Hello, and welcome to Chapter Two. Let's start reading (for you) and writing (for me), shall we?


Othello was sitting in his room, still collecting his mind from the visit from Susan, when Servo went off again.

"The scientists creating the rocket ship want to meet you, to see your height and weight for designing your sleep quarters."

"Okay then, Servo. I'll go."

Once Othello arrived at the IPSA, the InterPlanetary Space Agency, the scientists there greeted him and they immediately set to work measuring his height, weight, and mass in different situations. It only took a scan of a few lasers, and then Othello asked an important question; "Could I be on the ship when it leaves? I don't want teleportation to kill me, as it might, and I'd like to get to know the ship before we arrive."

This, of course, caused a huge uproar among the scientists. Some saying of course, and some saying it's much easier to teleport on. Othello left before it got any more hectic, saying "Why can't scientists ever agree?"

Othello was glad they had discovered a way to make Braincaps without losing hair, even though by the time they did it, half of the humans were permanently bald. This was from not having hair for hundreds of generations. However, Othello still had his original hair, and he was proud of it. In his quarters, Othello reflected on these things, and then he got an incoming call.

"Alright, we've decided on a compromise. You can go on ahead of time if you can convince at least four other crew members to go with you. For a mission of this scale, five members should be able to handle any situations. Once you've convinced four other crew members, talk to us again.", the head scientist said. Othello was trapped between a rock and a hard place. He wouldn't like to live with four other people for so long, but he wanted to be on the ship ahead of time.

"Guess I'll have to find more crew members", he told himself. "Servo, give me their Idents again."


It's too bad Arthur Clarke never made a true ending to the Space Odyssey series. In any case, I'll continue writing, so please continue reading.