Quax = ЭXΛCΔ

By Paul Wallace Winquist

A science-fiction based on real-world events in 2021 and 2022. Earth characters visit an underground city on the moon's far side, and Moon humans visit the earth. The moon people were the humans that sent humans to the earth many thousands of years ago. A romance between a moon man and an earth girl. Moon people want fresh animals, and earth people want fusion reactors. Quax gets involved in helping the Ukrainians defeat the Russians.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Paul Wallace Winquist
• Release date: Apr 22, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005376567

Paul Wallace Winquist

Born 1945BS from Portland State University - Business Administration / Real Estate LawMany courses toward MS in Electronics EngineeringInstalled big satellite TV systems into casinos, race and sports books, and hotels in Las Vegas 20 years.Writing this series of books part time since 1990.

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Quax = ЭXΛCΔ

`Paul W. Winquist

Copyright 2021

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Chapter 1 – Quax LVSS-280

Sheldon and Jeanne were kicking back with Joe and Sue at a company resort in Guyana.

Joe and Sheldon started a casino with several other partners in 1982. The company has expanded with more resorts, plantations, hotels, motels, restaurants, green energy projects, and undersea fiber cables to be a worldwide company worth around 80 billion dollars today. (Coronado Hotels and Resorts with casinos and Lori’s Plantations)

They were on the screened-in patio behind what used to be a large farmhouse before they started construction on the resort. It was about 90 degrees, with the humidity around 80%. Fortunately, no flying bugs were on the patio.

Suddenly, Sheldon and Jeanne got anonymous e-mails that said they should check on their Azteca Green Island plantation and resort off the coast of Honduras. Unfortunately, it was from a bogus IP address. Sheldon called Stacy, the general manager, but she said everything was normal.

Sheldon said, I don’t believe her; something is wrong.

Jeanne, Sheldon’s long-term girlfriend, said, I think you are right; something is happening there.

Joe said, Look on your laptop computer and see if the various systems are working properly. Sheldon’s laptop can access the company’s infrastructure systems, accounting, and surveillance cameras with its intranet systems.

Sheldon replied, If anything is wrong, I should get a notification; I bet that the manager is doing something like robbing the place.

Sheldon asked, Let me use your G550 (executive jet); I want to go check it out.

Modified Wikipedia picture

Ten minutes later, Jeanne filed an international flight plan on her laptop.

Once they were ready to take off. Sheldon said, …Just fly out over international water until we get the clearance...

It was 7:18 PM and dark already when they touched down on the tiny island’s 6500-foot runway.

Azteca Flag

As they were about to descend the stairway, a round aircraft approached and put down three landing struts beside the G5. It was almost silent, and with dim lighting on the apron, it was black, virtually invisible.

The shape is like Tim’s 6-foot photography and surveying flying saucer, but this was much bigger, maybe 35 feet (10 m) in diameter and 10 feet (3 m) tall. Tim had been building saucer-shaped drones with mechanical gyros for super stability for photographs, mapping, and plantation monitoring.

Tim’s Photography Saucer 10 ft Version, with a joke image of an ET

Moon Saucer

The stairway lights of the saucer went on, and a stairway/door came down; the craft itself was virtually invisible now with its unique super black paint.

They thought it was a UFO of some type, and a man walked down the stairs in regular clothes: Jeans, a blue sweatshirt, and tennis shoes. The guy said, Come on in here, Sheldon; we need to discuss some things. He scampered back up the stairs and went in.

Jeanne went forward without hesitation, but Sheldon waited for a second. Sheldon is 77, and Jeanne is only 48. Jeanne is the adventurous type. Both were wearing jeans, tennis shoes, and T-shirts.

The man said, Sheldon needs to come first; the big seats are in the middle.

A curved computer screen across the front was about 1 ½ feet high (42 cm) by 5 feet wide (152 cm), with many analog-looking gauges, video pictures, and button symbols. The writing was surprisingly in English.

Jeanne said, This looks like it would be fun to fly. She has been Sheldon’s chauffeur, bartender, pilot, and girlfriend for many years. Sheldon and Jeanne are both licensed to fly airliners. Jeanne loves flying the 737 without paying customers because it is sort of aerobatic, rated for 15 seconds upside down.

The guy said, It takes some training; it differs from your crude aircraft.

Sheldon asked, So, who are you?

"My name is Quax; I am what you people call an ET. Our home is on the moon's far side, pronounced xzlk in English, which roughly means home city."

Jeanne said, You look normal… I mean human.

"I am genetically human; however, most UFOs people seen on Earth are mostly the Noles. They have big eyes, little mouths, and extended heads. We keep our crafts completely stealthy: no lights when not necessary, radar-absorbing black paint, a design that makes no sonic boom, and we don’t leave a vapor trail. The Noles are bad pilots; they crash regularly. The US government has copied their designs and lately appear as triangular instead of round UFOs regularly."

Quax asked, Do you want to go for a ride in this craft?

Jeanne answered, YES!

Sheldon asked, Where, too? Just around here?

Quax replied, I want to take you to our home base on the moon.

Sheldon asked, Are you kidnapping us?

NO; it would be like a two-week vacation; however, your cellphones won’t work there. You should call Joe...

Sheldon called Joe, ...We are going on a two-week vacation, where our cellphones won’t work. Is it okay to leave your plane here on the island?

Where the fuck are you going?

To the moon.

Ha, ha, ha, ha. You’re going nuts now, Sheldon. Let me talk to Jeanne.

Sheldon passed his phone to Jeanne. …He is right. We are in a flying saucer right now.

Ha, ha, ha, okay; see you in a couple of weeks, ha, ha, ha.

Quax pushed a button on the video display, and all the screens changed. One showed the surrounding area in excellent detail, even though it was dark out. The door/stairs closed, and they slowly ascended, accelerating as they went up. The air pressure fluctuated a little. At about 2000 feet (609 m), they rapidly accelerated forward with a gentle climb over Honduras and Guatemala. The display showed all the aircraft within approximately 50 nautical miles (93 km). They were surprised that all the units were displayed in feet and nautical miles, just like Earth airplanes.

Quax said, I can switch to our language. He pushed a button, and all the writing went to bizarre characters; then he touched a button, and the screen returned to English.

Jeanne said, Wow, your voice changed to a higher pitch.

Yeah, we like the atmosphere to be heavy on hydrogen; we don’t have nitrogen up there.

Jeanne asked. How come the hydrogen doesn’t explode?

Because there is not enough oxygen. It takes much more oxygen to have a fire than breathe.

Sheldon and Jeanne were making compliments about the aircraft that was accelerating at about three-G continuously and about their voice pitch change.

The speed kept increasing and increasing. When it got to about 5000 knots, Jeanne asked, Holy shit! How fast will this thing go?

As fast as we need; for long trips, we have a craft that can go at three times the speed of light for a while. We need to get up to about 24,000 knots for the main part of the trip.

Sheldon asked, What powers this plane?

It’s a small fusion nuclear reactor and ion jet accelerators.

After arriving at 24,00 knots, they went into a free-fall (coasting) with no acceleration.

Sheldon got to thinking and asked, How did you know Joe was the person to call?

We have been studying your corporations for many years; that is why we are making this trip. We will discuss that topic after we settle into our base.

Jeanne said, I have to get a picture of the Earth from here.

Quax said, No, we can’t expose our existence. Turn off the cellphones and put them in this compartment so you will have some battery life when we return.

Sheldon asked, What’s the situation on pissing?

There is a funnel under your seat, but wait until I get up to 1 G. ---- There, go for it. When you need to go, Jeanne, it will be a little more complicated and messier."

I have pissed into aircraft funnels a few times; I can wait quite a while.

Quax stopped the acceleration a while later, and they went into the zero-gravity coasting mode again.

You look too wide awake to get some sleep. It’s about 11 hours of travel time, so I might as well give you some ancient history now.

We, humans, are from what you call Proxima Centauri b. Our planet suffered massive solar flares, so the people near the starships quickly loaded up supplies once it was dark and took off for Earth and its moon. Most of the people got wiped out; however, some of us survived underground. At the time, we were like what you call Neanderthals; then, we evolved to be humans over the 67 million Earth years’ time on the moon. Our society was crude and cruel. They dumped the undesirable people on Earth or killed them. We bread with the chimpanzees on the Earth, but that didn’t work out well; those resultant people were stupid.

Proxima Centauri b

Wikipedia

The Noles lived near what was the south pole of the Earth for a while, where it was too cold for normal humans. Soon, they went to Mars, which is closer to their needs.

During our trip, 67 million Earth years ago, the people developed hate toward each other’s evolving sub-races on the airship, so they dumped the problem makers on Earth, but none survived; there were too many bad conditions, including too many huge predators then.

The group running the star-ship went to the far side of the moon from the Earth, where they found a natural cave, then dug deep underground where they could control the temperature and atmosphere. About 1200 feet (366 m) underground on your moon, the climate remains about 70 of your degrees Fahrenheit (21 C). This group expanded over many years into more interconnected caves as the population grew. Some people became more intelligent as we evolved, and some remained stupid. Now, we keep the population in check. We have had many internal wars and epidemic diseases, so the population has gone up and down. They dumped the Aboriginals and many blacks off on Earth."

About 22 million years ago, some of our people wanted to move to Earth after determining they could live there with the extra gravity. They split up into six different parts of the planet: what is now Nicaragua, Mongolia, Israel, Scandinavia, West Africa, and Greece. When the Earth entered an ice age, many northern people didn’t survive like the equator ones.

Nole

The Noles are the ones that fly around the Earth, sucking up the radiation leaking out of your nuclear power plants and weapons in storage. There is not much atomic material on Mars for them. They never figured out our nuclear fusion, and we never showed them. They have stolen several of your nuclear bombs to take back to their base on Mars for fuel. They are the result of our genetic experimentation that went wrong.

Thousands of years ago, the Noles used humans as slaves to mine uranium and gold. They pretended to be gods from the sun. When they finished their mining operations, they left the nuclear fission reactors and anti-gravity equipment. The humans just built useless temples and pyramids, and two generations later, no one knew how to operate the reactors. Hence, we humans up here took the equipment away from them. That is why your archaeologists can never find the equipment.

Like most humans, the Earth's people could not form an honest government. They split into groups, wandered off, and then had wars between the resultant tribes.

Some forms of humanoids resulting from our breeding of chimpanzees on Earth evolved simultaneously, but they had tiny brains, so they did not survive. Some intelligent humans interbred with them much later, but they still faded out. The Neanderthals still slightly influence the genes of humans around southern France and Sicily.

Sheldon asked, So, all the bizarre humanoids the archaeologists dig up were never destined to evolve into humans?

The ones we dropped off 67 million years ago disappeared. We sent quite a few groups about 20,000 years ago that have survived and evolved parallel to us, moon people. About 5200 Earth years ago, we dropped off a group in what was Mesopotamia that did very well. They were very well educated then but never passed the education for more than a couple generations.

Quax said, Shit, I forgot about the COVID-19 situation. I need you to take a special vaccination that will also kill any viruses you may be coming down with or have."

Jeanne said, We already got our vaccinations.

This is a special shot to guarantee you don’t bring any viruses to the moon. Here, take these syringes. Pull the red cap off, hold the yellow end to your arm, then push the green button; it is really simple and no pain -- Good. We will also have to do decontamination when we get there, including me.

Many hours later, Quax put the ship into deceleration mode, returning them to 3 Gs.

As the craft approached the cave entrance, it gently slowed to a preprogrammed stop about two feet (60 cm) above the ground, smoothly like a modern elevator.

The massive door was painted to look like the moon rocks around the area. It was about 200 feet (61 m) wide by 60 feet (18 m) tall; it went down into the ground and disappeared.

The craft automatically went inside, extended the landing struts, and landed.

A man in a HAZMAT suit appeared and started spraying the craft with some kind of disinfectant. He continued as the hanger bay started descending.

Quax mentioned that we are going down 1500 feet (457 m). Eventually, it came to an abrupt stop. At the bottom, Quax said, We have to wait for the pressure in the room to come up and the temperature to come down.

About five minutes later, another big door opened, disappearing down the same way. In this vast room were more saucers, including a huge, ancient one, and many shop workstations. The walls were painted with bizarre designs:

Noncopyrighted images from the Internet

The work areas were separated by flower beds, giving the huge room a friendly look.

The ceiling was black, with many pipes coming down to the work areas with some kind of color coding.

Jeanne said, Wow, that big saucer looks old.

Quax replied, 67 million Earth years.

Three girls came out of another door pushing carts and a tub on wheels.

As they walked down the saucer’s stairs, the man in the HAZMAT suit started spraying the stairs and their shoes.

Jeanne was jumping around, trying out the low gravity situation.

Quax said, You need to walk without lifting your shoes very far; it takes a little practice. Keep the height of your head constantly level.

One girl said, Please remove all your clothing and put them in the tub here.

Quax was already undressing as if he had done this many times.

One of the carts had a hose and nozzle. The girl started spraying Quax down, and the run-off went down a drain. He was not embarrassed to get nude.

Once Quax was drenched, she said, Now you mister, to Sheldon.

Sheldon asked, What about my wallet?

Everything has to go in the solution. It won’t get damaged.

Quax yelled to the man in the HAZMAT suit, Get their cellphones!

Jeanne undressed slower and asked, Does my hair have to get wet?

Yes! This chemical dries fast.

Jeanne hesitated about her purse, so the girl said, It won’t hurt anything.

The girl with the big cart pulled out a set of clothes for Quax: blue jeans, blue socks, tennis shoes, blue underpants, and a blue sweatshirt.

She looked at Sheldon, sizing him up, and pulled out the same set of clothes, except the sweatshirt was green.

She looked longer at Jeanne and extracted a bra. Jeanne said, Just a little bigger. She also got a green sweatshirt. Jeanne asked, Does the green mean something? Jeanne was getting used to the higher voice pitches.

You are a visitor.

Jeanne asked, What is this material made out of?

Quax answered, Hemp. We traveled to Earth over the years to get genetically fresh plants and some animals. The plants and animals we brought with us 67 million years ago were not so good, but they have interbred and evolved over many years. Now, with the TV and your Internet, we know what we want to bring from the Earth.

The girl brushed Jeanne’s hair, and a different girl brushed Sheldon’s long gray hair and put a green rubber band back in it. Are you Stephen Seagal?

Sheldon laughed, No, Sheldon.

Then, almost instantaneously, a different girl asked Jeanne, Are you Madonna?

No, she is blond, not redheaded.

Sheldon asked Quax, What does the emblem on your shirt stand for?

It stands for our little country, my rank, and my name in our font. I am in the top level of our government, the 29 parliament members.

Oh, that’s impressive; congratulations.

Quax asked, Shall we go get some dinner.

Jeanne replied, It’s strange; I’m not very hungry, but let’s go eat.

Quax explained, "Our air is mostly hydrogen with only 13% oxygen and some carbon dioxide: same for the air in the saucer. The hydrogen gets absorbed in your lungs and goes directly to the cells, bypassing the food-to-sugar steps. You still need to eat some to get all the vitamins and minerals your body requires. We make kjhbnr, a special fruit grown with all the vitamins and minerals humans need; it tastes really good; you will love it."

They went down a normal-looking elevator with numbering in their numbers.

It was a hell of a surprise to get out in a vast park. All the trees were fruit trees, probably over ten thousand of them. All the trees grew in huge planters about 25 feet (7.6 m) wide by 500 feet (152 m) long. The ground level of the planters was about equal to the walking level. A steel catwalk held them up about 15 feet (4.6 m) above the concrete level below. Each planter box is made from stone blocks. Along the sides of the basement level were the drain and overflow pipes.

Jeanne said, Wow, mushrooms.

Quax responded, These are the eating type; we have the psychedelic ones on the other side. The mushrooms help decay the leaves and other compost and nourish the trees’ roots. It is part of the cycle along with worms and bees.

Sheldon noticed that the watering sprinklers were above the trees.

The leaves like water as well as the roots.

Quax led them to the center, where there were about 2,500 tables of various sizes, with people eating and waitresses bringing them food from somewhere out of sight. Part of the tables’ area had a concentration of kids, some in unique chairs, many short tables for around three to five kids, and some for approximately six to ten-year-old kids. The kids were well-behaved, and there were no screaming babies. Each table had what must be a number sign sticking up in the middle of the table.

Six young girls/women were already at the table, but three seats were available. Quax introduced them quickly; they all had Hollywood stars’ names. They had similar badges, but the middle arrows only had three points, and their names were also in their language.

Everyone knew the visitors would be there, so all the tables were full. People from the other tables were trying not to be staring at them. Many people around them had badges with only two points, some with one point going up or a triangle instead of the arrows. It didn’t look like people were sorted by status very much.

The table was set with big sporks, little knives, water glasses, extra glasses, and a little saucer-sized plate with the kjhbnr on it. It was orange with patches of red and green, kind of like a peach.

Quax grabbed his kjhbnr and said, There is a seed in the middle that you don’t want to eat. He took a bite. Sheldon and Jeanne took bites out of their kjhbnrs. The girls had already eaten theirs, and the seeds were on the little saucers.

Jeanne quickly said, Wow, that is good, kind of like a sweet pear.

A waitress showed up, pushing a cart with plates of food for the whole table.

It was a bizarre assortment of foods; a small piece of fish, slices of cheese, small crackers, and what looked like cottage cheese. The cottage cheese-looking stuff had a weird taste, like avocado and salsa, but it was good. The tea was some herb, and the water tasted normal. A cookie was on a tiny saucer-sized plate; it tasted like chocolate and marshmallow.

The people at the other tables were finished eating but stayed sitting there. Just as Sheldon took his last bite, a speaker came alive with something in their language. Everyone got up to leave except the people at their table.

Some music came on with an assortment of jazz, classical, and bizarre notes with a 5/4 tempo.

Quax said, "If you were looking around the room, you probably noticed that most people have brown hair and brown eyes, with some exceptions, like the idiots with green or purple hair.

"The redheads and blonds with the blue eyes wanted to move to Earth about 13,000 Earth years ago, so we took the redheads to what is now Scotland and the blonds to what is now western Russia by Finland.

There is a trickle of our residents who want to migrate to Earth, so we make trips to drop them off after extensive training about adapting to live with the extra gravity and your culture. They would have a hard time in the city, although, with TV, more may give it a try. We have one group in New York. When we return you, we will bring a couple of guys to Earth.

These six rare girls, having blue eyes and light brown hair, have earned the right to be bread with you two’s genetics.

We temporarily sterilize each newborn baby to limit the population growth here. After turning 20, the ones with enough points get the sterilization reversed. The highest group, like these