The Time Travelers, Book 1: Lessons in Time Travel
Asynchronous travel—time travel—was Morehouse’s pet project, and what he cared most about. His company had a large portfolio in nanotechnology, bio-informatics, weaponry and genetics, but his attention was on the time travel team.
MORTek’s time travel team had discovered anomalies–what they speculated were rips in the fabric of spacetime. Identifying the source of these anomalies, however, was another thing. Just when the team located a rip, it stopped sending signals. There was no predictable pattern—at least not yet. They needed more data for predictive modeling.
Most places with anomalies were difficult to access. The one near Omaha seemed promising. The signals came from an undeveloped parcel of land just outside the city limits. MORTek had been quick to purchase all of the surrounding land, letting locals think they were digging for oil. From MORTek’s data, the rip on their side was eight feet above ground, but on the other side the portal was at least 6400 feet underground. Digging to the surface on that side was costing an enormous amount of money. Other methods to see the surface, such as seismic reflection and refraction, were unsuccessful.
The team was also attempting to make their own space-time rip in the laboratory—just a little tear. Experiments were underway to uncover small strings or threads. Pulling on these threads added stress to the fabric of space-time that would make a hole. The team named this section of the lab The Seam.
In the meantime, MORTek continued to chase after any anomalies they could find.
