Edge of Infinity

“I’ve been considering when I should tell my story.” “Communicating what I have lived these past years may take some time, and I’m not sure where to start.” I am a theoretical geologist with the United States of North America (USNA).” “Being a geologist by trade, my associates call me Stone.” “My journey has been one of continued discovery. Defining the continued expansion of the Universe is a never ending task.”

I should explain my reference to the acronym USNA”. “Unifying Canada, the United States, and Mexico was unavoidable.” “A collective flag joins the stars and stripes, the maple leaf and eagle emblem from the Mexican flag.” “These nations joined as a coalition much like the Europeans (largely Muslim) did in the twenty-second century to end corruption of big business and bickering on immigration, trade, and natural resources.” “The union of the United States and Mexico was straightforward.” Thousands of years of Mexican workers migrating into the USA were mirrored by American retirees seeking sunshine in the resort towns of the Mexican Riviera.” “The United States is a place where Europe and Asia out source production needs.” “The declining growth rate of world populations mostly in China and India is to a degree responsible.” “There is a significant workforce living in the United States since Mexican and some South American races are far exceeding positive population growth rates.” “Expanding Muslim influence on the North American continent was limited due to an incompatibility with the predominantly Hispanic majority who fully embraced Christianity.

“My saga began the evening of July 1, 8515 roughly sixty-four hundred years after a red giant’s fatal core collapse causing it to go supernova.” “Betelgeuse ended its existence.” “Having worked in my garden for most of the day, I was ready take a traditional water shower when I heard a loud explosion which turned out to be a sonic boom.” “Looking towards the sound I saw a meteor like glow arcing through the sky with several fragments following closely behind.” “They impacted behind a wooded butte about fifteen miles from my property.” “Strangely the entry was a shallow approach not like most meteors that enter at a more vertical angle.”

“I live in a rural part of Utah near the Nevada Border.” “Geography lessons teach that the region was arid and hot before the massive earthquakes of 2108, the ones that changed the coastline of California, Oregon, and Washington.” “Science had long thought that magnitude quakes in excess of nine were improbable there. “A variety of global changes have redefined the climate of the western half of the continent over several thousand years.” “Giant redwood trees now cover once desolate land.” “People do not favor my secluded life style but prefer rather to live in the confines of one of the major metropolitan areas or MMAs.” “Referring to Denver and Salt Lake City as MMA-Seven is logical since they are now a metropolitan unit.”

“Roads are handy these days for short jaunts like the one I used to venture to the impact site.” “My all-terrain vehicle is a relic but the solar turbine engine still whines sweetly, whenever I have time to take a trip to explore the surroundings searching for artifacts of the distant past.” “Extraordinary would explain what was strewn before me.” “Smoldering craters peppered the landscape like miniature volcanoes.” “Approaching the nearest I find a large section of copper hued metal frame jutting from a jagged opening.” “Smoldering trenches reveal more artifacts.” “I found a row of large thermos sized canisters lined up neatly in a fractured but somewhat intact closet like structure.” “I tried to lift one out for inspection but cannot budge it.” “Unexpectedly the heavyweight containers turn out to be priceless. “Being a pragmatist I had assumed the objects to be home grown space junk returning to Earth.”

“Several months pass with little fanfare.” “My assignment has taken me to the planet Neptune and I am orbiting the moon Triton.” “Engineers commissioned a final review of a newly designed platform for supporting laser regenerators on the frozen nitrogen surface.” “The equipment is necessary to boost the link with ships traveling beyond the planet. “ “A secondary project is to install a refueling complex that will capture gas from the Nitrogen emitting geysers that dot the moon.” “”This station will refuel ships that have traveled so far from earth.”