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Chapter 5
Harry woke the next morning and checked the programming for the repositories. He'd gone into the back yard after the twins had left to gather the materials and transfigured most of the materials himself as the construction table was busy with crystals of all types, including information crystals. Now he was triple checking the settings and he could already tell that each one would only last for one charge. The most reliable way to learn anything was the hard work method because reusable teaching machines were hard to come by. Repositories were complex and risky if done improperly.
But these were ready for the twins so he was ready for them to come over and stick their faces into them and take on a full download. They would get the spoken and written language and basic science and what little history was required to understand that science. Nothing more than that. Anything more could actually hurt them and he really didn't want to see that happen to them.
The checking completed he moved on to a device he'd made after the repositories. It was a data pad with controller circuits for the Hedwig shuttle. It would allow him to control the ship in an entrance and exit capacity as well as to test the anti-gravity and cloak with the fewest problems. He could see it from the outside and check the sensors he had installed in his station for confirmation.
His communicator linked to Padma pinged. Padma and Parvati's faces appeared.
"Harry, we're ready to come over. You decent?" Parvati joked.
"Yes. Floo is open for you. The repositories are ready and you can both rest after on the couches."
"Right. We'll be there shortly."
Harry realized that the situation with the girls was unusual but he would take it as it went. He also knew there would be some time soon when he would have to talk about himself and he hadn't even shared most of his life with Hermione and Ron. Speaking of Ron the last message from him was an attempt to talk him into a contract to play for the Cannons. He shook his head at that thought as the floo whooshed and the girls arrived. He rose to meet them and offered a hug and kiss for each of them.
"So...you ready?" he said simply.
"Yes. Strap us in or whatever." said Parvati.
"No straps included...unless you want me to tie you up?" he teased. Parvati almost said something before she blushed and gave a small nod. It was his turn to blush now.
"Never mind that for now. I don't think we're ready for that yet. But the repositories are over here." he said as he led them over to the devices. "I will be making a ton of calculators while you're both resting so I will be gainfully employed. You've got to stick your heads in the recepticals and a few moments later it will be over and it will let you go. You might be a little dizzy at first so just one at a time in case I have to catch you. So who's first?"
"Me." said Parvati stepping foreward.
The device was not much to look at. It resembled a pensieve with short grabbing arms attached to three points and standing upright. They were also on a stand that made them stand at the same height as the girls heads. Parvati took a deep steadying breath and placed her face in the receptical. Padma tensed while Harry stepped up behind her ready for it to release her.
The little arms grabbed her head and the outer side of the device really showed no other indication that it was working at all. Shortly after, Parvati was released and wobbled on her feet. Harry stepped forward and caught hold of her gently and guided her to one of the couches. Then it was Padma's turn.
Padma was shakier about the whole process. While she agreed that it would take to long for her to be ready to be of any real help to Harry without this, she could see how it could also go wrong. Pushing information in large quantities into someones head could be dangerous. She took a deep breath as well and stepped into the machine.
She felt herself being held into place and her head not allowed to move at all by the little grabber arms. Suddenly her head was being filled with information that she had been trying to work on at her station for this week and she could knew she could hold a conversation now in Lantean. Just as suddenly she was released and stumbled back into Harry who'd stepped forward to help her as well.
With both girls dizzy and laying down Harry moved to collect the materials outside, after couple quick pecks to twin cheeks and noting to himself how affectionate he was being. It didn't take long to get to work making small magic crystals and calculators to slip them into. There was more material outside than he'd expected and he would have a good amount of stock for sales of power crystals and calculators shortly after this morning. He just needed customers. But Hermione and the twins would be a big help with that, and after all it would take some time to open up a new market in the magical world anyway. Deciding to focus on the task at hand he worked tirelessly on calculators until the Padma came to sit in his lap, kiss him gently, and took over his station. She got the table working by reading the instructions in Lantean and getting to work on calculators. She took the small break due to the automation of the process and guided his hands around her waist so that he was hugging her from behind.
"You don't have to do it all alone anymore. So you ready for lunch and then the shakedown cruise?" Parvati said putting her hands on his shoulders and beginning to rub. He hadn't noticed how tight they had been and it had been forever since someone had given him a shoulder rub that he simply moaned and enjoyed it.
"He's never going to get moving if we don't let him up. I really don't feel like ending this right now either but I'm hungry so lets get on with the day I guess." said Padma rising from his lap.
Lunch was a simple fare of sandwitches and butterbeer though he finally got a chance to check them out today. They were both going for t-shirts and skirts, skirts that were just a little on the short side if he would take a guess. Definitely designed to get his attention. And his attention they had. The t-shirts were tight and showed off their features quite nicely.
"Are you guys raiding Parvati's closet or something? Ever since I said wear something to comfortable to sweat in you've both been dressing more like Parvati on that first day." he asked.
"Kind of. I did have some things in my closet as well but most if it is Parvati's things." stated Padma.
"I didn't mean to inconveniece you at all." he continued.
"What? I can't get pretty for you too?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.
"What? No! I mean that you don't have to dress like that for me." he tried.
"Do you like it?" asked Parvati.
"Yes. But you don't have to. You're both already so pretty you really don't have to try. Especially try so hard."
"You're sweet. But they really are the only hanging out and work clothes we have. We can't wear them in Diagon Alley much without pissing people off so the only place where we can wear them is in the muggle world and that brings attention we don't want. You don't drool over us but still make us feel sexy so what say we keep it up." said Padma. "Plus you like it so mission accomplished."
He smirked and grabbed the pad device, that conversation over. They were right that he really shouldn't complain, especially for them and rose, his sandwitch gone.
"I made this to make the testing go faster. We can test some things now without being on board. I've already loaded the crystals for programming and power so are you both ready to get this show on the road?" he asked eyeing their empty plates. They looked at each other and nodded.
The trek to the back was short and quiet but soon they were looking at the open back hatch of the Hedwig. Harry raised the pad and punched a few buttons and the back hatch swung up and closed. Then a couple more keystrokes and there was a deep thrumming sound and the entire thing rose off the ground.
"Anti-gravity works." he said.
Moving on he hit another set of buttons and the nacells extended startleling the girls. They snapped back into place after another keystroke and he smiled as they had jumped.
"Now to test the shields and cloak" he said before hitting another few buttons. A double bubble of force, barely visible, sprang to life around the little star craft before the entire thing disappeared. Even the shields didn't show.
After a quick trip inside to check the short range sensors for a sensor ghost and finding none he nodded and led them outside again. It was time to test the transporters but not on a living being first. He'd locked onto the mining drone while inside with the sensors and now was the time to beam it up.
With an unseen flash, the little utility drone disappeared and reappeared inside the ship. Dropping the cloak and the shields he opened the back of the ship again and checked on the drone. Then going back inside to check the sensors he found that not molecule was out of place. He smiled.
"We assume that those passed as well? I don't remember that little robot being in there before." said Padma.
"Yeah. Sorry but I was testing the transporters. Soon we can test the sensors and sublight engines once we get on board. First though we need to transport that little bot back off of the ship for a bit." with that and a flash of light the bot was put back in the sitting room corner.
"Okay, all aboard!" he said excitedly.
The girls smiled at his mood and stepped up onto the extended ramp/door and walked to the front where they saw the first problem. It wasn't three seats at the forward controls but two. One of them would be looking at the back of their heads in the other two foreward passenger seats. Parvati was waved forward by Padma to take the copilots chair. Harry took the pilots' seat and Padma in the back.
"Parvati, time for the preflight checks. The systems are all right there for you to look at so it shouldn't be a hassle. Just take your time and all you really have to say is all systems go or not." he said with a small smile.
"Okay,"she said as she scanned the systems. "initiating shields and cloak. Everything reads green and I have no idea why I knew to say that."
"It came with the repositories. Don't worry over it as it will only help you. And you have to use it or you will eventually loose some of it. Just like regular memories. Just remember you are keeping an eye on the systems with me for the whole trip so keep me informed when you press any buttons to do anything." he said serious.
"Aye captain." they both responded.
"Bringing up the sublight engines. I'll keep it low and slow for a little while then its off to test the hyperdrive."
He put on a little power and they were off. It was a quick trip around London where he took them over Kings Cross then he pulled up. Life support was reading in the green so he wasn't worried. They cleared atmosphere as he poured on more power and they were soon in lower earth orbit.
"Okay I've got coordinates for the asteroid belt so here we go. Hyperspace in 3..2..1..go!" the window opened as planned and the little craft jumped through. There was a slight jerk on board and then it smoothed out as space turned into a swirling mass in the forward window. The twins marveled at the sight but wondered why they could see no stars now.
"You won't see stars in hyperspace at all. You have to get all your stargazing done before then. Coming out at coordinates in 3..2..1..now!" and they popped out into normal space. He'd purposefully set the engines to use as little power as they could for the test. They could have done it much faster but the difference would have been seconds at this distance.
"Extend the nacells and power the cannons." he ordered.
"Extending nacells and powering cannons." Parvati parroted as she performed her tasks.
"Cannons powered captain." she smirked.
"Cheaky little minx. Picking target and firing." he'd picked a decent sized asteroid from the field filling the view screen with an iron core.
SPREE SPREE SPREE!
The sound was iconic for triple repeating quantum cannons but that didn't really matter as much as the damage done. Deep impact craters appeared on the surface of their target rock in brilliant explosions. They all wondered what would happen if the weapons were powered by proper potentia and augmented with trinium alloy.
"Tests complete. Bringing cloak back online. It didn't last going through hyperspace or firing the weapons. That is good to know. Time to get a look at the system we are going to mine. Powering hyperdrive. Window in 3..2..1..go!" and again they were underway.
He turned his seat to look at Padma. She was smiling at the success and seemingly releaved that he wasn't just some nut. Frankly so was he.
"We'll be travelling for around an hour before we come out of hyperspace. This is the hard part, waiting." Padma just smiled, unbuckled herself and came to sit across his lap. She gave him a searing kiss.
"I am just suffering right now." she said saucily.
"I can see that." he responded with a chuckle. He put one arm around her while placing his left hand on the nearest leg to his body.
"Harry, what's next? We need to know before we can help you." said Parvati a little jealous at her sister. She wanted to be in Harry's lap.
"First we get detailed close scans of this system, then we get home and get the materials that will be needed for the mining operation loaded on board then send Hedwig here back off to the system to get to work. She'll build a few more drones and keep an underground reserve in place before she starts building an upgrade of herself and programming it. But during that process she will bring regular shipments home and beaming them into the back yard. We will use that to build true potentia and she will do the same. Eventually the new ship, which will be named the Orion, after my godfather, will be capable of intergalactic travel. Once we have at least 4 full potentia, one lesser for the Orion, and three for Atlantis we will set out to retrieve her. Shes a ship and with fresh potentia she has a drive capable of three day travel to Earth. We would make it in a week. Which means food and drink for three weeks will have to be on board."
"Okay, good plan. In the mean time we work on getting some of the retail outlets to pick up our calculators in their stock so we don't spend as much trying to sell them directly. We will just be bulk suppliers which will get them sold and the galleons changing hands. If I know Vector, and I know I do, she will have the calculators on her school lists as soon as she hears about them." said Padma. She got up and switched seats with Parvati. He nodded at the idea. It hadn't even occurred to him. Parvati purred as he began a one handed back rub and now Padma was the jealous twin.
"That feels so good." was all she said before she leaned in to give him a toe-curling kiss.
"I'm glad you like it." he responded after she removed her lips from his.
They were like that for while with the girls switching out every once in a while to get their share of back rubbing and out of his lap again when they got too worked up. They of course didn't tell him why they were switching up and he didn't ask. It was torture on him though but at least there were plenty of kisses.
"Okay, back to your seats. We're coming out of hyperspace." this time Padma sat in the copilot chair.
They came out of hyperspace over a barren world with three suns. Harry started the scans. They showed that there was actually an atmosphere unlike he'd previously thought but it was mostly carbon dioxide and nitrogen. The system was barren of any other celestial bodies and there didn't seem to be anything on the long range scans. He was already marking in the system where to download the mining and construction drones that were still back at the house. Large rich veins of raw materials including naquada and trinium were available within short distance of the beam down point.
"Its rich and exactly what we needed. High concentrations of naquada and trinium and titanium and iron and pretty much everything else. Its perfect...well other than the atmosphere would kill us if we tried to breathe it." he said as he looked over the information.
"Will we be able to cancel the next shipment to the house or will this take more than a week to get going?" said Parvati from the seat behind him.
"Sadly it will take more than a week to really set up and get going. I'm looking at two weeks here at least. But we should be able to go retrieve Atlantis by the end of the month." he responded.
"Now tell us...why is this shuttle so heavily armed?" said Parvati.
"Because, from the historical records that you didn't get, you never know who else is out here and if they are friendly. Its best to be prepared."
They nodded as he took the rest of his readings and programmed in the mineral map for the drones to use. Then they were off again for home. After much the same treatment as before Harry was pretty wound up but put the shuttle down in the back yard after a another loop around London. Then with a smirk transported everyone into the sitting room. Two more flashes and he sat down at his station and connected with the drone functions of the shuttle and sent it on its way.
"There. All good to go and on its way to mine what we need for itself. A rather productive day if I do say so myself. The next ship should be ready in about two weeks and landed here with the needed potentia in three." he said satisfied.
"Now time to change our focus for the next couple of weeks to making some gold so your account manager can call you something other than thief. That must get annoying." said Padma.
"He calls you thief?" asked Parvati.
"Yeah. Its because of something I had to do to win the war and they said that they'll never forgive that I didn't talk to them. Appearently there's a few provisions in the treaty about what I needed that if Binns actually taught something other than just the rebellions I would have known and avoided the problem. They'll never stop calling me thief though." he shrugged.
"Well on to the calculators." prompted Padma.
And so they got to work on making sure they actually had a good stock of calculators for sale while stopping occasionally for cuddles and kisses. They worked until it started to get dark and by then there were some few thousand calculators sitting in the corner that Padma and Parvati were loading with crystals. It wasn't actually a grueling job, just monotonous. But now it was time for the girls to go.
He walked them to the floo and smiled as he pulled Parvati into his arms. The kiss included tounge and curled toes and so did the follow up kiss to Padma. With reluctant goodbyes the girls were gone.