to carbon date it.” Chris continued to stare at the tablet and Jillian said, “You’ve seen enough. Let’s take you back to your college.”
Chris said without looking at her, “I think President Suh sent me here for a reason. I also think he might question me later regarding what my thoughts are about this tablet.” Chris looked at her, “Do you want me to tell him you showed it to me and then made me leave without answering any of my questions?” Chris stared at Jillian and saw her impatience. He felt his anger grow and then he exploded, “Frankly, I’m over your holier-than-thou attitude. I wouldn’t want to work on anything with someone as shallow as you are. Perhaps you should take me back.” Chris turned and started walking back to the entrance.
Jillian felt her anger but then realized that Suh was angry at her for her behavior during the meeting. It was possible she could be taken off the project. She ran after Chris and said, “You’re right. I agreed to stop badgering you and I didn’t. The truth is that without your help, my project is doomed to failure. I need you to help us. I’m sorry. Let’s try this again.” She stuck out her hand.
Chris stared at her, and after a moment shook it. He turned to the giant stone, “I don’t recognize those symbols on the tablet. It’s not any language I’ve ever seen. It certainly didn’t come from the Egyptians.”
Jillian was surprised, “How many languages are you familiar with?”
“I’ve studied all of the ancient languages and this comes from that period, if what you say is true about its age. If it was carved in ancient Egypt, I didn’t see any hieroglyphics on it.”
“That’s because they’re on the top five feet of the tablet. Whoever carved it put a row of hieroglyphics above a row of this new language. They deliberately created a Rosetta Stone so that whoever found the tablet would have a key to decipher it.”
Chris stared at Jillian and she tilted her head toward the right side of the tablet, “Want to see the back?” He followed her around the tablet and saw the back. This was absolutely impossible.
Jillian sighed, “Those diagrams appear to be made by someone who is an excellent engineer. The plans for a modern spaceship are less detailed than these carvings.”
“Is that a generator?”
“Yes, it is, and the material that powers it is a combination of eight different elements heated to 1,500 degrees and put together in a specified order and quantity. When put together at that temperature, the elements combine into a substance that will produce an energy field when electricity is passed through it. That field is what allows the stardrive to work. We combined this material with our nuclear fuel and it is a hundred times more powerful than the reactor carved on the tablet or our modern reactors.”
Chris looked at Jillian, “How could this have happened?”
Jillian looked up at the tablet and shook her head, “I don’t know, but we do know that this was carved by one of the human pyramid builders.”
“Are you saying that non-humans took part in the construction?”
“Yes, but the only way to know for certain is to take your device and go see what actually took place. I know you’ve got to be curious about the Pyramid’s construction.”
Chris looked at Jillian, “I’ve always wondered about the pyramids. There are other buildings that are impossible, but the Great Pyramid is the one that has fascinated me the most. That’s why I built the device.”
Jillian suddenly looked at Chris and said, “Yes, Mr. President; he’s here.”
Chris looked at her and watched as she listened to her communicator. She looked at him and continued to listen. After a few moments Jillian said, “I’ll tell him.”
Chris looked at her, “Tell me what?”
“It seems there are riots breaking out at your university. The students have marched on the World Government Embassy and are demanding your return.”
Chris shook his