have an important mission to accomplish. Top secret. Do not call me unless the spaceship is on fire,” Captain Baldwin winked at her and walked off with his wife.
“Of course, Captain,” Mrs. Andersen chuckled.
Chapter 4
Procyon A is a medium-size star in our Milky Way Galaxy. This star is similar to our sun, with a slightly higher surface temperature of 6000 degree Celsius. Procyon A has several planets orbiting around it. The second innermost planet to orbit around it is planet M221.
On planet M221, there existed a computer complex dominated by all kinds of computers. Computers of all sizes, different capabilities, different shapes and colours could be found in this place. There were supercomputers, mainframes, mini-computers, microcomputers, laptops, palmtops and even smaller computers. All these slave-computers were linked together by wireless communication protocol. Slave-computers were controlled by Braini, a master-computer with astonishing computing power.
Five hundred years ago, the Psychon, a nomadic race characterised by extensive brain development, brought their computer technology to planet M221. They started manufacturing computers for the early inhabitants of this planet. They wanted to help the early inhabitants in their daily lives by getting the computers to solve mathematical problems.
With the arrival of the Psychons, planet M221 was immediately transformed into a high-technology park. The early inhabitants did not know how to operate a computer. They had never seen a computer before. However, they were willing to learn. Everybody took to the computer with a frenzy. In a very short time, computer proliferation occurred.
In every home, office, school, factory, hospital and even the prison, computers could be found. Computers helped in communication, weather monitoring, computation, education, military and medicines. At the later stage, computers were used for entertainment, even the television and radio became obsolete. Computers became indispensable in the lives of the early inhabitants.
Many years later, when the last of the Psychon left planet M221, Braini, the master-computer took over control of the computer factory. It started to manufacture computers loyal to itself. It even manufactured an army of mechanical soldiers, numbering close to two thousand. These mechanical soldiers were equipped with deadly weapons. A war broke out between this army of robots and the early inhabitants. These robot soldiers forced the early inhabitants to retreat to the Great Plateau. Henceforth, these two sides became enemies.
The Great Plateau was a wide, flat plain high up on the Green Mountain Range. It stretched for long distances, over many kilometres. The early inhabitants adapted their lives on high ground and lived until the present day. They gave up the use of computers totally and relied on their mental faculties. They were able to get on with their lives comfortably without computers.
Present day.
Psychon Computer Complex looked like a king's crown on the outside. Inside the Psychon Computer Complex, a tiny robot was busy with its daily routines. It had a long list of jobs to be done. It had been performing these tasks continuously for many years. Without it, this computer complex would not be able to function. This tiny robot was called B1287-AT. It was made of synthetic rubber and looked like a kingpin with two mechanical arms, the ends of which were circular and retractable. These robot hands gave B1287-AT the ability to hold objects. A tiny sensor antenna stood out from the robot's right ear. At the base of this robot, there was a mini anti-gravity generator, allowing B1287-AT to float at various heights depending on the strength of the anti-gravity field generated.
Braini the master-computer was made up of hexagonal prisms stacked one on top of each other. A total of ten layers existed, each layer having six by six prisms spaced out evenly. These prisms were made up of several chemical