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I told them, "Search for planets with a lot of resources, Trinium and Naquadah are on top of my wish list. The planet doesn't need to have an atmosphere Search the side of the outer rim of the Milky Way first. Now that everyone is on the known, speak Lantean, please. That way, the language will replace English as the main language in your brain, and will make working with the equipment more natural."
4 Space, the Final Frontier… has no borders.
I prepared my Construction table for the Social satellite and started the process once the raw materials were loaded on the table. This one will take longer, it is capable to go into orbit, has shields and cloak, and can be operational for about a century with this kind of Power Crystals. It can spy… monitor our solar system and intercept Subspace and Hyperspace communications. The best part? It is only the size of a beach ball.
I powered the fifth computer up for Luna and connected it to the Scanner, the construction tables are forgotten now they found a new toy, they explored our neighboring stars and their planets, amazed about the detail.
The sixth computer was for the Construction bots, I put a Power crystal in and started it up, then I sat on a couch and searched my database for a nice small shuttle that has room for ten, a bit of cargo space, and is capable of traveling through Hyperspace. It has to be able to pass through a star gate…
Ah, this is a pretty one, it is an older model. The Lanteans were shit at designing spaceships imo. It has a good cloaking device and shields, I have to adjust the engines to run on my Power Crystals until I have a source of Naquadah. Weapons? Nah, a transport beam will be enough. It will need more raw materials though.
I stored the blueprint with my modifications in my computer along with the proper programming, also modified to compensate for the Power output change. It reduced the shuttle's speed a lot, but I don't need to travel ten light years in a few seconds, a few hours is fast enough, but it is still faster than anything the Goa'uld can come up with… I think.
"Is this the new spaceship?" asked Padma,
I nodded, "Yes, it will be a bit slow due to the poor power output, but once we get a supply of Naquadah and Trinium we can update this model and use it as Gate ships."
Padma sighed, "Our computers are still making me speechless, controlled by our thoughts, no screen but a holo-screen that not only can project it as a hologram with a black or white background, but they can also project it directly into our brain if we want privacy or in public. And you say this is a simple model?
"The main computer of Atlantis," I answered, "Once you know what it is capable of you will understand why this one is primitive."
Luna's voice came from behind me, "And one day you will get it here."
"WE will," I said while turning to face Luna, "One day WE will have our legacy back. I can not do this alone, I want you all by my side to get us back into Space and back to be the most advanced race of the Galaxies again."
Luna smiled, "You are too greedy, Harry. Are you going to be our new ruler?"
Hmm, that may not be a bad idea, an oath of fealty or a Magic contract and making it for a few generations will set us back on the map without forming splinter groups. Once there is a solid social structure can the leadership change. Imagine setting a Malfoy loose in Space? He would be worse than the Goa'uld.
Luna commented, "I can almost see what you are thinking, Harry. What do we call you? King Harry… no, Emperor Harry has a better ring to it."
"Empress Padma…" tried Padma, "I like the sound of that, Harry."
I shook my head, "It would scare the shit out of the Muggles and Muggleborn, especially if I show myself in robes with a hood on my cape. I will show you the movies when I convert a VCR to work on Magic."
Emperor Harry using the Force? They declare me a Sith in a minute. Parvati called out, "We have two candidates for mining only, both are barren planets circling Brown Dwarves, we don't have them on our Star maps from our Astronomy class. They are too small and dim for us to see. 6.5 and 7.4 light years from here. Both rich in Naquadah and Trinium. They have lots of precious metals too."
I thought for a bit, "Pick the one where the minerals are close together, that will make mining it more easy. Once we have a steady operation, we can set a second one up on the other planet. When you are done selecting one, search the neighborhood for Terra-formed planets, if Earth was the Capital planet once, our Ancestors must have Terra-formed planets nearby."
Parvati selected one and entered the search criteria for a new scan, after a bit she said, "We have two in our neighborhood, at Rigil Kentauris and Toliman, both from the Alpha Centauri System and at Ran, that one is just in reach of our Scanner at 10.5 light years. The planet at Rigil Kentauris is most similar to Earth… it seems it has all the right minerals but no Naquadah or Trinium, which I suspect was mined out by our Ancestors. Oh, a small hit for Naquadah, that must be the Astra Porta… it is buried in the sediment."
Lavender added, "The star is similar to our sun, that is a positive too. The plants are almost the same, so they seeded that planet with seeds from Earth… The animals are nothing like ours though."
I commented, "Those animals evolved from animals that lived on our planet seven million years ago. There is no way they will look like our cats and dogs. Evolving for seven million years without humans… we better research good wards to keep the nasties out of our home, the big and the small ones or we become part of their food chain."
Luna was drawn to the images from the planet, new wildlife to discover is her main passion, it will make her forget Malfoy's dungeon if she can focus on this new planet. "There is another planet in orbit of Rigil, we could Terraform it too and put our Magical Animals on them as a preserve, Harry. The dragons would love to fly long distances instead of circling inside the preserve."
Padma shook her head, "Those are long-term plans, Luna. First, the planet has to be Terra-formed, then seeded with plants and prey animals before you can let dragons lose on it. That will take years. We better focus on the short-term goals and keep that for a project in the future. I support your idea though. With our replication technology we can replicate any substance we want, we don't have to harvest animals anymore."
"When we don't need them for food or parts, they are bound to disappear," I commented, "Keeping dragons costs money, it would be an expensive hobby. The farm horses of the Muggles are almost gone with the tractor taking all their work away, now they are kept as a hobby by some. But, as Padma said, it is a good plan for the future."
I pointed to the Construction tables, "These construction droids are finished, three more and we can set them up in the backyard and start on our shuttle. With nine of them, it will go fast. Then it is only to feed them raw materials. Transmutating metals comes at a cost, there is a loss of matter in the process. These constructor droids are early models and are not efficient."
Padma entered the data of our stock of raw materials in her computer, after some calculations she reported, "We need at least two more loads of metal and a load of sand. With three loads of metal, we can build more Mining Droids and Construction Droids while the shuttle is made outside, which will start our site on Mining Planet One faster. I'll call my father."
Lavender pointed out, "You need more galleons, Harry. There was not much left in your trunk. I put the rest in your vault in the basement, Kreacher opened the vault for me. There are about a thousand Galleons left, I told Kreacher that it was household money for food and maintenance of the house."
I groaned, back to those greedy backstabbers losing another 10% of my money. Well, I didn't know I had money in the first place, Dumbledore shafted me good with that. Keep the sacrifice poor and stupid, it will be easier to convince him to eat an Avada Kadavra. For years I thought my trust vault was the only one I had, and I was careful with my expenses. I am almost afraid to ask for the ledger to see who had their hands in the money jar.
"I'll go tomorrow morning after I healed Neville's parents." I announced, "If the metal can be delivered in the afternoon or the day after would be great, Padma."
Xxxxx
My social satellite was ready, I put a power Crystal in the socket and closed the lid, I made another computer to collect the Satellite's data, once powered and connected, I put the Satellite outside on the lawn and under all our watching eyes it shielded, cloaked, and launched… we did not see or hear it leave, an hour later the first data came in, I let Parvati and Lavender sort it out.
Padma presented me with standard employee contracts, "We have to make it official, Harry. Lavender and Luna too. Once it is registered at the ministry, the people have no reason to gossip anymore."
That is debatable imo, two weeks from now we will be more in outer space than on Earth. We will be building a colony at Rigil, and a shipyard at the Mining One, when we will finally come out with our spaceships and colony, they will shut up soon enough.
Luna asked, "What will this company produce?"
Padma answered, "I don't know, something simple, toys, or calculators, something for the Aurors or Healers at St Mungo's."
There are a lot of problems with that line of thinking, toys? That will tie someone at the constructor table producing it, another has to be on the road to sell and promote our products. It provides a chance for the competition to take them apart to see what or how it works and replicate it. Something Kingsley did, because he did not call me once while he was always waiting for me at the Ministry asking for my opinion.
I made up my mind, "Let's call it a Research and Development firm for new technologies for now. We research new technologies and will present our first prototypes later this year. By then we will have a solid foundation, and not be tied to a delivery schedule."
Parvati commented, "We could call it an off-shore mining company, there is gold on that mining planet, that will earn us more than we could earn selling toys. You could mint your own Galleons, scan a few and you can turn all your gold into Galleons."
Now that is an idea! I can teach those bastards a lesson or two about customer service and the results. I will program a mining droid or two to focus on mining gold. That is like having my own Philosopher's Stone!
I cleared my throat, "Any ideas about a name? Fantastic Undiscovered Central Knowledge? Durable Iconic Creative Knowledge? Pending Imperial Satisfying Solutions?"
Padma shook her head, "F.U.C.K? D.I.C.K? Or P.I.S.S.? Seriously? Why did you use Knowledge twice?"
I shrugged, "I could not come up with a good alternative word that started with a K. fast enough. What about PPLLB Solutions? That is Potter, Patil, Lovegood, Lavender, and Black Solutions. We can rearrange the letters, BLLPP, and read it as Blip or Blop. Hmm, by the look on your faces that is a no too. Meh, make one up for yourselves."
Everyone is a critic these days, hah! Space Magicians! That is what they decided to name the company, I grinned, "So you girls are into SM? Very kinky."
Luna shook her head, "Not now Harry, maybe in a few years."
Parvati smiled, "That sounds like fun."
Lavender shook her head, "Only if I can be the S for a change."
Padma said, "We change the words and be done with it. Magical Space… no, what about Lantean Solutions? That would not be a lie. Alteran Solutions could work too."
That sealed the deal, Lantean Solutions is the name I have to register at the Ministry tomorrow and put four employees on record. We completed all the paperwork thanks to Padma, who is the most organized of our team.
The Patils returned home after two searing snogs, Luna went home with Lavender to pack her stuff and set the wards to No Visitors! We removed the completed Construction Droids and decided to make three more. That will get the tally to twelve, one table was constructing Power Crystals, we need them for almost everything.
That night when we went to bed, there was one more in my bed. Two snogs later they snuggled against me and fell asleep… it took a while before I could sleep, bloody hormones.
Xxxxx
The next morning after breakfast, we installed the twelve Construction droids out in the backyard, spread around the location of the future shuttle, and anchored their position, then we connected the droids to work together guided by a computer as one unit to minimize any mistakes. Even when we accidentally change the position of one, they will adjust to the new position and continue with their work.
The girls levitated the metal to the designated spot where the droids could take their materials. With a last check-up, I started the build. Four goodbye kisses later, I left for the ministry.
Registering a new company is easy if you are famous, it was done in less than an hour. Kingsley did not ask what I was going to produce, he saw me transfigure and Transmute a letter opener into a communicator. I did not ask him where it was, I am not that curious. Let them analyze the programming, it would take them years to figure out that the program is not magical, it is just steering it.
Neville could not wait any longer and dragged me to his parents, Aunty Alice was first, now that all her nerves were in prime condition, all I had to do was reconnect them to her brain. My Fixer guided me through all the spells… no they are not spells, they feel like spells, it is me feeding the Fixer and following the intent needed to do the job. It is hard to tell who is healing, me or the Fixer, it is like we are merged.
Anyway, twenty minutes later Aunty reacted to the treatment, I nudged Neville to keep her busy while I took care of Uncle Frank. He was harder to heal, but once he was done I left a happy family behind.
"Take them home, Nev," I told him, "I'll stop by tomorrow for the finishing touches."
I got a Man-hug from Neville, not very manly of him, the bloke was crying on my shoulder. I patted his back, "I have to get out of here before they notice Aunty and Uncle are awake. Just tell them we combined our Magic to overpower a block put there with Lestrange's Family Magic. They love epic stuff like that. Then claim it as Alliance Magic to keep the nosy guys away."
Neville smiled, "I will take care of it Harry, thank you."
I said while I was leaving, "Luna lives at Grimmauld Place now, I convinced her to leave her home for now."
"She visited me before she went to your place Harry," said Neville, "I have her on my communicator now."
Xxxxx
"What do you want, Thief?" was the teller's reaction when he saw my face.
"A meeting with my Account Manager and a withdrawal… Goblin" was my response.
"Do you have an appointment, Thief?" was his snappy comeback
I sighed, "If he doesn't have the time then I am here to make an appointment and a withdrawal… ...Goblin."
Grumbling, a runner led me to my account manager, when the manager presented the ledger of my trust vault after I asked for it, I was fuming! Fucking Dumbledore was bloody robbing me! The day before the Vault refilled, that bastard took three-quarters of the contents out, as his fee for being my Magical Guardian. Molly had grabby fingers too, but her bills said it was for lodging and food, yep, I paid the bloody tickets for the World Cup too. Well, that takes care of the Weasleys. I'll drop them like yesterday's diapers.
Now these little shits are getting on my nerves! I wanted to take twenty thousand Galleons with me, they charged me a 10 % penalty and a 20 % fee for putting the galleons in my trunk. I fucking lost 6000 Galleons to get 20000 Galleons out of my fucking Vault!
When they smiled smugly at me, I said, "Remember this day, Goblins, remember this day well, it will be remembered as one of the worst days in your History. Goodbye."
Fuming, I left the bank with my twenty thousand Galleons, all kinds of retributions were running through my head, but one thing is certain, I will close my accounts and stop dealing with those little shits.
Xxxxx
Back home I told the girls how the Goblins shafted me, "10 % penalty for every transaction or deal, and 20 % workers fee for moving Galleons in or out my Vaults! That is not all! Fucking Dumbledore was robbing my Trust Vault from the day he dropped me off at my Aunt's doorstep. Bloody Molly Weasley was letting the poor orphan stay a few weeks in their home? She fucking charged me more than a five Star Hotel! Visit the World Cup? Harry, we got tickets from a friend in the Ministry! Paid by me of course."
Luna hugged me, "Take a deep breath, Harry. It means nothing anymore, we scanned the gold available on Mining One, it is enough to fill a hundred Vaults. Gold means nothing anymore, it is Naquadah and Trinium, Titanium, and many other metals that matter. Once we bring it here we will be unstoppable."
I took a deep breath and sighed, "I am calm now, let's focus on the here and now. Your hugs are great, you know that?"
I went to my computer and prepared the Repository for the second download, the Nox Language, the Asgard Language, Navigating the stars and piloting Space ships normally or with the Control Chair and flying shuttles. I added basic Hyperdrive and Shield technology. That is enough for now.
The girls took turns to get the update and crashed on the couches to process the information, I moved the raw materials to the constructor droids and loaded the Construction tables for another bunch of droids and power crystals. That will tide them over til after lunch.
Lunch was a silent affair, the girls were concentrating on the new knowledge, trying to place it with the previous download. I went over the impulses I had at the Goblins, I wanted to buy big trunks and empty the Vaults on my own, fly my spaceship above the bank and beam all my gold out, steal all their Dragons…
Then fly to Hogwarts and beam that painting up to have a good word with him with a recording device… That Posh White Tomb? It will get a few new engravements and should be lucky I did not drop him and his fancy tomb into the ocean. I know that is getting too far, desecrating a grave is not done, the prick deserves it though. Well, I will make sure his reputation will take a dip someday. I got distracted when Padma dropped her spoon, "Oops".
Xxxxx
Three lorries with iron bars and one with sand were delivered and paid for, once unloaded, we cut them in manageable sizes and levitated them to the designated spot where the droids took their material. The girls produced mining droids and Construction droids until we had thirty mining and ten Construction droids. Those are the ones that will go to Mining One.
For Mining One, I started to plan the order of items to build, first mine Naquadah and Trinium, then create four high-quality construction Tables for home and a load of Naquadah and Trinium to bring home. Those tables can produce faster and better equipment. A Naquadah Generator and shield generator for Mining One to protect it from the environment, then we are in business. All we have to do is wait for the shuttle to finish.
We filled the days exploring the neighbors of the Sun, there is enough material for a dozen fleets of Space ships, it is kind of cool that a simple scanner from us is more powerful than the Hubble telescope.
Xxxxx
We visited Neville and his parents when it was time to give the final treatments. Neville met us at the Floo and led us to his parents, he laughed, "The healers blew a fuse when I said Family Magic when they asked how we did it, our reputation is great at the moment, even the Daily Prophet is praising us."
Aunty and Uncle were chatting with Hannah and Susan in the lounge when Neville led us in, both were looking better already. Aunty looked up and spotted me, "Harry! It is so good to see you again. Neville told me you healed us, thank you, son. Now come here and give me a proper hug."
Uncle Frank chuckled, "Let him first introduce his companions, Alice."
"I can do that after the hug, Uncle Frank," I said while hugging Aunty Alice, "I am glad you are back with us again, Aunty."
I stood next to the girls and presented them, "These four are precious to me, all four stood by me and Neville during hard times and battles. First is Luna Lovegood, she followed Neville and me into two big fights and is becoming more than a friend to me, her home is destroyed and she is living in mine now. Next is Lavender, formally Brown, Fenrir Greyback maimed her during the last battle, and her parents abandoned her. She lives with me and is becoming more than a friend too."
I went between the twins and put my arms around them, "Last but not least, Padma and Parvati Patil, both brave and caring, we went through a lot together, they fought next to us in the last battle too, and are becoming more than friends."
Uncle Frank chuckled, "Are you sure you are one of James? You sound more like Sirius to me. Four girlfriends, I am impressed. Lovely ladies, I thank you for being there for Neville and Harry, my boy told me some of your years at Hogwarts, I will have a talk with Minerva when I am up and about."
The girls mingled with Hannah and Susan while I healed the last details of Aunty and Uncle, "There you go, as good as new. You only have to get your strength back up, I healed the muscles, the rest is up to you. If I had a medical unit that would have been corrected too."
Aunty said, "Neville told us something about you discovering hidden technology, and described how you healed us with that device. Can you give us the full story?"
Susan and Hannah heard the question, Susan asked, "I am curious too, I heard all kinds of rumors of you transmuting a letter opener into something the unspeakables can not understand, they asked me if I know something about it."
That started a story about the Hallows and how it became a Repository of Merlin's people, the history of our ancestors was explained and how I got access to the complete database of the Lanteans, a big part of it copied into my brain.
I ended with, "That is what we have been doing since, at this moment we are building a spaceship and plan to start a base on a mining planet. From there we will start a colony on Rigil, located at Rigil Kentauris from the Alpha Centauri System."
Padma protested, "Harry! We did not name that planet yet, you are… that is actually a good name for the planet."
Luna shook her head, "Not if we want to keep our location a secret, Padma. Rigil is telling them where to look for us."
Padma shrugged, "It will take a few centuries before they can even reach us, Luna."
I held my hand up to stop the discussion, "Eventually we will offer every Magical being a spot on that planet where we can openly use our Magic and from there explore the Galaxy like we used to do for so many million years. I offer all of you here a spot by our side to help us lay the foundations, I won't work with the governments of any nation. We start our own."
Susan nodded, "That is best, the other countries on the continent took an example from Riddle and started to discriminate against Muggleborns too. It was as if they were preparing for his arrival."
Uncle Frank shook his head, "We missed a lot all these years, sorry that we could not be there for you, boys."
"We could have used you a lot, Uncle Frank," I said, "Both Neville and I were treated badly, for me it was Dumbledore who abused me, for Neville it was your mother projecting your achievements on Neville, and her brother for treating him as a squib."
Aunty Alice looked grim, "We know some of it, forcing my boy to use Frank's wand is plain out stupid. I have let Augusta know what I thought about that. I told Algie that I would kick him off a building to see if he could bounce, that fool better stay away from me."
"For me, I am glad that Dumbledore is dead, that bastard ruined my life" I commented, "I am not over it yet, yesterday I found out he was robbing my trust vault from the first year he dropped me off at Petunia. But enough about that depressing stuff. The shuttle is done in two days, if you want you can come along for the first flight."
Lavender shook her head, "For the second flight, Harry. You have to make a test flight first."
AN: You might ask why I am not using the Control Chair or mine asteroid fields, use Nanites, link Artificial Intelligences or so many other stuff... I have done that all four times in my other stories about SG1. To be honest, the best ways to deal with the bad guys have been done repeatedly. It would be boring if I used the same solutions over and over again.
