Disclaimers: there not mine
Conversations - A tale of my past
So you want to know a little about my past, you want some proof of who I say I am. What is it you would like to know Commander Chakotay?
Tell me something about what happened before the federation began
Be a little, more specific Commander
Tell me what happened, I have heard stories about the incident. Story goes that there was an invasion of earth in the early 21st century.
That's true, it was an invasion and this time the Borg weren't involved. Have you ever stood on earth and looked up at the moon. In the early 21st century it was still bare. Not a house, base or anything visible marked it. In 1969 man landed on the moon. It was an awe-inspiring thing to do. Neil Armstrong and his crew were pioneers; Armstrong was the first man on the moon. As he touched the planet surface he left footprints which are still there today. There on the moons surface kept as a monument. There kept there to remember who came before us, so man would never forget those who came before them? The invasion happened in a space of days, I've heard what people think about it all. There have been countless books, films and documentaries.
So what happened.
It all started when a transmission was received from outer space. Now some people may have said it came form earth, that the retransmission was some sort of a continuing loop, but it wasn't. In those days places such as these places were kept away from the public eye.
Why did they keep it a secret from people?
In the early 21st century people wanted to know whether we were alone in the universe. Although many people had a great need to know, there were many people who thought the population wouldn't be able to handle the truth.
So want happened when the transmission came
The equipment of that day was considering state of the art. The equipment picked up all sorts of noise. The noise came from dying stars to just cosmic noise.
How old was the noise
From the dying echoes of the big bang, to the faintest echo.
How do you know all this?
I had a friend who was working there at the time. The equipment was huge in size, they were like empty glass bowls pointing up towards the heavens. It was though theses that information was gathered. All of the data was kept on computers and it was also controlled buy computers.
So it was all computer run
No, there were people on the base Chakotay. In fact there was this one guy called David Chambers. He was an astronomer, the very top of his field. Had experienced as long as your arm. It was the base's job to send out signals and to sort out all the noise it received back. What many people didn't realise until the late 1980's, is that we were sending out old radio and television signals. People actually said that was why the invasion started. There were people that realise radio signals would be a way of communicating with others in our solar system.
This is what the main use of the base was for.
The base where was it
Somewhere in America
How did the invasion start?
Dave was working the nightshift, unlike the others it wasn't something he like to do. He wasn't really a night person. What alerted people to the signal was an alarming in the computer room. That signal was the beginning of the invasion. Many people died in that invasion, and if you ask someone about it now. They will say its some kind of a story a myth.
What happened during those days of the invasion Ensign?
Ah, that is a long story Commander
We both have leave. So they're all the time on the world. So tell me about those days Ensign.
To be continued