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If you are not located in the United States, you'll -have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using -this ebook. - - - -Title: Blackout - -Author: Joseph Farrell - -Release Date: June 19, 2020 [EBook #62426] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BLACKOUT *** - - - - -Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - -</pre> - - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/cover.jpg" width="347" height="500" alt=""/> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="titlepage"> - -<h1>BLACK-OUT</h1> - -<h2>By JOSEPH FARRELL</h2> - -<p>The destiny of a dying world lay<br /> -in another—a blue planet which<br /> -could not control its own.</p> - -<p>[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from<br /> -Planet Stories Winter 1943.<br /> -Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that<br /> -the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]</p> - -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>Old Thak watched fondly as the new telescope was being put into its -place. He had been a long time persuading the elders to build this -instrument, a duplicate of the one destroyed in the latest great war. -It was as fine a telescope as Mars could produce, and only Thak's -assurances that the work was of the greatest importance had secured -him this luxury.</p> - -<p>His project must succeed, he felt, glancing at his students. Like him, -they were almost spherical in shape, with fine arm-like appendages -ringing their middles. They were young and enthusiastic, and Thak -believed they could revive the science of astronomy. He, the last -astronomer of Mars, would teach them all he knew.</p> - -<p>The overseer of the workers was disgusted. "You waste our resources, -Thak," he declared. "You have taken two years of labor by dozens of -workers, and for what? So that you may look at the sky!"</p> - -<p>Thak's tentacles purpled, a sign of irritation. "You military men!" he -retorted. "It was your kind, Mitfpa, that destroyed our civilization -and reduced our race to a few hungry thousands. You have ruined -progress and science forever. You have hastened the death of our race. -Unless—"</p> - -<p>He waved through the open doorway, pointing out the early evening sky. -Just rising over the horizon was a blue body that was of a dazzling -brilliance, outshining all the other heavenly bodies. Thak's voice -became emotional.</p> - -<p>"On that planet," he said, "are civilized beings. They hold the only -hope for the salvation of our race. We must work to contact them, as -long as there is one of us to carry on!"</p> - -<p>"What is this, Thak?" Mitfpa demanded angrily. "How can you say, old -one, that people of intelligence live on the blue planet? You will tell -me next that you have been there!"</p> - -<p>The soldier laughed scornfully, but Thak's voice was unruffled as he -explained. "This is no mere fancy of mine. These people have been -signalling to us for some time. And when I signalled back by creating -a network of space-warping lines through our entire power system, they -strengthened their signals. Then came your war—"</p> - -<p>"Space warps?" Mitfpa growled. "More power wasted? How was this -accomplished?"</p> - -<p>The workers were bolting the last legs of the telescope into position, -and the students were making happy squeaks. Thak looked gratefully -toward his new instrument, and toward the scholars. A fine lot of young -ones, these. Perhaps, in them, astronomy would become once more a -science of great importance. Perhaps they would be the salvation of -Mars.</p> - -<p>He answered Mitfpa's questions. "The power used was very small. You -have heard of controlled space warps?"</p> - -<p>"What about it?" grumbled the soldier.</p> - -<p>"An interesting laboratory trick. But it also occurs in nature. -As a youth I once saw the light of stars bent around the sun in a -selector-scope; indeed, it was this very phenomenon that showed our -scientists how to make their own warps."</p> - -<p>"Enough of your lecture, old one. What was the result of this -scientific trickery?"</p> - -<p>"One as stupid as you would not understand the method," Thak replied -levelly, "but the result of warping all of our power beams was a -network of opaque lines that to an observer would be an obvious signal. -And now, if you are quite ready to leave—?"</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Grumbling, Mitfpa departed, taking his soldier-worker with him. Thak -checked the placement of the telescope, finally nodding in satisfaction -as he found everything in proper order. The four students crowded -around, watching with interest. He gazed good-naturedly at them.</p> - -<p>"Our work is a great one," he declared. "We must communicate with -the third planet by means of a system of signals that we shall work -out—in time. But there is so little time...." His tentacles curled -thoughtfully about him. "You have followed the work of our last great -physicist, <i>Mor</i> Gran?"</p> - -<p>"You mean," asked an alert youngster named Rofan, "the probability -tables worked out by him? Showing that the end is near for our race?"</p> - -<p>Thak nodded sadly. "Indeed, lad, the future appears dark. War and its -disorganization must inevitably strangle civilization. Even now our -race is thinned in numbers, and the beasts of the desert multiply."</p> - -<p>"There," he went on, waving toward the blue planet, "is our only hope. -If we can effect communication with them, and be guided by their -superior wisdom, we may yet rally. They may have some secret—some way -to prevent wars—"</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/illus.jpg" width="397" height="500" alt=""/> - <div class="caption"> - <p><i>"There!" Thak said. "There lies our only hope."</i></p> - </div> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>"You continue to speak of their superior wisdom, <i>Mor</i> Thak," said -Rofan. "How can you be so very sure of that?"</p> - -<p>"It is obvious, lad. Their signal system consists of spots of light -over the greater part of the land surface of their planet. I have shown -you the old photographs, taken before the last war, showing these -lights. Even with the small telescope I have been forced to use during -these lean years, I have watched the lights. What a mighty science -theirs must be that can make the night time light merely to signal -another planet! For that can be the only purpose of the lights."</p> - -<p>Rofan let his tentacles curl about him as he concentrated. "You must be -right," he finally agreed. "I was going to suggest that they might be -the lights of cities. I noticed many of them were situated where a city -would be likely—but there must be millions of beings to populate so -many cities—"</p> - -<p>One of the other pupils made a loud amused noise. "Whoever heard of -a city without a roof?" he demanded. "Could lights be seen through a -roof?"</p> - -<p>Rofan was embarrassed, and he remained very quiet for a while, -wondering how he could have made such a stupid error. Of course lights -could not be seen through a roof. And who had ever heard of a city -without a roof!</p> - -<p>Thak, paying no attention to the byplay, focused his lens with great -care. The students gathered about the concave bowl of white quartz. -The lights were lowered, and into the bowl moved a blurred sphere. As -Thak's tentacles moved the lenses closer and closer into focus, the -sphere resolved itself with more and more clarity, until it was a fine -image of the third planet.</p> - -<p>Awed by the splendor of the sight, the students could only stare. And -indeed it was a breathtaking spectacle, as if they were gathered in the -immense void of space itself, looking at the planet from a height of -several thousand miles.</p> - -<p>There were five continents in two major land masses, Thak had told -them. In addition, there were several islands of great size, at last -one being practically of continental dimensions, besides a host of -islands large and small which dotted the surface of the planet.</p> - -<p>The hemisphere on which they gazed was mostly water. The larger land -mass was passing from sight. And half of the smaller mass was presented -to their vision, a double continent that spread almost from pole to -pole, with a narrow isthmus joining north and south.</p> - -<p>Like all Martians, they thrilled to a scene of fearful beauty, and they -stood around the quartz bowl for a long time, not speaking, merely -watching the twin continents come into full view. None noticed old -Thak's eyes peering desperately at the image of the third planet. Nor -did they see the look of utter despair that grew in his face. They were -too intent on the strange scene.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>It was Rofan who first felt that something was wrong. The novelty was -wearing off, and an elusive thought made him uncomfortable. Something -was wrong with the picture ... what was it?</p> - -<p>Suddenly he realized. He turned to Thak. "But—the lights, <i>Mor</i> Thak? -The signals—"</p> - -<p>Thak's face looked as old as Mars itself as he gazed at his pupil. He -started to speak several times before he could manage.</p> - -<p>"We have failed," he said, in heavy tones. "Our signals must have been -too weak for the beings of the blue planet to detect. I had hoped—"</p> - -<p>He arose and looked sadly into the evening sky. "I had hoped I was -wrong. For two years now—our years—I have watched through my -small telescope, and the lights have been disappearing, one by one, -sometimes, but more often several at a time. I thought it was the -weakness of my instrument. I was wrong. Every light on the blue planet -has been blacked out..."</p> - -<p>His voice was a low wail. "<i>And—the blacking out of those lights means -a blackout of life on Mars. 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If you are not located in the United States, you'll -have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using -this ebook. - - - -Title: Blackout - -Author: Joseph Farrell - -Release Date: June 19, 2020 [EBook #62426] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BLACKOUT *** - - - - -Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - - - - - BLACK-OUT - - By JOSEPH FARRELL - - The destiny of a dying world lay - in another--a blue planet which - could not control its own. - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Planet Stories Winter 1943. - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - -Old Thak watched fondly as the new telescope was being put into its -place. He had been a long time persuading the elders to build this -instrument, a duplicate of the one destroyed in the latest great war. -It was as fine a telescope as Mars could produce, and only Thak's -assurances that the work was of the greatest importance had secured -him this luxury. - -His project must succeed, he felt, glancing at his students. Like him, -they were almost spherical in shape, with fine arm-like appendages -ringing their middles. They were young and enthusiastic, and Thak -believed they could revive the science of astronomy. He, the last -astronomer of Mars, would teach them all he knew. - -The overseer of the workers was disgusted. "You waste our resources, -Thak," he declared. "You have taken two years of labor by dozens of -workers, and for what? So that you may look at the sky!" - -Thak's tentacles purpled, a sign of irritation. "You military men!" he -retorted. "It was your kind, Mitfpa, that destroyed our civilization -and reduced our race to a few hungry thousands. You have ruined -progress and science forever. You have hastened the death of our race. -Unless--" - -He waved through the open doorway, pointing out the early evening sky. -Just rising over the horizon was a blue body that was of a dazzling -brilliance, outshining all the other heavenly bodies. Thak's voice -became emotional. - -"On that planet," he said, "are civilized beings. They hold the only -hope for the salvation of our race. We must work to contact them, as -long as there is one of us to carry on!" - -"What is this, Thak?" Mitfpa demanded angrily. "How can you say, old -one, that people of intelligence live on the blue planet? You will tell -me next that you have been there!" - -The soldier laughed scornfully, but Thak's voice was unruffled as he -explained. "This is no mere fancy of mine. These people have been -signalling to us for some time. And when I signalled back by creating -a network of space-warping lines through our entire power system, they -strengthened their signals. Then came your war--" - -"Space warps?" Mitfpa growled. "More power wasted? How was this -accomplished?" - -The workers were bolting the last legs of the telescope into position, -and the students were making happy squeaks. Thak looked gratefully -toward his new instrument, and toward the scholars. A fine lot of young -ones, these. Perhaps, in them, astronomy would become once more a -science of great importance. Perhaps they would be the salvation of -Mars. - -He answered Mitfpa's questions. "The power used was very small. You -have heard of controlled space warps?" - -"What about it?" grumbled the soldier. - -"An interesting laboratory trick. But it also occurs in nature. -As a youth I once saw the light of stars bent around the sun in a -selector-scope; indeed, it was this very phenomenon that showed our -scientists how to make their own warps." - -"Enough of your lecture, old one. What was the result of this -scientific trickery?" - -"One as stupid as you would not understand the method," Thak replied -levelly, "but the result of warping all of our power beams was a -network of opaque lines that to an observer would be an obvious signal. -And now, if you are quite ready to leave--?" - - * * * * * - -Grumbling, Mitfpa departed, taking his soldier-worker with him. Thak -checked the placement of the telescope, finally nodding in satisfaction -as he found everything in proper order. The four students crowded -around, watching with interest. He gazed good-naturedly at them. - -"Our work is a great one," he declared. "We must communicate with -the third planet by means of a system of signals that we shall work -out--in time. But there is so little time...." His tentacles curled -thoughtfully about him. "You have followed the work of our last great -physicist, _Mor_ Gran?" - -"You mean," asked an alert youngster named Rofan, "the probability -tables worked out by him? Showing that the end is near for our race?" - -Thak nodded sadly. "Indeed, lad, the future appears dark. War and its -disorganization must inevitably strangle civilization. Even now our -race is thinned in numbers, and the beasts of the desert multiply." - -"There," he went on, waving toward the blue planet, "is our only hope. -If we can effect communication with them, and be guided by their -superior wisdom, we may yet rally. They may have some secret--some way -to prevent wars--" - -[Illustration: _"There!" Thak said. "There lies our only hope."_] - -"You continue to speak of their superior wisdom, _Mor_ Thak," said -Rofan. "How can you be so very sure of that?" - -"It is obvious, lad. Their signal system consists of spots of light -over the greater part of the land surface of their planet. I have shown -you the old photographs, taken before the last war, showing these -lights. Even with the small telescope I have been forced to use during -these lean years, I have watched the lights. What a mighty science -theirs must be that can make the night time light merely to signal -another planet! For that can be the only purpose of the lights." - -Rofan let his tentacles curl about him as he concentrated. "You must be -right," he finally agreed. "I was going to suggest that they might be -the lights of cities. I noticed many of them were situated where a city -would be likely--but there must be millions of beings to populate so -many cities--" - -One of the other pupils made a loud amused noise. "Whoever heard of -a city without a roof?" he demanded. "Could lights be seen through a -roof?" - -Rofan was embarrassed, and he remained very quiet for a while, -wondering how he could have made such a stupid error. Of course lights -could not be seen through a roof. And who had ever heard of a city -without a roof! - -Thak, paying no attention to the byplay, focused his lens with great -care. The students gathered about the concave bowl of white quartz. -The lights were lowered, and into the bowl moved a blurred sphere. As -Thak's tentacles moved the lenses closer and closer into focus, the -sphere resolved itself with more and more clarity, until it was a fine -image of the third planet. - -Awed by the splendor of the sight, the students could only stare. And -indeed it was a breathtaking spectacle, as if they were gathered in the -immense void of space itself, looking at the planet from a height of -several thousand miles. - -There were five continents in two major land masses, Thak had told -them. In addition, there were several islands of great size, at last -one being practically of continental dimensions, besides a host of -islands large and small which dotted the surface of the planet. - -The hemisphere on which they gazed was mostly water. The larger land -mass was passing from sight. And half of the smaller mass was presented -to their vision, a double continent that spread almost from pole to -pole, with a narrow isthmus joining north and south. - -Like all Martians, they thrilled to a scene of fearful beauty, and they -stood around the quartz bowl for a long time, not speaking, merely -watching the twin continents come into full view. None noticed old -Thak's eyes peering desperately at the image of the third planet. Nor -did they see the look of utter despair that grew in his face. They were -too intent on the strange scene. - - * * * * * - -It was Rofan who first felt that something was wrong. The novelty was -wearing off, and an elusive thought made him uncomfortable. Something -was wrong with the picture ... what was it? - -Suddenly he realized. He turned to Thak. "But--the lights, _Mor_ Thak? -The signals--" - -Thak's face looked as old as Mars itself as he gazed at his pupil. He -started to speak several times before he could manage. - -"We have failed," he said, in heavy tones. "Our signals must have been -too weak for the beings of the blue planet to detect. I had hoped--" - -He arose and looked sadly into the evening sky. "I had hoped I was -wrong. For two years now--our years--I have watched through my -small telescope, and the lights have been disappearing, one by one, -sometimes, but more often several at a time. I thought it was the -weakness of my instrument. I was wrong. Every light on the blue planet -has been blacked out..." - -His voice was a low wail. "_And--the blacking out of those lights means -a blackout of life on Mars. 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