Come Over

Darma stood daydreaming in the quarantine room. He drew closer to the window then looked up. Endless wide sky. He remembered about the edges of the galaxy. All beings in this galaxy are aware of the existence of this mysterious galactic edge. History has recorded that a spacecraft has approached the edge of the galaxy. The captain held a meeting with his men. Where he discussed that he wanted to explore the edges of this galaxy and go inside. He's not pushy.

If anyone has objections, they can go back and forth using a small plane. Only one of his men objected. Actually he really wanted to come. But he had to go home because his mother was very sick. The captain gave permission. This subordinate is named Surtikh from the planet Erfur. Where the characteristics of a tall, thin creature, a pointed nose curving downwards, the tips of the left and right sides of its pointed eyes like knives, dark red skin and long serrated teeth. Surtikh left on a small plane.

Before leaving, he saw the captain and his friends enter over the edge of the galaxy. It was then that he saw something he had never seen before. The plane was like being swallowed by the greatest darkness. Disappear without a trace. Even Surtikh tried to contact his captain through the cockpit but the signal was lost immediately. This incident he wrote at the end of his book which is entitled "The Journey to the Edge".

This book was written about two hundred years ago. In the past, acceleration technology did not exist. So Surtikh, the Captain, and all his men are creatures whose planet is closer to the edge of the galaxy. Because of this book, none of all creatures dare to cross the edges of the galaxy.

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A week later everyone will be released to their destination planets. Darma was placed on the planet Efora. A beautiful planet where the planet is glowing with beautiful colors. His creatures always wear flashy clothes too. Somewhat thick, hard skin like dead skin, dark red in color. His stature is like an earth creature. It's just that on the outer edge of his eyebrows there are three lumps the size of marbles and his hair is dominated by a maroon color. The lump is not flesh. It's bones.

Darma arrives at the space station. Big and spacious. Maybe five times bigger than an international airport. The building is very tall and majestic. He entered and waited at the departure waiting area. Before leaving, an officer dressed in a space station uniform approached him and gave him the necessary items.

"Excuse me, you're a candidate for release from the Bureau of Workers Foundation, huh?" asked the officer in a friendly manner.

Darma nods.

"Looks like you are the only one who was sent to the planet Efora. Soon the plane will leave. But we are very sorry because the plane will transit for a while on the planet Sabarchy. "

Darma is shocked. He can meet his old friends. There he was able to meet Skrul, his friend.

"This is your GravBelt. Please use it. I will bring your suitcase to put in the trunk, "continued the officer.

Darma uses GravBelt. This tool is in the form of a belt where the lock is a kind of machine whose function is to help the wearer adapt to gravity on the planet he has just visited. Because every planet has a variety of gravitational pressure. So if it has adapted, the user can remove the GravBelt if he wants. The tool will function automatically.

The plane's going to take off. Darma entered the departure terminal. Very crowded. Not only beings from planet earth, but beings from other planets also join the plane with Darma. Here they are checked for document completeness before boarding the plane. Once checked and there are no problems, the document will be stamped and can immediately go up. Darma boarded the enormous, capsule-like plane with wings on its sides. This aircraft can accommodate passengers up to fifty people.

About half an hour, the pilot started the engine and the plane immediately lifted up. Before penetrating the atmosphere, the ship advances straight through the atmosphere. When arriving in space, officers ordered all passengers to wear seat belts. Because the plane will make a leap or acceleration at the speed of light. The first destination is the planet Sabarchy which is fifty light years away. That means with four times the acceleration, it can be taken in about two hours.

Of course, this acceleration cannot go straight four times. So the plane must accelerate gradually. If the first acceleration has been carried out, a moment later the second acceleration can be carried out. It continues until the fourth acceleration. The concept is the same as the gear in a motor vehicle.

Darma opens communication tools. He sent a message to his friend that he would soon transit on the planet Sabarchy. Twenty minutes later Skrul replied and would meet him at the planet Sabarki's space station. Darma keeps the means of communication. This communication tool is square in shape. On the front it has a touch screen that is almost the same as the body and front camera. Behind it is a camera to take pictures or record videos. Not only sending messages, making voice calls and even video calls. It can even display a message in the form of a hologram.

This tool can send messages between planets. Of course, if the distance is further away, the message will take longer to arrive. On earth this device is called a cell phone. The names of other planets are different. For numbers, each planet has a galaxy code followed by a dot and then the number of the owner. The galaxy codes according to which star the planet is located.

Suppose the planet Earth which is located in the direction of Milestone star has a galaxy code of 45. So, if there is a creature from outside the earth who wants to communicate by sending messages or whatever, it must use the galaxy code followed by a dot and then the destination number. Example; 45.123456789. The average cell phone number only has nine digits.

Two hours later the plane arrived. It was marked by a slight shock and suddenly, inside the cockpit, the planet Sabarki was clearly visible ahead. A planet that is almost similar to Earth. It's just that the ground is dark green. Military spacecraft were seen on patrol. The pilot then called the station's information tower to notify him that the aircraft would enter the atmosphere and land.

After the pilot gave the information and the plane was verified as legal, the plane approached and descended through the atmosphere. A slight tremor occurred but a few sets later the plane flew freely over the skies of the planet Sabarki and dived towards the runway.

Darma looks outside the window. There was a feeling of longing in his heart when he saw the planet he had not visited for a long time. And now, he stopped by to meet his old friend who was a native of this planet.

To be continued...