Councilor: Book Six of The Channel Riders

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A last minute run to ferry small children and their parents away from government scientists' intent on experiments stranded her skyside for the off season. She assumed it would have some repercussions somewhere down the line, bu

lity; an evacuation that ended when the Matrovean accidentally destroyed the DF during their attack. The rest of the off seas

e. She was fairly certain that at some point soon the minutia of it would actually kill her. As she adjusted her course slightly so that

s lost to space or sea, those of the Guild long since developed the habit of erecting memory stones instead. Instead of grave sites, they built small parks and placed a family

, the only ship lost during the Matrovean attacks. Elena hoped she never had to call for such a stone to be placed again, but given the uncertainty of the

aked, " She reminded herself. She at lea

en to produce the other necessary day to day items, she helped settle those who could produce the raw goods such as flax for linen and desh for lonta ensuring the supply of the two most common cloth types the Guild used. Since cotton was an earth based good, lonta was used for generations as the next best thing. While producing the lonta cloth was an entirel

ower and fuel sources to power the generators. They had an entire generator set aside solely for recharging electronics and other ba

220 volts, Haven's generators were designed on a planet far from such concerns and required completely different configurations for compatibility.

th the dual evacuations, she saw everything from handheld video games, e-readers and even Rene's battery operated coffee pot being recharged at the public station. Oddl

sed. Idly she wondered how long it would take befor

ved as the rest when a way was found to regularly heat the cold spring water they were using to bathe. In all fairness, she coul

screen. As she was trained to look someone in the eyes when dealing with them, she found she distrusted people look

ld kill them, " Elena smiled as she thought of the var

tepped into the pilot house. The ship's cat, Spin wound around his ank

She knew he planned to ask her out on a real date once they returned home and she still hadn't decided how she felt about it. That she found him attrac

navigate channels leading from the oceans of Earth into a multitude of universes, Thompson was military. It was

ng their faulty knowledge were disastrous and Will Thompson was brought in to figure out a way to correct the many problems in their system. Their final attempt at building a channel rider was a vessel called the Rover. While the au

rider and allow his ship to be towed along once skyside. It was not a popular move and luckily he had not tried it with anyone other than Elena. She had the feeling other captains wou

stayed in port with her cousin Mateo, becoming part of his work force as the town was settled. It was deemed safer

ena still had doubts about their intentions. Concern over the military and the possible repercussions of her last second evacuation often made her wonder if a time was coming when she would nee

when the rather expensive program was shut down. All of them accepted the offer and remained in Haven. Thompson, however, was requ

icy - showers of Haven weren't to your liking?" He teased, dr

Haven's residents are seriously considering erecting a statue to Arnold for his amazing plumbing feats. However, once home I plan on a shower with water hot enough to ac

heater back with you when you

heavily on stone aqueducts and ancient bathhouses, she suspected a lot of pipes would be needed. She also figured that at some point the outhouses they were using would need to be replaced, but wasn't quite

ised." Thompson replied. "It i

ll complement of trained engineers it will take a couple o

the foreseeable future, " Thompson concluded

gs. She strongly suspected that her recent elevation to the Council representative for North

nly have Arnold, who is more or less winging it." Elena continued, pushing away her own worries

ere you can just pick up plumbers?

aid. "It's probably next to the store whe

rs?" Thompson asked his

tects are listed next to earth based reading material for pleasurable reading and the designers are listed after extra hiking boots in varied sizes. Apparently seve

want them larger?

t Deco themed design in the main rooms, with modern touches for private spaces. As one of the Shuler Clan was arguing for more mid-century modern elements for the public rooms at the time, it didn't go over well. I think Mateo hope

quipment used to provide oxygen and power." He frowned for a moment. "I thought the L

ready outgrew the old DF and needed to expand. In addition there were som

ked around. Some were ideas born of panic and fear of another Matrovean incursion, others had more solid basis in the changing needs of the Guild. She was thrilled that at the mo

ing material for pleasurable reading? With the Librarians and t

ger stock of earth based literature. Most of what they have is actually classroom related, textbooks

ite worn. I'm sure the books will give them a rest

people will be spending more time inside. The lending li

up on board games as we

uality of Elena becoming a Councilor in the distant future, the rapidity with which it happened had taken him, as well as everyone else, off guard, Elena included. Elena very quickly l

give you eventually

ed. She noticed they were getting

the channel up here

d her. "Since Jennifer's st

p out; she had no need to call out channel entry so everyone could scramble to safety. S

more of a danger when heading from Earth's oceans into space than on the reverse trip, but Elena was not one to unnecessarily risk her crew's lives. The bunk house, galley and Pilot house all had backup systems designed to kick in should the primary systems fail so they c

Elena didn't need any sort of gadgetry to see the channels. She simply saw them. That's why she was a pilot. From the skyside view, the Marta looked to be a blank space between the stars, a passage outlined with light where n

standing on the top of a snow covered hill with her sled. Even though everything told her that she was staying level, she felt as th

oked at her, but learned that not only would she not respond while goi

When Elena felt nearly blind with the white, the Storm Chaser slipped out of the other end of the channel landing with a splash in the Atlantic Ocean. Water sluiced over

yful mammals and they were seen as a sign of good fortune. Elena called the all clear before she could stop herself and charted a course for her home port o