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    The Flight of the Tristan
    The Flight of the Tristan
    The Flight of the Tristan
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    The Flight of the Tristan

    By David. B. Reynolds-Moreton

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    The submarine Tristan was patrolling the South Atlantic when it was hit by a magnetic pulse from a solar flare. Being made of so much metal, the energies were focused on the unfortunate submarine - time and space were warped - and it was transferred to another planet, a water world. But the water world was not all it seemed, and the crew were in for the shock of their lives.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid. B. Reynolds-Moreton
    Release dateMay 7, 2012
    ISBN9781476068770
    The Flight of the Tristan
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    David. B. Reynolds-Moreton

    Retired Research & Development Engineer. Interests:- Physics, Electronics, Chemistry, Renewable Energy Systems. Also:- writing Sci-Fi and building an adult realtime 3D adventure computor game.

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      The Flight of the Tristan - David. B. Reynolds-Moreton

      The Flight of the Tristan

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      David B. Reynolds-Moreton

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      Table of contents

      Chapter 1 The Happening

      Chapter 2 A New World

      Chapter 3 Another Island

      Chapter 4 Real Land

      Chapter 5 The Complex

      Chapter 6 Life Creator

      Chapter 7 The Creature

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      Synopsis.

      The submarine Tristan was patrolling the South Atlantic when it was hit by a magnetic pulse from a solar flare. Being made of so much metal, the energies were focused on the unfortunate submarine - time and space were warped - and it was transferred to another planet, a water world. But the water world was not all it seemed, and the crew were in for the shock of their lives.

      FLIGHT OF THE TRISTAN

      Chapter 1

      The Happening

      The nuclear submarine Tristan was gently cruising along on the surface in the southern Atlantic. Her commanding officer, Commander John Brentford, and Executive Officer (generally called XO), a slim built younger man called Lieutenant Commander Mike Smithson, were atop the conning tower, enjoying the peaceful scene below as the mighty submarine cut through the gentle swell, heading south. Several sailors were strolling up and down the casing, stretching their legs and enjoying the exercise and fresh air after being below deck for so long.

      A report from the Ace satellite, positioned some one million miles from the planet, had been received earlier of a solar flare heading for Earth. It was a big one - one of the biggest on record, and no one knew just what the effect would be as it was heading for the south pole, the worst possible place; the north pole tended to bend the solar radiation away due to the northern magnetic field. A stream of high energy protons was heading for Earth, and nobody could do much about it. The induced magnetic pulse could take out power lines, so there was a big rush to connect up any lines which were out of the supply circuit, so spreading the induced load - hopefully safely.

      Brentford had never seen an Aurora, and was looking forward to what was predicted to be the biggest Aurora Australis ever witnessed by mankind, despite the possible dangers.

      The sun was just about to dip below the horizon when a message came through on the intercom that the proton stream was due to hit Earth any time soon. As darkness fell, the first flickers of colour lit up the sky. Filigrees of blue and green streamers slowly danced across the sky, growing in intensity as some of the crew of the Tristan watched enthralled at one of Nature's most amazing displays.

      The colours deepened, with flickers of red joining the green and blue fingers of fire, so bright that they outshone the stars above; and then things changed.

      'Look sir,' Smithson said, 'there are flashes of blue now - that means the charged particles are cutting through the atmosphere, and that only occurs at sixty miles or so.'

      'You seem to know an awful lot about it,' Brentford said, somewhat surprised.

      'I've studied it quite a bit, seen several Auroras, but I've never seen blue streamers. There's a tremendous amount of energy up there - about twenty million amperes at fifty thousand volts is the estimate. The colours are due to molecules of our atmosphere losing or gaining electrons as the energy stream hits them.'

      'What happens if this energy were to hit the earth's surface?' Brentford asked.

      'If it does, the magnetic pulse will induce a flow of electricity into any conductor it contacts, causing power lines to blow and starting fires - but this is very rare - I've never seen it.'

      'I hope we don't,' Brentford replied. 'But we'd better keep a sharp lookout for anything unexpected.'

      The submarine cruised on in the ever brightening lights of the Aurora, but now the swell of the ocean had increased considerably, and flecks of white foam appeared on the top of breaking waves. A flash of blue white lightning ripped into the sea a few miles ahead of the submarine - and both men jumped as the sound wave hit them. Brentford switched on the intercom.

      'All personal on the casing, get below - close the Forward Hatch - standby to dive.'

      A filigree of fine sparks flitted from wave top to wave top with a faint crackling sound, while up ahead several more lightning strikes tore into the now foaming sea.

      'I don't like the look of that.' said

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