Flight into time. Part 1 World on the Brink.
by bradhig
based on James Bond Characters created by flemming and License to Kill.
The group sat around a glass table with papers beside each person. James Bond sat at the head with a phone to his left.
Felix lester with a prosthetic right hand and right leg , Dr Holly Goodhead a dark haired woman sat across from Felix and an old white haired man named Q sat across from James. They were watching a newscast on a large screen behind James.
A dark haired male newscaster speaks. "Not sense the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 has the world been so close to nuclear war. Russia and china under influence by the family of Della Leiter who are international arms traders are threating to attack the United States if Felix Leiter is not turned over for trial and execution. " as scenes of missiles and subs being made ready for attack are shown. The reporter continues as scenes of people stocking up ,civil defense videos run on TV ,and people fleeing cities on four lane highways with all lanes of traffic going outbound. "Panic has gripped the world.
In Great Britain Protect and Survive videos had started running on TV. Stores are being emptied of food , and people are bunkering down. In the U.S. runs on supermarkets continue , banks are closed , and people are fleeing cities in mass. The world waits in fear of what.. " James turns off the TV with the remote.
"I don't have to add to that. "James Bond says.
"So what do we do now? "Felix asks
"Both the United states and Great Britain plan to offer compensation to Della's family. They plan to offer them defense contracts ,new markets to sell weapons to, and they can sell many without fear of breaking the law. "James explained
"They won't take that! Nothing can replace Della Leiter and you know it. "Felix groaned
"They have to. I don't believe her family wants nuclear war anymore then we do. It's the only thing we can do. "James replied
"I don't want to talk about compensation anymore James. I want to talk about a rescue mission. "After Felix pounded the table with his fist.
"Impossible! She died over a month ago. "James replied
"It is possible. I have been working on temporal displacement for years. I figured it would be good for our field agents so if they get into a bad situation like about to be killed. They could travel back a few minutes and avoid it in the first place "Q explained
"James I know what you are thinking about ,but temporal displacement is a matter of crude power. To travel back farther then a year you would need a nuclear reactor with you. SO Tracy is out of the question. "Q continued
"So you go back to the day Della died and then what? You can't just take out of there. The bad guys would suspect somethings up. "James replied
"I have also been working on cloning our personal so they don't have to go into risky situations when they could send a copy instead. Felix has provided me with enough blood ,skin and hair samples to make a perfect copy of Della. However the copy wouldn't be able to survive on it own. It's functions will be controlled by a computer chip. Without a chip a clone's heart wouldn't beat ,and it wouldn't be able to breathe. "Q explained
"Here's the plan. We send Felix into space with a clone of Della and a landing craft attached to the mother ship. Felix flys the lander down near his ranch and then puts his self and Della to sleep. Then he swaps the real Della with the clone and comes back here. "Q spoke
"We don't have a spacecraft that could handle that. The shuttles are retired and Russia certainly won't let us use a Soyuz for such a crazy ,foolish ,and impossible mission. "James shouted
"We have an experimental landing craft built for the Mars mission at the cape and You forgot the one space shuttle that is still flying , Moonraker 5. "Holly said
"I was lead to believe it was retired along with the NASA shuttles. Last I heard Moonraker 5 was at it's South American launch site which would put the shuttle in a orbit well south of Texas. It won't work. "James explained
"We can fly it to the cape on a 747 and launch it from there. "Holly answered
"Not enough time. The deadline is in 16 hours. So you want to launch a rescue mission. Let's see 4 hours flight time from RIO to Kennedy Space Center, load lander and temporal device 3 hours ,mating solid fueel boosters to external tank mate shuttle to launch stack 5 hours roll out to the pad 5 hours , plus crew training , and weather reports it can't been done in under 3 days. "James explained
"We told M already and he's considering it. "Q replied
"M won't allow it. He will go with compensation. M will call in ten minutes. "James said They argued while waiting for M to call. James answered the phone.
"It's crazy and will never work. I am putting you on a speaker. "James said then he pushed a button on the phone and hung up the receiver.
"James you are right. However if we do nothing billions around the world are going to raise hell. Just to say we looked in the book and couldn't find anything is bad. Della's relatives have given us a three month extension to the deadline to allow us to carry out the mission. You tell Q,Felix, and Holly whatever they need they have got it. "M spoke
James Bond hung up after that. "Alright we are go. Now we see how fast you can put this thing together. "James Bond spoke
They left the room and starting working on the greatest space mission ever.