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.
5 First Wizards in Space!
Hannah said, "I want in! Mum was a Trekkie… I'll explain later. I want to go into Space, the Final Frontier!"
Luna was puzzled, "Space has no borders, Hannah."
"As I said, I will explain it later, Luna, I just had to say it out loud," said Hannah sadly, "Mum used to talk about how it would be if we could go into space and explore the Galaxy like in that TV show Star Trek. She would have loved it."
Hannah's mum got murdered in our sixth year by Death Eaters, Susan's Aunt got murdered too, everyone seems to have scars on their souls. I bet last year was Hell in Hogwarts, Hermione, Ron, and I suffered too but I bet not as much as Neville and the kids at Hogwarts.
Lavender handed communicators to Hannah and Susan and helped Aunty and Uncle connect with their communicator with me. Neville assisted Hannah and the twins did Susan. We left when everyone was connected, they will visit us tomorrow to get their first Lantean download.
Xxxxx
Back home, the girls confronted me, "More than just friends, Harry?" asked Padma.
I nodded, "Yes, More than friends, I care about all four of you, these last days were the best of my life. I feel comfortable with all of you, it just feels right, you know?"
Luna asked, "What about Hermione?"
I shrugged, "I care for her too, I spent seven years in her company and she saved my hide several times. I have to give her a flushing potion first so that I will know her true feelings about me. Either way, she will want to be a part of this no matter what. The Weasleys however… Molly has some serious explaining to do."
Lavender put her arms around my neck and pulled me in for a kiss, "I like to be more than friends too, Harry, what does that make us? Lovers? Girlfriends? Wives? All of it?"
I pulled her closer for a snog, "Girlfriends and Lovers sounds about right. You have to realize I did not exactly have a nice childhood, so I am unsure what true love is. It could be what I am feeling now or is it pure lust? Wives, you ask? Do you want to share a husband with three other girls? Four if Hermione feels for me? Why don't we wait a bit longer before we bind each other together for life."
Parvati hugged me from behind, "I'll take both Lust and Girlfriend, Harry. We need some time to heal too. Last year was a nightmare, and our emotions are rampaging through our minds. Let's settle for Lust first, we want to feel alive, I want to celebrate that I am alive! I want to fuck you so bad that it hurts. Bed now, Harry."
Xxxxx
Two hours later we came down for a late lunch. Luna had a smile on her face, the months in Malfoy's dungeon were horrible, we made her forget about it for a few hours, the shag was great too. Thank Merlin for the Fixer! instant recovery! Little Harry is ready for action again in less than twenty seconds!
To prepare for our space flight, I searched through the database for space suits, the latest models are with nanites, but our Constructor tables cannot handle them. I found a Magical solution, a Shield with a bubble head charm integrated. We had to put markers on our joints so the shield could move along with our body movements. After testing, we took them into production.
Watching the Shuttle taking form is a spectacle on its own, twelve droids beaming matter into shape is amazing, a half hour later we got bored of watching.
We looked at the information the satellite gathered in Subspace, our satellite can hack into the conversations and record them, there are chatterboxes in Subspace, we are not alone in the galaxy!
That news made the girls uneasy, I loaded a translation program into the computer, when it was done translating, the Goa'uld made themselves known. Most of the conversations were grandstanding accusations and insults to each other. What came out was that Apophis was almost done with consolidating his power and was on the look for Tauri… us.
Luna summed it up, "These are not friendly people, I hope they are not coming our way. I hate to be a Tauri."
I commented, "We scanned everywhere, but did we scan our planet? Is there Naquadah on this planet? I bet an Astra Porta at least."
Yeah, telling them I read the books and saw the TV shows will make them doubt my sanity or their existence. A quick surveillance pointed us to several spots, three big spots that had Naquadah, two in the States and one in Egypt, and several smaller hits spread out over the world a lot of them in the States again.
Parvati zoomed in, "The biggest is an Astra Porta, it is in a Hangar and is operational. The Americans are visiting other planets! Wait… the second one is deep inside a mountain, the size indicates it is a second Astra Porta... it is active too. Oh, Morgana, they are traveling to other planets! To the kind of people we just heard on Subspace!"
Lavender sighed, "What are the odds that we are the Tauri?"
I said, "Now that our bad guy is dead, others show up. There is a high chance that we are the Tauri, Lavender. We better crank our defenses up. What I know, is that we need one of those two Astra Portas to get to Atlantis. Only the Astra Porta from Earth has access to Atlantis, so we need to reclaim our Porta."
We found everything, the spaceship in Egypt, the dialing device in Russia, and the worms close to naquadah, one in Seattle with a lot of equipment, Seth I suppose, and two on jars on the sea bottom, one dead and the other in stasis. The South Pole with the ancient outpost, and Merlin's stash in Glastonbury Thor.
I commented, "According to the memory in my mind, in Glastonbury is a dangerous device. It allows you to transfer your mind to exchange with another mind, no matter the distance, that one communicates with the original Galaxy, they had to flee from there. Using that device will alert them and draw them to us."
Lavender sighed, "Another enemy."
I nodded, "A sleeping one, and hope they keep on sleeping. On my first test flight, I am going to collect all the Naquadah on Earth except the Astra Portas. With that, I can build better equipment. A long-range scanner and a prime-quality spy drone. That drone can hack into a conversation, worm its way inside the computer, and download everything."
Parvati commented, "We can activate the outpost on the South Pole too. The power cell must be almost depleted by the look of it, keeping ice out is taxing on the power consumption. With the Naquadah you can make a good Power generator."
That is good thinking from Parvati. I selected one of the new computers I made for the Longbottoms and downloaded a few hundred models of power generators with all their specs, on another computer I downloaded a wide selection of battleships and long-distance ships. A third computer got a selection of weapons and technology.
I presented the computers and said, "Girls, select power generators for our shipyard, outpost, and here, the other computer has models of battleships to choose from, I suggest selecting an older model, as long as I can not measure your brain power the Lantean models are out, I did not put them in the computer. Once you select a model, we will adapt it to our needs, have fun. I will prepare two construction tables for the new long-range scanner and spy drone."
That will keep them busy for a few hours. You may ask why not keep using the Crystals because they are the early ZPMs? We call them Potentia's. Well, compare them between a campfire and a nuclear plant. I cut some corners with those Crystals, that campfire can easily become a forest fire. Naquadah reactors deliver a steady energy without the risk of going boom. The ZPM has a pocket dimension to draw energy from, I aggravate the Crystals to release Magic power without any safeties.
I concentrated on the long-range scanner, this one has to be in orbit in a fixed position… I can combine it with a defense platform! It will fit in our backyard and take most of the Naquadah, but it can take everything the Goa'uld can bring to Earth… nah, it will blast everything apart that is not Asgard, Nox, or has our DNA. Keep it Simple Asshole… no, Keep it Simple Sucker! That makes it K.I.S.S., I wonder if someone noticed that too. I am a genius.
I was done with the scanner at Dinner time, Kreacher was pampering his Pureblood Mistresses and ignored me completely, meh. The discussion was lively, the power generators were selected fast, the Battleship Models were harder to choose from, Lavender liked the Destiny class the best, Luna was for a battle station that defends the solar system, the twins were for an early model resembling the Lantean Aurora class.
To be honest, all had their good and bad sides. I did not like the Destiny model, mostly because of the TV series Star Gate Universe. I did not like that show at all, mostly because of the characters. That leading scientist, whatever his name was, if I had been on that crew, he would be dead after a few episodes. He was a total asshole. That was a big part of why the show did not survive imo.
But, that is me nagging about things that will never happen in this world, meh, I will make them all happy, "We take all three models, we start with the Destiny class, which is the smallest so we can build two or three instead of a big one. After that, we go for Padma's and Parvati's Battleship. That Battle station is for guard duty and science station for our new Capital at Rigil. How does that sound?"
Luna dropped a spoon on the floor "Oops" the little things make life worth living, the big things too. Luna was good at it.
Xxxxx
Andromeda agreed to be my Proxy for Potter and Black, I confiscated the Malfoy elf and gave it to her to take care of Teddy Lupin.
I handed her a Communicator, taught her how it works, and said, "This is a small example of what I am capable of, Aunty. I don't have time or patience to deal with the Wizarding world. You are a Proxy for two seats and getting paid for two, Aunty."
Aunty Andi sighed, "I will do it for you, Harry, and I admit, the money is welcome. Last year was hard on all of us."
I hugged her when I left, "Better times are coming, Aunty, I will appoint you as my Proxy at the next meeting of the Mot. You are keyed in at Grimmauld Place and can visit any time of day."
Xxxxx
Neville came the next morning with his family which now Hannah and Susan included, each one got a turn at the Repository and sat on the couches to process the data. Each receives a workplace and computer to get familiar with the data and technology. After a few hours, Aunty and Uncle went home, they were still building their strength up and tired easily.
Susan and Hannah discussed the Destiny design with Lavender and how to improve the design. With newer, stronger engines, the Solar Matter Collector was redundant and made room for smaller, more efficient Naquadah power generators, extra weaponry, and two improved transporter beam stations. The shields and cloak got upgraded too, even the shuttles got a make-over. Well after Dinner all the improvements were done.
It was the same with Neville and the twins, they adjusted the design of the Battleship and added Naquadah power generators, A flaw from the ancients was they simplified everything, why three generators when one can do the trick? If something malfunctions the maintenance droids will have it repaired within the hour.
The guys added a lot of close combat defense guns to fight off small fighter crafts. Luna, now her design was put on the shelf, was feeding the construction droids outside. It was well after Dinner when all the improvements were done.
At Dinner, we enjoyed our company, talking about future plans and forgetting the past for a while. When dessert was done, Lavender looked at Hannah and nodded, both dropped a spoon, "Oops." Well after Dinner we got back to work. Neville now has a designated room to relax in with Hannah and Susan.
When they left for home, I said, "Tomorrow morning the shuttle is ready, we will be testing it all day, so if you want to join in the fun clear your schedule."
Neville chuckled, "Oh, we will be here alright, we are not missing this for all the Galleons in the world. Besides, we signed the contracts and are employees now."
Xxxxx
Bright and early in the morning, Neville, Susan and Hannah came to work. They got the second download and boarded the shuttle on the passenger seats. They watched the dashboard and recognized all the equipment. The pilot and copilot seats are simplified control chairs like the one at the outpost, allowing us to fly it with our minds.
It demanded a good grasp on the concentration of the pilots to differentiate between focus and intent to fly the craft, and wandering thoughts or conversing with passengers.
The girls drew straws and Lavender won the co-pilot seat. I raised the cloak and shield and asked, "Are all systems green?"
Lavender glanced over the instruments and answered, "All green, Harry, or should I say Captain?"
I shook my head, "Harry is fine, Honey is good too. Babe… Meh, that will do too."
I started the engine, the first thing I tested was our transport beam, I beamed a constructor droid in, then I asked for a volunteer to be beamed, Neville raised his hand, the others too, but I picked Neville. I beamed Neville just outside the shuttle, he dropped on his ass, I see, beaming will be in the position he is in. He took it in stride and shrugged it off as a learning experience. I beamed him back on board.
"The cloak works perfectly, Harry," reported Neville, "I stood right next to the shuttle and could not see or hear a thing, the only thing I noticed were the prints of the landing gear on the grass."
"That is great news, Nev, I'll try a long-distance beam, how about I beam you on your front lawn?" I asked.
"Try it" answered Neville, "Do you think you get me through the wards?"
I beamed him down, Lavender called out, "He arrived in one piece, Honey. Beam him back in."
Neville appeared again, "That is about three hundred miles and very smooth, Harry. I prefer this above portkey or apparating any day of the week."
"The Power Crystals can manage it easily," reported Lavender, "we brought enough spares to last for years. Although beaming Naquadah is more taxing on the beam."
I lifted off and took the tourist route around London. Yes, this one has windows, the shield takes the pressure away from the hull so there is minimal stress on the shuttle. You say cloak and shield can not work together? Bullshit, the cloak has to be projected outside the shield and Bob is your Uncle.
Lavender commented, "The inertial dampers are working fine, you can leave your seats. Harry, I pinned the location of that shuttle in Egypt and set the course outside the normal flight routes of the muggle airplanes."
With a thought I set off, that was a confusing discussion with my ignorant purebloods at dinner yesterday. Hannah had to confirm my words of the amount of airplanes that are in the air each day. Luna hacked her way into the control center of Heathrow and downloaded a map with Europe's traffic lines.
We traveled over the ocean and tested our speed, we kept it at Mach four until we reached Gibraltar, we took a turn to the left and went over the Mediterranean Sea until we reached Egypt.
I kept it under the speed of sound over land until I stopped and hovered above the top of the temple. "The coast is clear, Honey. Do we beam the trinkets up too?"
I nodded, "Yes, so we can study their science, I have a feeling they are copycats that based their technology on ours. Beam it in, love."
The cargo space began to fill with Naquadah, it was enough to complete all my projects and then some. The Goa'uld items were beamed close behind our chairs, all the classic Goa'uld weapons were represented, a staff weapon, and the Zatnicle or something, I can't exactly recall its name… a Zapper! That will do.
Lavender beamed the computer up too, the star shards of their territory may be outdated but if you have none it is worth it. We left a useless husk behind, the engines and hyperdrive damaged beyond repair with the key parts beamed away. We beamed all the small spots of Naquadah up from all over Egypt, the Goa'uld left some stuff behind when they left.
Lavender said, Harry? I detect a Potentia, a fully loaded one, and a… Muggle device next to it. What do you want to do?"
I shrugged, "Beam it up and mark the spot with a locator, we can return one when we have enough Potentias of our own. Now it is a God's gift to power Atlantis."
With a full load, I returned home and unloaded, I looked to the others, "Who wants to be pilot and co-pilot for a trip to Seattle?"
Neville shook his head, "We are still processing the data, Harry."
Padma on the wheel and Parvati shot-gun got us in no time above a luxurious mansion. Parvati beamed the trinkets on his body up first, then she beamed Seth up, I stunned him before he could react and tied him up in ropes.
"Harry these women are under the influence of a mind-altering substance," reported Parvati, "That man has some of it on him too, I put a shield around him to isolate it."
I conjured a fishbowl with water, "Beam that worm into the bowl, and the man back in his place. Try to get a fix on those particles and beam them away. Then you can beam all that man's stuff up."
That got us another load of goodies to sort out. We let the gold for the mind-controlled women, it probably is theirs anyway. That man is too old to survive long but long enough to set those women free.
Padma did a sweep over the USA while Parvati beamed all the worms in reach in our bowl, she reported, "There is one at the Astra Porta deep down in that mountain but it is not attached at the neck, but in a belly pouch. It is smaller than these ones."
That is Tealc, hmm, we can use SG1, removing the worm will alert them, "Let them keep it, we can't wake sleeping dogs. Can you get access to their computer?"
Parvati nodded, "I can, but it will take time, a time we don't have if we want to get back home for dinner."
Luna commented, "And it is her turn to drop the spoon."
We reached Mach eight on the way home when Parvati said to Padma, "Step on it and you can help." we got home on time. I did not complain at all.
Way after dinner I beamed all the Goa'uld stuff in a storage room and gave the worms a bigger tank. They were not happy at all. Everyone started to analyze the Goa'uld technology while Luna and I made a short trip to Glastonbury. I beamed all the good stuff up, the communication table and communication stones got separated, I disabled the transporter rings and left Merlin's good stuff behind.
I told Luna, "We will come back later when we are better organized, the gold and jewelry will sell well in the muggle world. This is something Merlin put here, very old stuff."
Luna looked at the pile, "A lot of it will not be sold, Honey, I bet we will sort it first. Consider it an employee bonus."
We returned with the treasure and beamed it in the Parlor, yes, I have one of those, and let the girls loose on it, Hannah and Susan looked at it, I said, "Susan, Hannah, that is an employee bonus, and since you are employees, you have as much rights as my girls. Go for it."
I grinned at Neville, "Happy employees work harder, that makes a happy boss. Nev? There is manly stuff in too, you know."
While they sorted the trinkets, I let the construction table create a newer model Naquadah construction table, another table constructed a more advanced computer. To prevent escaping, the worms got a bigger fish tank in the dungeon with an automatic feeding system and a shield around it, they could get in the tank but not out.
When it was done, I programmed it to let the new Construction table produce a long-range spy drone and several very small ones with a cloak, the small ones are for the Astra Porta in the Mountain. Then the Constructor droids from the lawn were ordered to make a new model long-range scanner. When everything was set in action it was time for bed.
Xxxxx
The girls are cranky, not my fault, Aunty Red is visiting this week. They are not cranky for long, My fixer got rid of the cramps, I can say that they truly love… the Fixer.
After breakfast, I said to everyone, "We have to start the shipyard and mining facility up at Mining One, who is coming? Everyone? Great, we load the miners and all the construction droids up."
Neville is driving today, and I am on shotgun duty. Shielded and cloaked, with our space shields on, Neville took off, he flew to a secluded spot on the ocean, and went ballistic. Strapped into our chairs it was like we were in a roller coaster going up… not!
We did not feel much due to the internal dampers, Neville could fly up with a lower angle, but he is eager to be in space. The scanner told me all was clear, once outside the atmosphere, I set the course to Mining One, Neville got us in Hyperspace and relaxed.
"A half-hour to arrival," he said, "Anyone up for exploding snap? To be honest I expected a bit more trill."
A few card games later we came out of Hyperspace, Neville flew us to the spot Parvati selected and landed. I started to beam the droids out, They got to work, the mining droids beamed material in while the constructor droids laid a foundation for the shipyard, starting with a shielded room for the computers and power generators.
Once the room was completed and shielded, the droids started to create a big Naquadah power generator followed by new droids powered by the Naquadah generator, everything sped up, droids made new droids, which made more droids.
After doubling their numbers several times, there were 1500 Construction drones and 2000 Mining droids, then the mining droids made a long stretch of land flat for the first Destiny Mark II. Once the limit of droids was reached, they started on the new Destiny. These new droids are scary fast.
A few of my old mining droids were mining Gold and dropped it on a designated spot. The rest of the droids from Earth got another job. We beamed them back on board with the gold and left to have dinner.
Susan was driving home with Hannah, reentry in the atmosphere took longer than going out, descending to Earth can not be done with a Wrongski feint, we were just on time for dinner though after a bathroom break. The girls did not like the loo on the shuttle, not enough privacy they said. I rolled my eyes, a silencing spell would reduce all noise they would produce.
No "Oops" this time, they were not in the mood.
Xxxxx
I started programming the second shipyard after dinner, then the autopilot of the shuttle, that way it can transport loads of raw materials to earth and beam them down, which leaves room to build a new and improved shuttle.
The next day the girls stayed home to analyze the scans from the long-range scanners, it was only Neville and I this time. It was easier to activate Mining Two. We were done faster than expected with the first shipyard, so we decided to activate the second shipyard.
Mining two was set up faster than the first one, once the second shipyard started production, we loaded our Cargo space with Trinium and Naquadah and flew back to Earth.
I told Nev, "Stay a hundred miles above London so we can beam our cargo down in our backyard. Then activate the autopilot, I programmed the ship to collect more raw materials and beam them down. With four loads we can build a new shuttle."
Yeah, programming is my job, I have most of them in my database, I will not risk a third download in their brain as long I do not measure their brain power. Tomorrow we will explore Rigil.
We beamed down, just in time for dinner.
Xxxxx
Parvati discussed the results from the first scan, "The Goa'uld control a big part of the galaxy and are using the Astra Portas intensively. The Tauri messed it up well, they went in 94 to a planet called Abydos and killed Ra, the leader of the Goa'uld. They have a Feudal system, that made the others fight over the territory. Apophis is coming out on top at the moment. He will come knocking on our door once he has the power."
Padma said "We have the blueprints of their Spaceships, they have four basic models: the Ha'tak, which are big pyramid ships 2000 ft square and 1000 ft height, there are bombers named Al'kesh, scouters called Tel'tak, and smaller fighters named Death Gliders. And they have a lot of them."
Susan added, "The US Military is doing missions, their base is in Colorado in a mountain. It is called Stargate Command. The teams are called SG1 to 12 or more, we have yet to hack into their computer. The major troublemakers are SG1. They are kicking up a storm everywhere they go. The other Astra Porta is also in use but unofficially by an organization called the NID. We removed some of the worms from those guys. I suggest taking that Astra Porta away from them."
I nodded, "I'll beam it away when the first Destiny is ready."
"We have to start recruiting, those spaceships need a crew. That crew needs new homes," said Lavender, "We should get started on Rigil, dig the Astra Porta up, and select a spot to start a settlement."
I gathered my thoughts, "We need someone to look for a good spot to build a city. Maybe we need a third mining site, one for Building droids on Rigil. Those building droids don't have to be made from Trinium. Titanium or vanadium is good enough. In a few days the new shuttle will be done, I estimate every three days for a new shuttle. Soon we will have enough shuttles for everyone."
Neville offered, "I can ask my parents to explore Rigil. A new long-range spy drone and short-range scanner are free for them to use now that the long-range scanner took over."
I took a deep breath, "Let's upgrade our equipment first, the shuttle is bound to be here soon with a load of Naquadah, Trinium, and other metals. We can start to make the good stuff."
6 The Good Stuff.
When the Naquadah and Trinium were beamed down, I made bracelets like the ones the Goa'uld used to shield and attack with. Only I used the original Alteran model, which was used for exploring hostile environments on foreign planets. It was a shield, spacesuit, and blaster. It also could heal others and the owner and was a Communicator all in one.
All DNA, Magic, and Voice are locked to the owner. With voice and mental control, it could be used as a wand, due to the Naquadah inside the bracelet. It became close to resembling my Vambrace.
I showed the new models and explained the upgrades, "With these, you can command the transporter beams from any spaceship or local station to beam you wherever you want in reach. These are management access only for us. The other bracelets can ask to be beamed to places they are authorized to, it will prevent abuse. There will be a permanent Transporter beam stationed here, its reach is… I don't know how far yet. We will soon know, it will be finished in about an hour."
I showed the new quantum computer, "Faster and more powerful than the old ones, powered by Naquadah batteries and a small maintenance unit inside the casing. Fit to last a thousand years. And finally the upgraded constructor tables, bigger and better than the old ones."
I pointed outside, "Once the new construction droids are made, they will start to build new shuttles, one for each of us to begin with. I upgraded the new model to have better armor, a faster Hyperdrive, a Naquadah power generator, weapons, and a stronger transporter beam. They still fit through the Astra Porta."
We equipped our new bracelets and played with them, you know, kids with new toys do that all the time. Once we all got connected, we spread out to replace the old Communicators of our friends or parents with the new ones.
Xxxxx
When I replaced the one from Aunty Andromeda, "Aunty, tomorrow morning is the next Wizengamot meeting, I will get you there with my new technology. Let me show you how. Give Teddy to me and stand up. Are you ready?"
When Aunty nodded, we beamed to Grimmauld Place. I let Aunty get her bearings, and explained, "I found old technology that works with Magic power. Technology from our ancestors that we forgot by depending too much on our Magic powers, and lack of proper resources to build new equipment. I can bring it all back, but it will take time."
I guided her outside where the new shuttle was being built, "With this, we are going into space and colonizing a new planet. We will keep its location a secret for now, but we are building a new city in the next few months."
Aunty was slack-jawed when she witnessed the beams conjure metal and build a… thing. She turned to me, "What do you expect from me now that I know some of your secrets, Harry?"
I shrugged, "I want you to protect my interests on earth, Aunty, I will be off planet sometimes, and with that new Communicator you can reach me any time. Once the permanent Transporter beam is installed here I will give you limited access to it to use it for traveling. It replaces the Floo, Apparating, and Portkeys."
Aunty thought about all the info I poured on her and finally said, "It beats the Floo and Apparating hands down, it is even superior to portkey travel. Can you show me the planet you were talking about?"
I pointed to the Repository couch, "Sit down on that couch and let that device teach you all about it."
Aunty got the first download and needed an hour to process it, I killed time by playing with Little Teddy. I am a bit pissed about Tonks's behavior, she left a newborn baby behind to fight a battle? What was she thinking?
Xxxxx
The transport beam was ready, I installed it in a corner and connected it to a short-range scanner. Then added my bracelet as the primal owner, and added the ones in my database to give them administration rights as Authorized users.
Aunty was added for travel only. All done mentally, I am getting good at this! Once that was done I gave the message to everyone, "The transporter beam is ready to be used, you have the authority to grant travel rights to bracelets you hand out. Have fun."
Two minutes later, Luna beamed in with a transformed Veela… Fleur? She kept on raging, "Cretin! Salaud! Fils de Pute! Traitre! Je Vais te Catrate!"
"Potioned?" I asked Luna, while I put a silencing spell around Teddy.
She nodded, "She was home alone when I wanted to give them both these bracelets, once Fleur put that bracelet on, it scanned her and removed all foreign substances from her body and mind. That triggered her rage, she completely destroyed the cottage and burned it down. Then you contacted us, I thought it was better to take her here, a Veela killing a pureblood, even with the new management will get her in trouble."
Fleur crashed down and started sobbing, "Ce foutu fils de Putain! That bastard ruined my life! How could I be so blind? They poisoned my parents too! Merde! He will pay!"
Luna looked at me, "Get Hermione here, Harry. She would be up to the gills in potions before she would kiss that weasel."
I still know where our camping equipment is, those snatchers took her beaded bag to Malfoy Manor, I sealed that mansion, Draco and Narcissa escaped the Veil with a small margin and are doing twenty years in Azkaban.
The bag was easily found, I beamed it on the table and searched the contents, I found a few hairs and analyzed them, my Vambrace showed the adult image of the DNA from that hair, it matched Hermione. I loaded the DNA into the short-range social satellite and searched for her on the planet.
"She is still in Australia, Luna," I told her when I found Hermione, "she left two weeks ago for Australia to get her parents back. She is out of range for this Transporter beam, I can let the shuttle get her but there has to be someone on board or she will freak out."
I handed Teddy to Luna and got in front of Fleur, "Fleur, snap out of it! Take these three bracelets to your parents and sister. It will remove everything, it can even block the allure. You are keyed in our wards and can visit here anytime. Concentrate on where you want to travel… not in Gringotts! They are touchy about that. Visit your parents first. Fleur, talk to Luna later."
Fleur concentrated and beamed away. Luna refused to give Teddy back, "Such a sweet boy! See he has my hair! Can I keep him Harry?"
I shook my head, "Nope, but you can be the eccentric Aunty that spoils him rotten."
Luna smiled, "I can be that Aunty! I would like that," Luna looked at me, "Someday I want babies of my own, Harry Potter and you will be the one putting them inside me."
I nodded, "I will enjoy doing that, Honey.
Aunty Andi heard everything, "Poison Molly struck again? She will never learn, will she? Halfbloods, Muggleborns, and creatures like Veela have no rights in Britain, they have to be glad that Purebloods would want to use a love potion on them. That will be a law I will fight against. I understand what you are going to do now, Harry. I will do my part, but know this, I want a place in your new world."
I answered her before she beamed out, "You will get a place of honor, Aunty," I turned to Luna, "Let's visit Hermione, the shuttle is in orbit."
Xxxxx
We beamed on board, Lavender wanted to come along and beamed up too. Luna was on pilot duty while I set the course. Luna had a blast avoiding all the satellites and trying to crash through the small debris, the auto scan detected the particles on a crashing course and beamed them away in small atoms.
I warned her, "Easy girl, those pieces of debris are monitored by the muggle astronomers, they will notice that a bunch just disappeared. They will have a hissifit over it."
Luna pouted, "Pooh! They should be glad I got rid of them. We are almost there, Harry, how are we going to handle this?"
The scanner of the shuttle located Hermione asleep in bed in a hotel, her parents were in the room next to her. I commented, "I doubt she will appreciate it if I beam into her room, she is not exactly dressed to receive visitors. I can not beam into the hallway, it has security cameras. And it is nighttime, the staff will not allow me to visit her room. Ah, wait… Expecto Patronum! Hermione put some clothes on, I'll be there in ten minutes!"
We watched Hermione scrambling to put her clothes on, Lavender commented, "You are going to pay for that joke, you know."
I nodded, "Totally worth it. Besides, I saw her a few times in her knickers when we were on the road. Expecto Patronum! Don't scream, Hermione."
I beamed Hermione up, she screamed, "Harry James Potter!… where am I? WE ARE IN SPACE?"
I gave her a hug, "Yep, we are, Hermione. We had some troubling events today, and we decided that this has to be solved immediately."
Hermione did not listen, she was distracted by the view and the shuttle, "Hmm? What are you talking about?"
Luna answered, "I visited Fleur today and discovered she was dosed with love potions. I am certain you are too."
Hermione shook her head, "Impossible, I check myself every week on potions and spells. How did you get yourself into space? Why am I not floating? Why don't you have space suits against radiation? Why are you laughing?"
"You will get your answers when you get home, Hermione. Let's say I made this shuttle and is better than the one from Star Trek." I teased, then I got serious, "Now, Honey, put this on your wand arm. And you will understand."
Hermione put the bracelet on, we assisted in registering and recording our contacts, then explained the healing scan. Behold! Hermione was told by her bracelet the different kinds of mind-altering potions that were in her system and removed them and their effects, Molly got some lessons in Alchemy from Albus.
When Hermione was purged, she screamed "RONALD WEASLEY! THAT BLOODY BASTARD! I AM GOING TO KILL HIM AND HIS HARPY OF A MOTHER!"
Luna hugged her, "That was what Fleur said too. We will make them pay, Hermione. Don't rush into this blindly."
Lavender suggested, "Luna, show her Mining One, that will cheer her up for sure."
Hermione came to her senses, "Mining one?"
I plotted the destination while Luna got in the pilot seat, "You will see in about thirty minutes, Hermione," she said while she turned the shuttle and went into Hyperspace.
Xxxxx
We used those thirty minutes to fill her in and explain our plans. Luna was happy to explain how I shagged her cross-eyed and then Lavender, Parvati, and Padma until they were all exhausted. Lavender confirmed it with a dreamy smile.
I just shrugged, "It started as a stress release, to get over all the horrors we went through and to feel alive again, but we grew to each other and started to care. They are my girlfriends now, if not for those potions, I bet I would have hooked up with you a long time ago."
Hermione groaned, "You are right, Harry, there were moments that I grew closer to you, and then my focus shifted, S.P.E.W.! I would never go for that so fanatically! I would first research them before I go on a crusade!"
"That would be Dumbledore's doing, Hermione," I said somberly, "That old bastard screwed with our lives without one care that we would agree or not. I hope you got over your hero worship because he is not worth it. Ah, we are about to arrive."
Luna hoovered before the shipyard to let Hermione get a good look at the Destiny, Hermione whispered, "That is something HUGE! What is it going to be, Harry?"
"That, Hermione is our answer for the Goa'uld. Our first battleship, a Destiny Mark II. Lavender, Susan, and Hannah modernized the original model. It will be operational next week, the second one a day after that."
Lavender said, "It is a lot of fun once you understand the technology."
"Let us return, Hermione needs her beauty sleep. Honey? Here are two bracelets for your parents, if they have the Lantean DNA, they will work for them too." I said while I gave her the bracelets and plotted our destination.
"Wait, Harry, beam a load of Naquadah and Trinium in and the gold too." said Lavender, "Hermione never witnessed that, it was amazing the first time I saw it."
We left Hermione in her room, they have to return the Muggle way, she will nag my ears off on our communicator until she is home no doubt.
We changed the power Crystals for fresh ones and set the shuttle on autopilot while we beamed out.
Xxxxx
The next day at the Wizengamot, I announced my proxy for the Potter and Black Seat, "Minister, Members of the Wizengamot, I can not give my full attention to the Wizengamot and decided to appoint Andromeda Tonks Nee Black as my Proxy, yes, I invited her back into House Black. She is ready to be sworn in."
Chief Warlock Greengrass asked, "Call her in if she is waiting outside please, Lord Potter."
I nodded, "I will call her in. Call Andromeda! Hello Aunty lock in on my location and beam in, they are waiting for you."
Before they could ask what I was talking about, Aunty beamed in next to me, I pointed to the chief Warlock and said, "They are ready for you, Aunty."
One of the Dark Faction protested, "It is forbidden to apparate into the Ministry!… it is impossible to apparate into the Ministry!"
Aunty responded, "I did not apparate, as a matter of fact, I did not use any Magic at all. I used the Technology Lord Potter developed when he discovered an ancient heirloom from his ancestor and made it his own. I came here this way to demonstrate it, from now on I will enter in the entrance hall at the Floos."
I asked Lord Greengrass, "Can you swear Mrs. Tonks in, Lord Greengrass? I have a busy schedule."
Lord Greengrass nodded, "I will, can I have a word with you in private sometime?"
"When you are ready for that conversation, call my Proxy, she can always contact me," I answered.
Aunty swore in and I beamed back home to show them their anti-Apparating wards mean nothing to me, the Goblins will be panicking by now once they know I can penetrate anti-Apparating wards.
Xxxxx
Hah! The pressure is off now, all our trinkets are upgraded, and the old ones beamed to the attic once we copied the data into the new computers. I found a new use for my transporter beam, it is my new guard dog.
If someone tries to break in, he or she will be beamed in the dungeon in their underwear, their clothes and gear placed outside the cell on a shelf. Anything with Goblin DNA within range of ten yards of my home will take a swim in the Northsea.
The Weasleys are persona non grata from now on, I sent a polite letter to Arthur, it said that after discovering that Fleur and Hermione were drugged with Love potions, and I found out how His wife abused my trust by charging unreasonable amounts of money to let me stay with them, that they left me no other choice than to cut all ties with their family.
I added that any attempt to approach Fleur or Hermione will have severe consequences. Although I suggested that Bill should go into hiding, the Delacours are rich and Mercenaries are easy to hire. Please, do not respond.
I told Fleur and Hermione that they could deal with them personally, and would back them up completely whatever they will do to them, be it now or next year.
A letter to George said that when he is about to get married, I personally will check if his bride has traces of a love potion. If she does, I will fill him up with Amortentia keyed to an old hag. He can ask his Dad why.
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I searched for my ancestral home… ruins. I heard it was somewhere in Wales, Uncle Frank could point to the region where it was located but not the exact spot. With a bit of asking around at old friends and sensing the wards, I found it.
I claimed ownership when I felt the Wards connect, "I, Harry James Potter, Claim these ancestral grounds as my rightful property! So Mote It Be!"
The wards welcomed me, that they are still active is a sign that my grandparents must have been betrayed and someone led the enemy inside. Dumbledore had a hand in it no doubt. Although I blame him for everything, my grandparents and parents could have other betrayers than Dumbledore.
Anyway, the place was leveled and burned down, I ordered forty Building droids to be put here and start a Mansion, a big meeting Hall, and a big hangar for the Astra Porta. I plan to use this place to send people to Rigil.
A transporter beam was placed to beam materials in, stone from an old quarry, Iron, Chrome, Nickel, and Carbon from abandoned mines and sites all over Britain. Padma selected the buildings and entered the plans in the Building droids to start the project.
On the planet Rigil, yes, we are going to call it Rigil, Aunty Alice and Uncle Frank selected an ideal spot for our first city, in a moderate zone with plenty of fertile ground and a lot of minerals in the mountains close to an Ocean.
Alterans used to build their homes to last centuries and their administration center with Government buildings were usually Starships. Built in a shipyard and sent to a new planet to start a new colony. I guess It was also to keep a form of control over the population.
We set Mining Three up in the mountains, close to the new City, and started the new city center. We calculated the Wizarding population between a million and a million and a half. There are too many hidden enclaves to get an exact number, so we prepare for a few hundred thousand for starters.
Once Mining Three was set up, it started producing mining bots and building droids, Neville, Susan, and Hannah were interested in building the city and moved up there after a mansion was built close to the mining site, shielded and warded to keep the nasties out.
Their first task was to dig the Astra Porta out and build a quarantine station around it. Wards around it kept every animal, big or small away from the building, and the inside had scanners and beams to collect the bugs and animals that came through the gate.
Once that was done they placed beacons five miles around the borders of the future city to ward dangerous predators away. When the building droids started, Neville took time to document and compare the plant life to the ones from Earth. Neville got the first new Shuttle to travel from and to Earth.
Luna got the second new shuttle for documenting the wildlife, in honor of her dad she named the most common animal the Crumpled Horned Snorkack, they did have crumpled horns and the sounds they made sounded like a horn, it fit. We never found his body, the Death Eaters that were involved were killed at the battle. Anyway, Luna found her Snorcacks.
Luna is recording the animals with a tablet and her shuttle, she takes a picture and it automatically records the location where it was found and takes a sample of its DNA. First, she did the big predators to analyze the threat level to adventurous explorers. She returns home every time for Dinner and leaves after breakfast, she enjoys the "Oops" too much to miss Dinner.
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Hermione visited with her parents, they came straight from the airport to my place, her parents agreed after they talked to me with Hermione's Communicator.
When I let her in, she was amazed that Walburga kept quiet, I shrugged and mentioned removing the wall along with the painting if she did not shut her trap. The presence of four proper purebloods helped too.
I confirmed my offer for a place on the new planet and a job offer for Hermione in a leadership position and for her parents as well. After a visit to the Repository, they were convinced. Fresh out of Australia, they did not have a new practice and were free to join our course, both had the Lantean DNA and could work with all the appliances.
Mr Granger asked, "Where and when do we start? Those maniacs burned our house, we wanted to book a hotel, Hermione convinced us to stay here after you offered us your hospitality."
"I am going to add you all to our Transporter beam, then I show you our transit location from where emigrants will travel to the new planet," I offered, "I think you will like the mansion I am building there, it is almost finished."
We arrived at the edge of the ward line, I keyed them in and set the wards to allow entrance for people that beamed in. We walked in the property, from a distance we could see the building droids at work.
I explained, "Soon we will be recruiting from all over the world, you noticed that we are speaking Lantean. As a rule, we always speak Lantean among us, that way it will settle as the primary language in your brain, it will make it simpler for everyone if we can understand each other."
I continued, "The hard part is to let the people believe there is another planet out there for us where we can openly do magic. I was thinking of giving a visitors pass, to let them visit the new planet for a day and give them a set of basic unchangeable laws they must swear to if they want to join, not only for them but also for their next twenty generations, that should be enough to get the Wizarding madness out of them."
I shook my head, "I have the laws of the Alterans and Lanteans in my database, but they do not exactly apply to us. They were a civilization of millions of years and were following their leaders and laws. You can it compare with forcing a pack of wild dogs to act like lapdogs. It would not work. Swearing to follow a set of base laws is the only thing I can come up with."
Hermione suggested, "A law that forbids discriminating against the amount of Lantean DNA in your body must be in it. And the fair treatment of sentient beings."
Hermione started to recite several sets of rules until I stopped her, "Everyone will get a tablet that is linked to the main computer, there is a file where you can post your suggestions, but do not demand that every girl needs to have a skirt below their knee or forbid them to wear high heels."
While talking, we came closer to the buildings, I offered, "If you want, you can live here in the mansion and manage the traffic, or you can find something else that interests you more. Jobs in space are open too. There are a lot of potential enemies out there, one is for certain an enemy."
I ended with, "I am going to let you think about it all, explore the mansion, I noticed it is finished already, there is no food in it, but you can beam everywhere in Britain to get some. There is a big meeting tomorrow at my place with the members of the DA, except the Weasleys."
My last words are, "Breakfast is from seven to nine, and Dinner is served at our place from six to eight. You are welcome anytime. We hired two elves to help Kreacher. And they are happy to feed every visitor. Now I have to leave, our first Battleship is ready for its maiden flight."
Three voices shouted, "We want to come!"