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    The Gok Saga: Landing
    The Gok Saga: Landing
    The Gok Saga: Landing
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    The Gok Saga: Landing

    By R. Richard

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    “Captain, we now have another generator off-line.”
    “Time to repair, Lieutenant?”
    “Probably never, sir. The bearings are gone, the internals are mangled and even the case is cracked.
    “That's the second generator that we've lost recently.”
    “Captain, if the sounds and readings on the remaining generators are any clue, we won't have any generators in the not too distant future.”
    “Then it seems that we have to divert.”
    “Captain, I have consulted with the Navigation Officer. He's found us a not too distant sun, with what appears to be a habitable world. It's our only real chance to survive.”
    “A Key star world, Lieutenant?”
    “Yes, Captain. We can divert in about three days. It's our last chance for quite a while.”
    “Let me consult with the Navigation Officer, Lieutenant. However, in the meantime, make ready to divert.”
    “Aye, sir. I'll keep you updated.”
    I go and talk with the Navigation Officer. He tells me the same thing that the Lieutenant told me. I then talk with several of the other colony ships. They report the same kind of problems with their generators. So far, no one else has lost more than one generator, but the symptoms are there.
    I then call a Captain's meeting. I lay out the choices. “It appears that we have defective generators in the colony ships. We have lost two generators and there are signs that we will soon lose another generator. It appears that the other colony ships have the same kind of signs, although no other colony ship has currently lost more than one generator. If we lose enough generators, we die.”
    Given the situation, there really aren't any choices. The rest of the Captains come to the same conclusion that I have reached. Diversion is the only way that we might survive. I call for a vote. The vote is unanimous. All of the colony ships will divert.
    We divert, through a keyhole. One at a time, the colony ships emerge from the keyhole and we find ourselves in a six planet solar system. The one world, that can support life, is the second planet out. We orbit the second planet.
    The second planet is a water oxygen world, with a single moon. It looks much like the home world.
    A scout ship is launched, with a pilot and an observer. They intend to find us a continental West coast location, on a large river. The situation should give us good weather and the water that we must have to survive. The scout ship orbits the world and scans the surface for a suitable site for a settlement.
    The scout ship reports back that they have found a couple of likely sites, but that they have also found a domed city!
    Despite several attempts via different mediums, attempts to communicate with the domed city prove fruitless.
    We have yet another meeting of the Captains. I have the latest information, so I start things off. “The scout ship has found four locations where it seems that we might settle. One of the locations is the domed city, that was reported back by the scout ship. The other three locations are continental West coast locations. The domed city is easily the best chance, save for one big question. If the domed city is so good, why is it apparently deserted? The three continental West coast locations are each very close to the same scoring. There are some minor advantages and minor disadvantages to each of the West coast locations. However, any of the three West coast locations would be about the same for our people to settle.
    One of the Captains asks, “With the domed city we get a pre-built city, with housing, streets, water, sewer. If we choose the domed city, how do we feed our people?”
    An ag specialist gets up and says, “Surrounding the domed city is an irrigated plain. From the air, it appears that the irrigated plain supplied grain, fruits from trees and vegetables and/or fruits from smaller plots than the grain fields. The domed city is also near three rivers, which will supply us with water.”

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherR. Richard
    Release dateMay 27, 2018
    ISBN9780463763025
    The Gok Saga: Landing
    Author

    R. Richard

    I'm the co-author, with Sunset Thomas, of Anatomy of An Adult Film.I have 48 novels and over 299 short stories currently published.I spent my early years in the part of Los Angeles known as the South Central. I was known as Whi' Boy, which was sufficient to identify me in that place. I'm a skilled Kung Fu player, using a system that I learned from a Korean I knew only as 'Pak.' It would be easier to tell you the places that Pak wasn't wanted by the police, rather than the places where he was wanted by the police. Pak's Kung Fu system, augmented by some bits and pieces from some Chinese practitioners is quick and effective, or I wouldn't be alive today.My early education was mostly obtained by stealing books from the public library (I always returned them and the Librarian even began to provide me with reading lists.) I did go to high schools, but I never really learned anything there. I eventually graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles, UCLA, with a degree in mathematics.I work as a Systems Analyst and also make a part of my living as a professional gambler (legal in Nevada.) I write science fiction and erotica. My published novels are:Anatomy of An Adult Film (With Sunset Thomas)1. Second Chance: God Killer2. Second Chance: Sky Pirate3. Second Chance: Scroll Seeker4. Second Chance: King of The Islands5. Second Chance: King of Zaya6. Second Chance: Duke of Averon7. Second Chance: King of Golomon8. Second Chance: King Of The Sky9. Second Chance: Warlord of Ifrequeh10. Second Chance: King of Ariby11. Second Chance: King of Mesodania12. Second Chance: King of Avuls13. Second Chance: King of Kemet14. Second Chance: King of Zorran15. Second Chance: King of Two Worlds16. Second Chance: King of Averon17. Second Chance: King's Duties18. Second Chance: King of The New WorldAdventurer: Simulation ProblemAdventurer: Pannar ProblemA Programmer's GambitAmateur StripperBeach MurdersBondage HouseCorporate Sex SlavesFriday NightGo Naked In The SoftwareGrasshopper WinterInvoluntary NudeLayoffNot A HeroPirates of The KeysSummer of SexThe LakeThe Last Moon DanceThe Nude Adventures of Plain JaneThe Secret Life of Wanda WilsonTails of the Pussycat LoungeTo Keep A JobTopless RestaurantToy WhoresVix: The MarineWayward BoyShort Stories:A Christmas Visit

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      The Gok Saga: Landing

      By R. Richard 2018

      Chapter 1: Colony Ships

      Captain, we now have another generator off-line.

      Time to repair, Lieutenant?

      "Probably never, sir. The bearings are gone, the internals are mangled and even the case is cracked.

      That's the second generator that we've lost recently.

      Captain, if the sounds and readings on the remaining generators are any clue, we won't have any generators in the not too distant future.

      Then it seems that we have to divert.

      Captain, I have consulted with the Navigation Officer. He's found us a not too distant sun, with what appears to be a habitable world. It's our only real chance to survive.

      A Key star world, Lieutenant?

      Yes, Captain. We can divert in about three days. It's our last chance for quite a while.

      Let me consult with the Navigation Officer, Lieutenant. However, in the meantime, make ready to divert.

      Aye, sir. I'll keep you updated.

      I go and talk with the Navigation Officer. He tells me the same thing that the Lieutenant told me. I then talk with several of the other colony ships. They report the same kind of problems with their generators. So far, no one else has lost more than one generator, but the symptoms are there.

      I then call a Captain's meeting. I lay out the choices. "It appears that we have defective generators in the colony ships. We have lost two generators and there are signs that we will soon lose another generator. It appears that the other colony ships have the same kind of signs, although no other colony ship has currently lost more than one

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