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    The Plattsmouth
    The Plattsmouth
    The Plattsmouth
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    The Plattsmouth

    By John Gaukel

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    Joan was a young girl living on the colony world Smith. quantum drives had eliminated airplanes, automobiles and carbon fuels. Joan had a dream, she wanted to fly, but not just fly, but fly like an Eagle. she wanted to feel the wind on her face. Her Quantum friend and Avatar Judy would help her to fly beyond her dreams. Joan and Judy would sit by saints pond and talk about their plans.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn Gaukel
    Release dateDec 28, 2011
    ISBN9781452404264
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    John Gaukel

    John Gaukel is a Physicist, Inventor, Intellectual Property Analyst, Engineer, Business Manager, Poet and Avid Science Fiction reader.He is a hemiplegic, and has taken up Science Fiction writing to extend himself in new directions. – There are more novelettes and poems in progress.

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      The Plattsmouth - John Gaukel

      The Plattsmouth

      The girl who wanted to fly (Like an Eagle)

      Author John Gaukel

      © December 2011 by John Gaukel

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      Smashwords Edition

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      John Gaukel on Smashwords 

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      John J. Gaukel, BS Physics

      jjgaukel@gmx.com

      Edited and contributions by Maureen Faber, MS, MS, BS

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      This publication is purely fiction. Any reference to people’s names or places or products is purely factitious, and bears no relationship to real people places or products. Inadvertent use of trademarked names is unintentional and implies no relationship to trademarked products or their owners.

      The Plattsmouth

      The Girl who wanted to fly

      (Like an Eagle)

      The Plattsmouth was a new starship class cruiser whose design was based on standard starship size and features. Joan had requested it for her private use to carry out fundamental research in the galaxy. This ship was different from all others in that while it was designed and built by Quants, it was not controlled by Quants. Joan’s team had worked exhaustingly and doggedly to develop Quantum controls which directly allow Humans control every aspect of the ship.

      It was a first, and something not initially well accepted by the Quants. The Quants weren’t overly possessive or overly prideful of ownership, they were actually fearful that humans or other species would not be capable of pulling it off.

      They hadn’t met Joan Parlan. The Quants were actually directed to not interfere with human development. It was nearly 10,000 years since the lifting, a period when a vast number of humans had boarded the large quant fleet and dispersed throughout the Milky Way. Since that time, the humans had become somewhat complacent, which was the opposite effect the quants wanted for them.

      Phil, the original quantum AI Avatar who had inspired this first great age, was ever thankful to the humans who had created him and hence all quants. All quants wanted humans to succeed. Many were frustrated at not being allowed to help, but realized the necessity of it.

      And then along came Joan. Joan was from the settlement planet Smith, A Mormon settlement which demanded nothing of those settling there but compliance to their laws, which the original settlers derived from early Mormonism. Joan was a deeply rooted Mormon, and lived accordingly.

      Every major Religion and political group had settled a planet or moon of their own. Some had become migratory, roaming the Galaxy at will, always in Alliance with the Quants.

      Joan was a highly educated person, seventeen years old, medium stature, mixed racial descent. She looked Asian, and had some genetic heritage in that direction. She loved music, math, history and languages. When she became aware of her genetic roots, she learned the ancient chinese languages, as well as several other earth

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