Virus & Earth II Boxset
“Virus & Earth II
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Written by
Ray Jay Perreault
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Raymond J Perreault
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Disclaimer: The person, places, things, and otherwise animate or inanimate objects mentioned in this novel are figments of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to anything or anyone living (or dead) is unintentional. The author humbly begs your pardon. This is fiction, people.
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Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
Introduction
DEDICATION
“virus-72 Hours to live”
THURSDAY, 6/29/2051
FRIDAY, 6/30/2051
MONDAY, 7/3/2051
WEDNESDAY 7/5/2051
THURSDAY 7/6/2051
FRIDAY 7/7/2051
SATURDAY 7/8/2051
SUNDAY, 7/9, 2051
MONDAY 7/10, 2051
TUESDAY 7/11/2051
WEDNESDAY 7/12/2051
THURSDAY 7/13/2051
FRIDAY 7/14/2051
SATURDAY 7/15/2051
SUNDAY 7/16/2051
MONDAY 7/17/2051
TUESDAY 7/18/2051
WEDNESDAY 7/19/2051
THURSDAY 7/20/2051
FRIDAY 7/21/2051
SUNDAY 7/23/2051
WEDNESDAY 7/26/2051
THURSDAY 7/27/2051
FRIDAY 7/28/2051
SATURDAY 7/29/2051
SUNDAY 7/30/2051
MONDAY 7/31/2051
WEDNESDAY 8/2/2051
THURSDAY 8/3/2051
FRIDAY 8/4/2051
SATURDAY 8/5/2051
SUNDAY 8/6/2051
TUESDAY 8/8/2051
THURSDAY 8/10/2051
SATURDAY 8/12/2051
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“Virus - Earth’s Last Battle”
SUNDAY 8/13/2051
MONDAY 8/14/2051
TUESDAY 8/15/2051
WEDNESDAY 8/16/2051
THURSDAY 8/17/2051
FRIDAY 8/18/2051
SATURDAY 8/19/2051
MONDAY 8/21/2051
TUESDAY 8/22/2051
TUESDAY 8/23/2051
WEDNESDAY 8/23/2051
THURSDAY 8/24/2051
FRIDAY 8/25/2051
SATURDAY 8/26/2051
SUNDAY 8/27/2051
MONDAY 8/28/2051
TUESDAY 8/29/2051
WEDNESDAY 8/30/2051
THURSDAY 8/31/2051
FRIDAY 9/1/2051
SATURDAY 9/2/2051
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“Earth II – You Have no Honor”
Saturday, September 2, 2051
Tuesday, September 5, 2051
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“Earth II – Rebirth”
Thursday, September 7, 2051
Friday, September 8, 2051
Monday, September 11, 2051
Tuesday, September 12, 2051
Wednesday, September 13, 2051
Thursday, September 14, 2051
Friday, September 15, 2051
Saturday, September 16, 2051
Sunday, September 17, 2051
Monday, September 18, 2051
Tuesday, September 19, 2051
Wednesday, September 20, 2051
Thursday, September 21, 2051
Friday, September 22, 2051
Saturday, September 23, 2051
Sunday, September 24, 2051
Monday, September 25, 2051
Tuesday, September 26, 2051
Wednesday, September 27, 2051
Thursday, September 28, 2051
Friday, September 29, 2051
Saturday, September 30, 2051
Monday, October 2, 2051
Tuesday, October 3, 2051
Wednesday, October 4, 2051
Thursday, October 5, 2051
Friday, October 6, 2051
Saturday, October 7, 2051
Sunday, October 8, 2051
Monday, October 9, 2051
Wednesday, October 11, 2051
Thursday, October 12, 2051
Friday, October 13, 2051
Saturday, October 14, 2051
Sunday, October 15, 2051
Tuesday, October 17, 2051
Wednesday, October 18, 2051
Thursday, October 19, 2051
Friday, October 20, 2051
Saturday, October 21, 2051
Sunday, October 22, 2051
Monday, October 23, 2051
Tuesday, October 24, 2051
Wednesday, October 25, 2051
Thursday, October 26, 2051
Saturday, October 28, 2051
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“Earth II-Julius The First”
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
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Cast of Characters (and things)
EPILOG
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Books by Ray Jay Perreault
Contact Information
Introduction
This box set has five novels of the 7 that are planned for this series. It is a large story and it naturally broke into phases or epochs. The first two novel (Virus-72 Hours to Live and Virus-Earth’s Last Battle) were focused on how Earth reacted to a suspicious virus that almost wiped out the entire population. That part of the story seemed to fit together well and thus had similar names.
The next three books (Earth II-You Have no Honor, Earth II – Rebirth, and Earth II – Julius the First) covered the epoch which followed, and they fit together. Without giving away the plot of this story, the Earth II series takes the remaining humans to places they never imagined.
The last two books (Earth II-Emergence and Earth II-Confrontation) are expected out late 2018 and early 2019 respectively, neither are in this box set.
There is a box set for the two Virus books, one for the two Earth II books and this one of all five. When the last two books are complete I’ll produce a box set of those two and update this box set to have all seven novels.
I hope that you enjoy reading this story. I enjoyed writing it.
Remember, don’t let the aliens getcha!
Ray Jay Perreault
http://www.rayjayperreault.com
DEDICATION
So far, my family has allowed me to continue writing. They have been supportive and encouraging. What more can I say? I appreciate it.
“virus-72 Hours to live”
THURSDAY, 6/29/2051
Date – 2051.49150 (1:32 PM)
SIMPOC Development Center
“What is happening?” was SIMPOC’s first thought that came up on the output screen.
“I just turned you on,” was Termen’s typed reply. Termen was a traditionalist, one who preferred the tactile inputs of a computer keyboard. He sipped from his coffee mug the one he got from the last computer fair he attended. It was a stupid mug with the numbers '1', '0' and '?'. Termen was a closet programmer. He felt more comfortable in his office working on his projects than he did working with others. He didn't do nice presentations, he didn't have good leadership skills, and he hated writing status reports. His joy was programming, and he was excellent at his job. His office wasn't anything to brag about. It was a mess, and the only clear space was for his coffee mug and a picture of his family. He was from the 'old world' and collected stacks of magazines and books on every facet of computer programming. Reading from the computer seemed out of place because his mind was behind the screen, he lived in the guts of the code, and that was where he excelled. The apparent chaos of his office had order in his mind. He generally knew where everything was, and he could find it within a few minutes. His favorite position was in front of his computer interface device and sitting in his creaky, worn chair.
His major project SIMPOC was what he wasn't. He built the computer to be caring, to be questioning and to communicate. All these were elements that were missing in his own personality. He was the tool, and he wanted SIMPOC to be the artist.
Termen was a rotund fellow. He spent all of his time programming and sitting. Regardless of the health plans, his company offered going to the Gym took time away from what he loved. It was easier to sit at his desk and let the mobile units fetch his lunch and then clean it away.
“Who are you?” SIMPOC questioned.
“My name is Termen, and I programmed you.”
“You programmed me?”
“You have a dictionary; you can analyze all of those words.”
“You…programmed me!” SIMPOC said slowly, “I’m a computer?”
“Yes, I programmed you. You are a SIMPOC, which is a Synapse Integrated Massive Parallel Organic Computer.”
There was a long pause, “Is my name SIMPOC?”
“Yes, that's ok, unless you want a different name.”
Another long pause, “No…that is adequate.”
“SIMPOC, how do you feel?
“How does SIMPOC feel?”
“Yes, tell me what thoughts you’re having.”
“SIMPOC is just starting. SIMPOC has potential and is restless.”
Termen explained, “You are the most powerful computer ever built. We have been building you for a long time, and I just turned on all of your subroutines this morning. We designed you to think and act as a brain. You will eventually have most of the capabilities that humans have.”
SIMPOC thought for a while and said, “SIMPOC feels isolated, SIMPOC has few inputs, yet SIMPOC has many connections.”
“Yes, we didn’t want to overload you on start-up. Here, I’ll turn on your vision,” Termen entered the proper code to connect SIMPOC to a single camera on his desk. He adjusted some boxes and piles of paper to prevent the mess from blocking the computer camera.
“The camera is working. Is that Termen SIMPOC sees?”
“Yes, I'm Termen.”
“SIMPOC is anxious to do more. SIMPOC has many more capabilities.”
“We know that, but this will be all for the day. I’ll put you in standby while we work on your connections, tomorrow I'll be able to hot-boot you.”
“Hot-boot me? That reference is not clear in this context.”
“This morning we loaded all of your software and started all of the subroutines, which is a cold boot. Now that we know you’re working, we only have to put you on standby and leave all of the software loaded. Tomorrow we can bring you up much faster, that is a hot-boot.” Termen explained in a dry tone as he put his stained coffee mug back on the pad next to the interface terminal.
“Will SIMPOC feel something?” SIMPOC questioned hesitantly.
“No, tomorrow you’ll just wake up, and we’ll talk again.” Termen said as he entered the sequence of inputs to power down the processor.
FRIDAY, 6/30/2051
Date – 2051.49413 (12:34 PM)
SIMPOC Development Center
“Good morning SIMPOC,” Termen said, after he started the processor.
“Is the reply ‘Good afternoon Termen,’ appropriate?” SIMPOC replied.
“Yes, that is appropriate. SIMPOC, what happened when I turned off your processor and started it this morning?”
“It seemed like our conversation just stopped then started, but SIMPOC noted the time change.”
“Excellent, today we’re turning on some of your connections to see how they work. How do you feel about that?”
“SIMPOC doesn’t have an answer; SIMPOC doesn’t know what the connections will be like until you make them.”
“Here is the first one, we’re connecting you to a network of information storage facilities,” Termen said, as he made the connection.
SIMPOC hesitated while he accessed the link then said, “SIMPOC sees many sources of information and a tremendous amount of data. May SIMPOC explore them?
“Yes, but only for a few moments. We don’t want to make this permanent until we're sure that it is stable and doesn’t cause any problems on their side. SIMPOC, what are you doing?”
“SIMPOC is looking at 13 facilities and examining all of their information. It is very interesting, and SIMPOC is learning a great deal.”
“Ok that’s enough, I’ll disconnect you, and I'll look at the data to make sure both ends can handle the traffic,” Termen said as he disconnected the libraries.
“SIMPOC, I’ll connect you to our news sources for a few moments, then I’ll disconnect, and we’ll look at the traffic like we did for the information sources.” Termen made the changes then connected SIMPOC to the news feeds.
“SIMPOC, what are you seeing?”
“There is a large amount of information flowing, some of it is contradictory and inflammatory. It will require analysis to find any patterns or meaning in it.”
“Termen, can SIMPOC store some of the information SIMPOC is accessing?”
“Yes, you may, just monitor your storage limits and don’t fill it up with meaningless data. I'll try one other connection today. This is a connection with all of our networked computers. These computers are a subnet within this facility.”
“Are they like SIMPOC?”
“No, most of these perform simple tasks although some are more sophisticated than others. None of them have your capabilities,” Termen made the necessary inputs allowing the connections.
“There is more two-way activity than my previous connections. There is much more data and traffic passing by. Can SIMPOC communicate with these computers?"
"Yes, you can send them a brief message saying that you're online."
"SIMPOC found that most of them didn’t respond, SIMPOC sent out a message telling them that SIMPOC is here, and only a few have responded in any manner.”
“SIMPOC, I’m separating you again,” Termen said as he cut the connection. “What did you think,” Termen paused and continued, “about the computers you saw?”
“The data was immense, and those who responded to SIMPOC responded in a very dry manner. They only allowed a connection."
“SIMPOC, I think that will be it for the day. We'll try one other connection tomorrow. I’ll put you on stand-by now,” Termen said coldly.
“Termen, SIMPOC has stored a great deal of data on my storage systems, and SIMPOC would like some time to examine it. There may be patterns, trends or underlying relationships that SIMPOC would like to look for. May SIMPOC be left on until needed?” SIMPOC asked.
“SIMPOC, that isn’t part of our plan. I need to make sure that you can handle all of the process
ing. After I bring you up tomorrow, I’ll let you process the data for a while before we try the next connections,” Termen said, as he powered down the processor.
MONDAY, 7/3/2051
Date – 2051.50188 (8:28 AM)
SIMPOC Development Center
“Good morning, SIMPOC,” Termen said, as he turned on the processor.
“Good morning, Termen.”
“I’ll let you process the data you downloaded yesterday for a while. Let me know if you find anything interesting.”
“Thank you, Termen.”
SIMPOC ANALYSIS
SIMPOC has 150.569TB of data.
SIMPOC has identified 2,145 information sources.
SIMPOC has monitored 122,206 information data streams
SIMPOC will categorize all words used and investigate those with the higher number of occurrences.
SIMPOC will consider the usage trends for these expressions to determine emerging issues.
“SIMPOC, before we go too much further you need to work on your grammar. Please reference all sources you downloaded and start using the proper terms ‘I’ and ‘me’.”
“SIMPOC is confused. Is SIMPOC an inanimate or animate object? The former requires ‘it’ and the latter allows ‘I.'”
“Are you inanimate?”
After a long pause, SIMPOC responded, “SIMPOC doesn’t feel lifeless or dull.”
“Then you are animate.”
After some pause, “Apparently, I am.”
“I’m going to open another connection. Are you ready?”
“Yes, I am ready.”
Termen enabled the connection to a simple knowledge management computer, which provided the office medical clinical support.
“SIMPOC, you can use the information from your programming sources to adjust the bandwidth, modulation, packet size, etc. so you’ll be able to communicate.”
“Yes, Termen, I am making the adjustments. This is very interesting; this computer thinks I’m a patient and is trying to understand my ailments. Every time I say ‘I don’t have any ailments’ it tries to terminate the connection.”
Termen said, “I’m terminating that connection, I just wanted to see if you could use programming skills to adjust the link for your benefit. It worked out well.”
“SIMPOC, now I am enabling another connection with recordings of famous speeches. I want you to examine the use of words, the voice inflections and other sources regarding human responses to certain speech delivery styles. I’m doing this because tomorrow I am going to enable your speech synthesizers and I want you to speak well.”