                will be a new world where
    PR001/0000-0010                  men can live.
    (Westinghouse sigil in front of
    deepspace background.            (BEAT to t = 226)
    18°/sec. skew.)                  “Another fresh start for humankind.”
    232 KEY IN
    WESTINGHOUSE                     (t = 230) VOICE OVER:
    ANTHEM                           “Westinghouse.
    239.240 FADE OUT.
    (t=232)“Building better worlds...
    (t=234)“For you.”
     
     
25 - Carry the Seed
     
    (From Sermons from Science by Theodore Lasky, copyright © 2071, Broome Syndicate. Reprinted from the Washington PostTimes-Herald-Star-News, 25 November 2071:)
     
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