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Chapter 4
The first of the raw material shipments would arrive today. Harry sat in the receiving room and waited for the twins and their father to show through the floo. Padma had called ahead on the wrist device and let him know that their father was interested to see what he would do with a shipment of pure raw materials.
And what plans he had. Today was for building the first ship, his mining drone ship, which was mostly a hyperspace capable shuttle. The transport buffer would allow it to hold more materials than its size would denote, however, and it would be instrumental in building a soon to be coming fleet of ships to bring wizardkind back to the stars. His smile was ear to ear as the three showed up, announcing themselves through the wrist device before stepping through the floo.
Padma and Parvati were wearing the same combination of tank top and tight shorts that he had suggested. Well, he hadn't suggested the the clothes be tight, but he had said they should wear something comfortable that they had no problems sweating in. The results were indeed tight and distracting. Their father had worn a more traditional Indian garb for men in a burnt orange while the girls colors were brown for the tops and white for the shorts.
"You were, I'm guessing, purposely vague about what we were to be doing today. Care to finally fill us in?" said Padma. He smiled.
"We are doing more manual labor today when the materials arrive. They should be here soon if the directions are good and the fidelis has been down for quite some time. We'll be moving materials into the right positions for my devices to work with for most of the day. Which reminds me..." he moved back to his station and began working once more. The construction drone in the corner activated and floated into the center of the room as he began and he seemed engrossed in whatever he was doing.
"Just a quick reprogramming and it will be ready to work with the construction table buffer until I can also get the transporters built as well. Then we will be able to watch it work for most of the afternoon. Otherwise we will be doing most of the moving for it and much of the work. Work you're just not ready to do just yet."
"What kind of work? How are you so sure we can't do it?" said Parvati.
"Tranfiguring and moving all of the materials into working technology for starters. Then it would all have to be floated or carried into place and connected with backup systems put into place then creating more magic crystals to power it all. The crystals we will have to do anyway but I would prefer that we had the carbon and iron ready to go onto the constructor table as soon as it arrives. Iron still works in making the power crystals but it would be so much better with naquada. Trinium would also not hurt the operation one bit as well but it seems there just isn't any deposits on the planet. That's odd by the way, but nothing conclusive on that just yet." he was still typing away. Suva chimed in.
"On this planet?" he was confused. Appearently the girls hadn't shared yesterday's conversation with him.
"Yes. On this planet. I've found a planet to get more materials, including the two I just mentioned from. I just have to get there. And what we'll build today will help me do just that."
"So impossibly big dreams then Mr. Potter." he said.
"Not impossible, just unlikely until I get my materials. Then, by tomorrow the mining operation can be underway. Kreacher!"
"What does nasty half-blood master want from Kreacher!" the elf was not happy. Then again, that wasn't unusual.
"Go open the back gate right now. I'm expecting a very important delivery anytime now."
The grumbling elf popped away, unhappy to work for a master that wasn't Regulus black or the painting of Mrs. Black in the entry hall. Suva frowned.
"I can point you to a place to get a new elf. In fact we have two elves but not enough work to keep both of them happy at the moment. We can work out a price for my spare while we figure out what to do with this one." he said.
"That would be fantastic." Harry said. "Kreacher really doesn't like to work for anyone that isn't plotting murder on first generation witches and wizards and really, and I mean really, doesn't like me." he finished his typing.
With a pop, the elf returned.
"Gate is open, nasty half-blood!" the elf shouted waking the portrait.
"THE SHAME OF A HALF-BLOOD IN CHARGE OF THE HOUSE OF BLACK! I SWEAR I'M ROLLING OVER IN MY GRAVE! OUT OF MY HOUSE YOU UNWORTHY HALF-BLOOD CUR! OUT I SAY!"
That was a far as she got before the curtains were pulled tight once more. Harry turned on Kreacher with a glare.
"That will be all for the day Kreacher." he said. The elf smiled nastily and popped away. Suva shook his head.
"You definitely need a new elf."
"I would be happy to discuss a price with you. Are you sure it wouldn't be a bother?"
"No. After meeting your elf, the bother would be leaving that...creature in place. I'll feel much safer for my daughters working here with that elf gone." Suva said with finality.
Harry nodded and pushed the drone gently to get it moving as he moved it to the back door. It would be instrumental however it would still need to be put in place for today to work out as planned and he hoped he hadn't missed a command in the reprogramming.
As the party moved into the back yard, they noticed a truck, loaded with materials, already trying to back through the gate. It was loaded with half a load of charcoal and the other half iron rods. The rods would have many uses but the charcoal would be of more use as magic crystals and diamond windows a few molecules thick. The problem would be unloading the pallets.
The group got to work allocating where each and every pallet went and by lunch almost the entire yard was full except for a long space right down the center and the spot that the drone was hovering. One of the delivering squibs had commented that he'd never seen wizards with robots before. The comment required explanation to the Indian family and Harry was happy to give it.
He led them back inside and brought out of the chill box what he'd prepared for lunch. That got Suva's attention yet again.
"The elf doesn't even anticipate your needs or provide for them?"
"No. Kreacher would rather spend all day speaking to and working for that portrait of Mrs. Black that he woke up. He doesn't care for me at all. I do the cooking and cleaning around here." Harry responded.
Mr. Patil shook his head. There was just so much wrong with the elf he but he didn't want to keep harping on it.
"So what's next?" said Parvati.
"Next we break off some of the materials and begin carrying some of the charcoal back in here to be used by the table. Then we set the drone loose with the design plans and hope this nice weather doesn't turn before it gets done today. Then the crystals we make in here will be brought out there to be inserted into the power system and we should be ready for a shakedown cruise to test the design. It is, after all, a new design. Its built off of an old idea though but no one will recognize the original if they saw it anyway. The last time wizardkind saw something that looked like this was over ten-thousand years ago."
"So you're only going to tell little bits of where all these ideas and technology comes from at a time?" Chimed Padma.
"I just feel better about talking to you guys because you will be dealing with it with me. What I have planned for today will actually, by the look of it, make for a large amount of calculators today as well but we can put those off for tomorrow. We still have materials to shift around and magic crystal batteries to make for the near future. I may even be able to work out a minor repository to accelerate your learning programs. But that is up to you." the last part was to her father.
"What do you mean up to me?"
"The mini repository would work by dumping the knowledge directly into their heads but at a small price of a major headache and the time to assimilate it all. Think of it as if a Legilimens dumped most of his knowledge into your head all at once."
Suva and the twins sat back to think. There were definite advantages to this method, however the disadvatage would be one massive headache. They might find themselves mostly useless for a while while their minds made heads or tails of the knowledge. Parvati was all for less time at the learning programs while Padma thought honestly about whether or not it was even a good idea. Their father finally nodded.
"What would be this knowledge?"
"The forgotten language, written and spoken of Atlantis, and most of the backround science behind he technology. Just enough to really get the girls moved on to the position they are actually hired on here for. They, as they are now, just can't really assist me very much. If they actually understand what I'm doing they could be a big help but they must understand first." Harry made his case.
"I will allow it then. But how did you get the knowledge of Atlantis?" Mr. Patil asked.
"It was dumped into my head as well. But I got everything. It should have killed me but didn't." Harry responded.
"How much is everything?" asked Padma.
"You don't actually have a way to measure the amount of knowledge in an appreciable manner but I would say that the entire library and all of the history and every iota of the daily schedules of the people of Atlantis for all of the Millions of years she was being operated. Everything means everything." he said.
That gave the three pause. There was so much to know and ask about the situation.
"How?" was the question in stereo.
"Magic. Magic decided to drop all of this into my lap and I'm going to make the most of it." he explained. He didn't want to reveal anything about the hollows and their true purpose.
They all looked at him for a bit as they finished their lunches. It was an unbelievable story if it were not for the technology he'd already produced. Without that working technology they would have had no choice but to call him crazy and leave. But he did have the technology and it worked. And they were soon to see even more of it.
"Then we will do the repository." said Padma looking to her sister. "Just don't dump too much on us at once."
"Not going to happen. Just the basics that would take you years to learn the way you're going now. At a normal rate its best if its started when you're young, younger than you would have to be to go to Hogwarts. That's enough yammering for now, as we are all finished eating, It's time to get this show on the road." he said as he stood.
They followed him outside where he levitated the first few bags of charcoal into a stack and headed into the house. Parvati and Padma followed but with single bags. Their father, not being paid for this left it to the younger people. Putting the stack directly onto the table he sat at his station and with a few keystrokes, set the table to molecular deconstruction. Heading outside again he sectioned up one of the iron rods and bundled the sections with a transfigured bit of rod, and floated this inside as well. The girls took much longer with their wands to do this after seeing what he was doing and carried smaller amounts. They both wondered what it was about his hand ornament that allowed him to do these things so easily.
The table was done with the charcoal so the bundles of rods went on one at a time because they were a bit precarious to stack. The table made short work of them however and now he set the table to start creating crystals. The process of making the crystals wasn't all that quick. He explained the process.
"The crystals are a mixture of crystalized carbon and iron. That isn't enough to make them magic crystals however. We have to agitate the universe a bit to release exotic particles and trap them inside the crystals. This causes continued agitation and the continued release of exotic particles. Because iron and not naquada is used, the particles escape more readily and the crystals become very bad diamonds very quickly. If crystalized naquada was used instead the magic produced in the form of exotic particles would actually permeate and react with the metal causing a more energetic reaction and more energy for longer periods and trapping more exotic particles."
"Agitate the universe? Exotic particles?"Suva was stumped.
"What is magic?" came Harry's reply.
"It's magic." came the response.
"Magic is energy. The results of that energy being made available for use is the introduction of exotic particles. Photons, bosons and the like, which you'll understand better after the mini repository, in the right configuration combined with the energy can change the quantum state of the little piece of the universe that you point your wand at. It is why spells and wands work at all. When the people of Atlantis began to exhibit 'magic' they wanted to study what they could do with it and some decided that they would set aside the technology because they really didn't need it to be comfortable if they could change the state of the universe around them for comfort instead. The mistake was when Merlin and his followers accended without leaving a dissenting voice behind and the believers in this philosophy were the only ones left behind."
"Accended?" asked Parvati. Padma nodded at the question.
"Reached a level of understanding about the universe that allowed them to shed their bodies and turn into beings of pure energy or 'magic'." was Harry's response.
He went back to his station and pressed the button to begin the drone's program. Then he went to the back steps to watch for a while. The others followed him and were amazed to see the little drone moving about deconstructing some bits of the piles while moving to the clear patch and laying down what it could. Slowly the frame of something about the size of a muggle bus began to shape while the drone was also installing the systems a molecule at a time. It would take most of the rest of the afternoon to do its work but this is what Harry wanted to watch. This was the first step.
"This is going to be the first hyperspace capable shuttle we will build. With substandard materials, it will also be the least advanced. As it is it will have transporters, life support, redundant quantum cannons, dual shields, cloaking device, long and short range sensors, hyperdrive, transmitter and reciever, working low grade AI, and so much more. She will be ready for a shakedown cruise as early as tonight."
"We don't understand most of that except cannons and shields" teased Parvati.
"You'll see when you're along for the shakedown cruise so we can test out all of the systems. Life support first. Then the anti-gravity and the cloak."he said. "We really don't want the muggles to see us."
"I would say that is a define. Its also the reason that there is only one more shipment. The muggles will get curious that they cant find where all if this stuff is going to when its delivered."
"If all goes well during the shakedown, we won't need more than that. In fact we will need less this next time. It should all fit on one truck. After that I will be mining my own materials and the majority of what is made won't even be made here."
"Where will it be made?" asked Padma.
"On site at the mining planet. Sir, you're welcome to join us for the shakedown cruise." he said.
"No thank you. I think I will stay on this planet." said Suva.
Harry smiled. The shuttle was a little more fleshed out and it looked like the drone was a good way into the internal systems. He would have to program the computer himself but the program was already written, he just had to transfer the crystal and copy the information. He headed back inside and sat at his station to check the program and nodded as he confirmed it was exactly what he needed.
He turned to the girls, who had followed him inside.
"Before you leave today we are going to drag in enough material to build the repositories for you girls. Tomorrow we should be able to do the uploads and have you all sitting on board with me for the shakedown cruise by lunch time." they nodded.
"Ok Harry." they said in stereo.
"You guys are doing that more now than I remember you guys ever doing. Talking together I mean." he began. They looked at each other before Padma spoke.
"We find ourselves agreeing more often than we used to these days. We used to twin speak before Parvati discovered boys but we kind of grew out of it."
"Oh. Well that clears that up." he looked like he wanted to ask something else but his eyes switched to the back of the house and the look passed from his face and he shrugged.
Suva walked back into the room and sat at the twins station with a confounded look on his face. He still wasn't sure about this all but the writing was on the wall. Everything was just going too smoothly.
"Well I will just be going back to the greenhouses. Floo me if you need me." he headed to the floo without looking back. In a 'whoosh' he was gone.
"So you want to tell us what that look was about?" asked Padma.
"Yeah. You looked like you wanted to ask us a question." supplied Parvati.
"Not really."
"Come on you can tell us. What's up?" he looked at them for a long minute.
"I was thinking about how you're both acting towards me. Then with your dad here, I decided to just wait and see. Me and Padma already said we would take it as it goes." he said.
The girls were nodding in agreement. That was all according to plan anyway. It seemed he was willing to let them make all the moves for now. Padma grew an evil, seductive grin and sauntered over to Harry before seizing his chin with one hand and kissing him on the lips. Seeing her sister make a move Parvati stood and waited for her turn. When Padma let him up for air another hand gently seized his chin again and another kiss was planted. When this one was over he knew he was in trouble.
"So how would this work? Not trying to not just let it grow on its own but I'm pretty sure I can only have one of you." he said. They sat at their station and started the learning program back up.
"Actually you are the rightful heir of two houses. You can have two if they are willing to share. And we are both willing to share right now." said Parvati. They let him absorb that information, turning to the learning program and getting to work.
"You know that now that we are going with the repositories you don't have to do that anymore." he said. They looked at each other and nodded again. They stood and walked back over to him. One sat on each of his knees and they both threw an arm over his shoulder before leaning in and kissing him again in turns, Parvati first this time. They, as one, guided the arm on their side around their waists before they began to caress his chest and shoulders. He was definitely in trouble because he was certanly enjoying the attention while his hands began to caress the available bit of midriff they'd placed his hands on.
They stayed like that for some time, enjoying each others presence and basically cuddling. At some point it got to hands on bare midriff for Harry as the girls put his hands underneath the shirts. Still he didn't push it and just enjoyed the position. They watched the status bar on the build grow, after he told them what it was and then he set up a show to watch while it did. He was still stealing satellite so sitcoms and such were on. They enjoyed every minute of it.
Eventually the status bar completed as the drone finished building the shuttle and everyone could tell, once they reached the back door, that it was beginning to get dark. But it was complete and the back hatch was open to the back door of the house. It was almost as long as a muggle bus and the metal had a crystaline look too it. It was an obvious decoration as there was no real reason for I to look like that as it could have had a flat look. There were four seats near the front and a terminal available streatched across in front of the first two. There was even more space all the way to the back with thin bench seating but enough for cargo if need be.
A.N.- the shuttle looks just like the puddle jumpers from Atlantis just a but longer and the nacells have guns in them and not drones.
"Its not as tough as it could be with naquada and trinium but she's a tough little boat. With the redundant shielding shes also hard to kill. When the first shield fails the second one is always up to take the pounding while the first shuts down to recharge. Because of her size that doesn't take long and when the first shield is ready again it snaps back into place leaving the second to recharge. The cloak extends past the shields. She can't fire when cloaked but when she does its pure magical energy. The entire energy system can be hot swapped for a small potentia later but most of her systems would have to be ripped out and replaced with trinium and naquada composites before it would do any good other than lifespan."
"Are you going to name it?" asked Parvati. He thought on it for a minute.
"I'll call it the Hedwig."
"Ok. The Atlantis ship Hedwig." said Padma.
"No. The Lantean ship or LS Hedwig. Atlantis was just the capital and a ship itself. Thats how it got to the planet they later named Lantea." he waited for their opinions.
"We love it. We better get going before father thinks you're having your wicked way with us." said Padma. Parvati giggled because she considered it to be the other way around. She was impressed with her sister's approach. She realized that her sister had made the same connection as she had earlier about him being allowed two women and decided to share with her sister when she didn't have to. She smiled and suddenly hugged her sister.
"We really better go." they said together before he escorted them to the floo. A round of french kisses and they were gone.