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Chapter 7
Two days came by quick and fast. At first I thought Mr. Kat was going to take off on us since he did seem a bit overwhelmed when he was going over the information that was made available to him by Clark and oddly enough Mr. Kat kept to his in word, because after the two days passed we met up at my condo in down town Hill Valley to go over his assessment. We all sat together at my kitchen table ready to begin to see if Vincent could do the job. So I popped the first question to Vincent.
"All right Mr. Kat tell me that you got some good news for me to hear." Vincent at first didn't know what to think of what Marty had just asked but answered none the less.
"Ok Marty I see you just want me to cut to the chase. ""First off is it possible for me to produce the 1.21 giga watts to power the time machine, yes it is.""" Will it be easy, heck no?"" In fact it's going to be somewhat what costly and take a lot of time."
"Like I said before Mr. Kat money is not an issue, maybe just the time factor."" So how long will it take?"
"Ok Marty look um you don't have to keep calling me Mr. Kat. ""If you want you can call me Vince."" As for the time factor it could be anywhere to six months to a year at best."
"But since you stated that money is not an issue then I'll let your two guys look at the list of the materials I need to complete the project." Gabe was the first to look over the materials list only to sigh a bit out loud for Marty to hear.
"What is it Gabe what's wrong?"
"Oh nothing, other than that Vincent over here wants to complete the project with some really rare earth minerals, metals and elements."" That otherwise can get really expensive here."
"Ok well let's at least go over a little bit on the list to see why it is needed ok," Marty suggested.
Ok then Gabe started first. "Why do you need titanium plates and ore for?"
"Ok well first off in order for me to make your generator I need titanium as the frame work to keep the generator stable."" Also I want to replace the stainless steel body panels with titanium."" It's mostly for the time machines protection including the occupants inside."
"Ok then, oh why do you need lutetium and cobalt ore as well," Gabe interjected again.
" Well here's the tricky part to you Marty and everyone else."" I'll try and make it as easy as possible in explanation to you."
"Ok so I took more scans of the Flux capacitor and how the nuclear reaction is in a relationship to how this machine works."" Well the one thing that I found was that basically the Flux capacitor is really not a true capacitor."
"Ok you sort of lost me there, I mean what do you mean that the Flux capacitor is not a true capacitor," Marty asked.
"I'll try to explain it to very simple Marty."" First off you load the plutonium short rods to the storage dispenser right." Again Marty shook his head. "Ok so basically it takes a nuclear reaction from the plutonium to power the machine right.""Well basically the power that goes to the capacitor is really a direct power source."" Basically the plutonium rod's produce a lot more energy than 1.21 gig watts."" And I guess Doctor Brown either just didn't have the technology or the parts at time."
"But because you're using the rods to create just 1.21 giga watts, basically a lot of energy is wasted. ""In other words when you use your machine you have to constantly load up on plutonium every time you use it." "Which comes to my proposal, I want to create a lithium and cobalt combination battery that could sustain the extra energy that is produced."
"The upside is that this battery can hold a lot juice, the only down side to it is that it's actually a nuclear battery so to speak."
"Wait a minute doesn't the Delorean already have a battery," Marty asked. Vincent looked at Marty a bit strangely but still answered.
"Well Marty yes it does but it just has a standard issue car battery, but the battery that I'm talking about is for the storage of the fusion based energy."" A car battery simply will not work mainly because of the excess power flowing in the machine."
" Oh ok thanks for clearing that up."
"Anymore questions then uh Marty?" Marty shook his head no. "What about you Clark," again Clark shook his no.
"I got a question," Gabe asked.
"Uh go on then."" I just want to know how you plan on securing titanium ore and stocks, it's not like you can find it in local hardware store."
"Also the UEG along with ONI just put tighter restrictions on all current stocks." Vincent only ponders on this for a short moment for him to answer Gabe's question.
"Well if you must know Gabe I do posses some stocks of titanium back at my house in Akron."" As for any future Stocks can you ONI guy's help me out a bit."
"Well that's just it Vincent me and Clark were not exactly high ranking on the totem pole with ONI."" I mean we are low level section two propaganda along with a liaison with Marty over here."
" Liaison, what would ONI need a liaison to teenage civilians for?"" Unless your someone of great significance or influence."" Oh well I guess I never know or understand."
He then looks over to Marty to study him a bit. "Uh Marty how important are you to ONI or the UED?"
"Who me oh I'm no one special, but apparently everyone else within that ONI and I think that UNSC thinks that I'm some sort of guy that gives them hope and happiness."" All I want to do is just rock on shredding on my guitar along with my band."
"Then again you do look a little bit familiar to me Marty; you wouldn't be by any chance be involved in the entertainment industry"
"Well entertainment wise I do play lead guitar with the band called Sol Space."
"Sol Space huh, WAIT your not by any chance that Marty Mcfly guy are you?"
" Well yeah that's my name don't wear it out," Marty said playfully back to Vincent.
"Holy crap you are, awe man I'm such a huge fan of your music," Vincent said excitedly.
"Awe thanks man for your support and all.
"Wait a minute if you're a high profile celebrity that requires a liaison with ONI, then I bet that Marty rubs his elbows with some high ranking ONI officials, as Vincent mutters to himself.
"Say Marty you wouldn't by any chance know of any high ranking ONI or UNSC types by any chance."
"Well I do know of that General Lynch guy I suppose, but I really don't like that guy too much, mostly because he wants to sponge money or my time."
" Well you know what we could really use that relationship with him in case we need any special materials we can't get."
"Huh I don't know Vince I mean I really don't like the guy at all that much. "
"Look Marty all I'm saying here is just to keep it in mind in case I need more materials in the future to complete your project so you can go home."" Any ways if none of you have any objections, then I'm going to make my way back home to Akron to get the spare titanium stock that I have and bring back to docking storage facility."
Three weeks passed on by and all I say is dame. This Vincent guy sure knows how work his science magic, just like Doc back in my time. I mean it only took a couple of days after our meeting that Vincent got to work. In such a short amount of time he turned the dock storage facility into his own personal lab. Also as a way to help him out a bit we got him his own place in a nice quaint neighborhood near suburban area of Hill the less he still managed to turn his house into a lab of sorts. From what I could tell he had a drafting table in his main living room to work out the details of his pet project. I on the other hand would often go by just to see what's up. And wouldn't you know it; I basically became a lab assistant under Vincent just like I was with Doc back in my time.
He would often ask me to bring in my guitar and play a few tunes for him while he worked. Unlike Doc back in my time Vince would often jam to my music while working. In most ways he always told me it was his inspiration and made the day go on by faster for for Gabe and Clark those two would do their best to order the parts and materials for Vince so he could complete the improvements for the Delorean. Of course with my finical backing of course. Every now and then me and the rest of the band would go off to do some shows around earth and what not. I mean we still had to finish our next album and some musical collaborations with other by no means, it wasn't like I wasn't doing anything. After all I still got to finance the project somehow. Well at least we got paid really well for these gigs. Yet I know for a fact that we were often asked when our next tour would be by our fans and even ONI.
So whenever I had free time or a break in between gigs, I would always check in on Vincent to see where his progress was at. Sure enough he was able to use his titanium stocks to replace the Delorean stainless steel plates with the titanium what he told me it was mostly for protection, but it also served a purpose for his fusion generator as an apparatus and framing for the generator. He actually took on my proposal to put in the front of the Delorean under the hood. From the drawings and blue prints that he showed me, the generator itself was only going to be about a foot to a foot and a half high by two and a half feet wide.
Yet one of the first things that he did produce was the Cobalt and Lithium nuclear battery. To me it looked like a regular car battery the only difference was that it was rather transparent. In that you can actually see the battery within. They had the ominous blue glow to it. According to Vincent he told me that it could store close to three times the amount of power that was needed to power the flux capacitor.
Yet the next thing he showed me really looked cool. "So Vincent what is this thing?"
"Oh if you must know this is the fusion sphere."
" Uh can I touch it?"
"Yeah of course it's not powered up just yet." I pick it up the fusion sphere, and at first I thought it was going to be really heavy. Yet it only weighed about maybe like five to ten pounds.
In my hands it was basically half the size of a bowling ball, only it was completely silver looking all around. Kind of like and over sized silver ball bearing. "So what is this thing made out of," Marty asked.
"Oh just the run of the mill rare earth minerals." "I could tell you the name of them, but I'm pretty sure that it'll just go in one ear out the other."
"Well you got a point there Vince. ""So what is it for then?"
" Well it's going to be the primary source of the fusion reactor, hence the name fusion sphere."
" So how does this fusion reactor work then if you don't mind me asking?"
"Well its rather simple Marty the fusion sphere inside the reactor is going to be an internal generator that would only require basic carbons and hydrogen to re energize it.""Now you're probably going to ask like what's a carbon, but I'll just give it to in a simple form."
"Basically most fusion based reactors that exist today run on waste."
"You mean like garbage and stuff."
"Yeah something like that." "But this reactor is going to be much different. ""Its main source of power is going to come from Hydrogen."
Again Marty gives a rather puzzle look towards Vincent for an explanation. "Uh hydrogen?"
"Oh well Marty hydrogen is basically water."
" Wait a minute are you telling me that it's just going to run on water. ""How that is supposed to work?"
"Once again Marty I'll try to explain to you in simple terms."" The way it will work is that once we power up the fusion sphere, I'll then add it to fusion generator and seal it properly."" Next water will be added in to power it up."" Not a whole lot, just enough so I can run some test on it.""Basically the way it will work is that once the water is added the fusion sphere will separate the hydrogen molecules from the oxygen."
"The oxygen will be released within the time machine."" While the hydrogen burns from within generator providing the 1.21 giga watts of energy needed to make the jump back to your time.""If my calculations are correct on this you would only need a twenty ounce bottle of purified water to energize the reactor for multiple trips if you want."
"Wow right on Vince, so when is it going to be ready?
"" Well Marty we got to take this in baby steps." "We can't just go about it in a quick matter, this takes time to perfect it."" But the one thing that I can tell you is we can get the sphere powered up."" But alas is still need some more titanium ore to produce the apparatus."
"Which is why I need to see if you can sweet talk your way with those ONI reps to see if you can get some ore secured."
"Sigh man I was hoping that I didn't have to do that." "You think I could do it another time."
"Well I guess so, but I still need it to finish the apparatus." "In the mean time however I do need your assistance for today."
"Uh ok I guess what do you need help with."
And just like that Vince had me gather a bit of his stuff. He really didn't tell me too much about what he wanted me to do other than that assist with holding his stuff, which turned out to be some over sized carrying cases. However he did reassure me that we'll be back before I was told was just keep quite while he made the arrangements at the airport. I once again spring for the cost, which happens to be first class. All in the entire trip was going to be an hour long. I was going to ask where we are going, but from the way the flight crew spoke it was apparent to me that we were going to Africa.
It turned out to be the democratic republic of Congo. I tell you one thing that is cool about the future. And that is the free traveling around earth. In the future passports are really out dated. As long as you are register resident on earth travel is rather easy. All you got to do is just pay for the fare and boom your back to why we are here. Apparently Vince told me that he's here to power up the fusion sphere. Again I was about to ask how, when then I saw that we were heading towards a pretty nasty storm up in the mountains. I think the mountain is called Mount Stanley.
From what Vince told me, was that this area was the most prone place on earth that gets a lot of lighting. In just a short amount of time we set and apparatus fixture to draw the lighting towards the fusion sphere. I would ask how all this works, but we were in a hurry. And I don't want to get electrocuted for us we were in a remote area of the mountain. We were more or less close to the base of the mountain. When the storm came our way we made for cover near a small cave. Holy crap is all that I can say to myself as just wave after wave of lighting was coming down on top of us. It was awesome as much as it was scary.
Sure enough a real large bolt came from the sky hitting the lighting rod which in turn directed its power towards the fusion sphere. Now that was cool to look at since I think fusion sphere was drawing a long bolt of lightning from the sky as if it was sucking all of juice from the all was said and done we came out of hiding spot to look at fusion sphere. It really gave off a near white light glow. So we had to put on special shades to shield our eyes. Next Vincent made the preparations to close up the case in where the sphere was in. he hand it over to me to hold on to so he could take his equipment down.
It was weird holding this thing. I mean at first I thought it was going to hot, but no instead it was cold. Again I really didn't ask for an explanation since Vincent was in a hurry to get his stuff down so we can get out of as he said before we were back in Hill Valley by night fall. While he took the sphere to safe place for storage or rather cold storage. He told me that the hard part was done, yet he continued to pressure me into getting in contact with General Lynch so we could secure more titanium stocks to finish the generator. So as I went home, I kind of ponder on how I was going to do this. Maybe I should get help from Gabe on this one.