User:Richie the sambert

Greetings. My name is Richie The Sambert.
I was born on the small planet X'annek'Th twenty years ago (1988). My parents discovered a time machine in the 1600s and went many centuries into the future. In the future, they were able to travel to X'annek'Th (then named "Federation 2C-9" by NASA), which was newly opened to humans for colonization. After a few years of settlement, they were able to take much of the technology to the past. When my parents were trying to go back to the 1600s, the time machine malfunctioned and stopped in 1986.

My parents used the technology they acquired from Federation 2C-9 to go back to that planet. They took with them many animals and strangers who agreed to help build a civilization there. Once they arrived, as they expected, there was nothing there. But that didn't stop them from building their own colony with the technology and resources they had available to them. They quickly renamed the planet to X'annek'Th.

As I grew up, I became curious about life on other planets. My parents tried to avoid telling me anything about their past, but when I was eighteen, they finally told me everything. I insisted on leaving for Earth to see what I had been missing. Though they were sad to see me go, they understood my positioning and let me use their starship (the NL-7001) to travel to Earth.

My Life on Earth
My life on Earth began with being shot down by the North American Defense System. My starship spiraled out of control and I crash landed in Lake Huron. Luckily, I was able to evade the lake patrol and swim to the nearby shore. The first thing I noticed about Earth was how similar it was to X'annek'Th. Unfortunately, I lost everything in the crash (including all the advanced technology I had [which was probably apprehended by the government or still at the bottom of Lake Huron]), but I quickly adapted to the way of life on Earth. I bounced from colony to colony (also referred to as "city to city") making my living among the rest of the humans.

As it stands, I am currently employed at a help center for humans that have lost their way. None of my human colleagues know of my true past, nor do any other humans. There are a select few humans who I have chosen to share my past with, as I know these few chosen ones will keep my secret with them.

Federation 2C-9 / X'annek'Th
This planet will not be discovered by the human race for another few centuries, but its history has been re-written with the interference my parents have caused. I can imagine that when we "discover" it and learn that it is populated with a few small colonies of humans just like us, it will be a great advancement for the human race.

As previously mentioned, the planet resembles Earth in many ways. It has grass, mountains, water, and oxygen. Weather varies just like it does on Earth.

Contact with this planet has been lost on my end. If the government has found my starship and is able to use the communication system, they may be able to contact my parents or others (or maybe they already have?).

The Time Machine
It is unknown who built the machine or how it came to be, but it was discovered by my parents in the 1600s (the time period they were from). They never told me where they found it because they felt it was "unsafe" to release that information.

How it worked

The machine had an on-board radius selector for moving many objects/people through time at once. One would enter a radius (maximum of 500 ft.) and initiate the countdown sequence (10 seconds). Once the countdown reached zero, time would begin moving backward at the speed of light. Only black can be seen from beyond the inside the radius. A digital display from within the radius displayed the year, month, day, and time.

Portability

The machine folded into a small case for easy portability. Once unfolded, it would mechanically rise to about 15 feet, just large enough for bringing other objects (like starships) through time.

Does the machine still work?

According to my parents, after it stopped in 1986, it never worked again. They stored the machine in a warehouse they built and they try to work on it every while to restore its function. They hope to one day go back to the 1600s, because when they originally left, they didn't tell their family members they were leaving for the future. They want to say their proper good-byes (or maybe even just stay in the 1600s and return to their normal lives).