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Dear Corinthia,
Ultra-capacitors, really? That was you? We use those here for
everything. It was a breakthrough in technology, which has allowed us to
harness the power of lightning, just like you do, but has had numerous other
applications through advancements in miniaturization. Back in the olden
days, it would take minutes, or even hours, to charge a small device. Now it
takes seconds. I just place my phone on the charging pad, and it’s at 100%
by the time I can take my watch off to charge it next. Some people even have
these gun-like chargers where you simply point and shoot at what you want
charged. They’re developing persistent charge technology as well, but that’s
a few years away, and would take a lot of retrofitting for preexisting
infrastructure. It’s mostly the backend that’s slowing us down on that,
though. We need a constant, reliable source of energy generation, which
lightning strikes do not provide. It’s particularly hard to develop such
things on a moving platform on the water. They never told us that these
inventions ultimately came from off-world. I hope that it’s in the
literature somewhere—and I’m just ignorant as an individual—not that they’re
intentionally hiding the truth from us to allow someone else to take credit.
To answer your sort of question, we’re not back out to sea just yet, but
definitely by the time you read my letter, we will be. All of our new
friends are now safely inside the dome, but we’re still docked because
they’re still making sure that everyone who came won’t change their mind,
and everyone who chose not to come hasn’t changed theirs. We have the luxury
of being able to go wherever we want most of the time, but that’s not going
to be the case for the near future. Part of the negotiations involve us
staying close to the Australian coast for at least the next six months. We
can still move around, which we do to maintain safety and security, but we
can’t stray too far. I believe that that’s what slowed the talks down
overall. We also move around to trade and interact with other land partners,
but that won’t be possible until our time is up. I personally don’t see us
staying a minute past our negotiated duration, because we want to maintain
positive relations with other regions, though many are projecting that we’ll
be here for a full year. We’ll have to wait and see. Speaking of the future,
we’re probably a couple months out from reaching Bowen Orbital Spaceport.
You and I will be the closest we’ve ever been since we started talking.
After a quick car ride, I could be stepping onto a shuttle, headed your way,
haha.
Thanks for the electricity,
Condor
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