[like the TARDIS, he is very unhappy, but unlike her, he's going to voice his opinion on the matter once he's heard everything they have to say.]
Hyperstring technology and pocket universes?! And here I thought you humans were only stupid enough to mess with Time Technology before your time but you were experimenting with that as well?! You're lucky this was all that happened! You can't simply go about punching holes into different dimensions all willy-nilly! The walls between our universes loosened because of what you did and it'll take some time for them to heal.
Never mind what you or Ganymede tried to do with harnessing the power of a black hole. None of you are stellar engineers and even the greatest one of all got himself trapped in an alternate dimension thanks to his working with a black hole! And if you think that a ship like this carrying those eighteen hundred passengers is a "safer and optimal testing location" then you're even dumber than I could ever imagine! What idiot in that little clandestine group of yours said, "Oh yes, that sounds like a brilliant idea! We'll just build it into this brand new luxury cruiser and have hundreds of innocents come along because hey, why not?"?!
I have nothing wrong with humans pushing the limits of their technological capabilities, but to do so like this, when there are people who have no idea what's going on are involved, then yes, I certainly will have some issue with it! What exactly were you planning to do if you did achieve this silly nonsense of travelling briefly through a pocket universe only to arrive in another one parallel to this one? Might as well have tried travelling through a worm hole; how very sci-fi of you then! Did it ever enter any of your minds that hey, some of those passengers might not want to be involved in something like that? What if you couldn't get back, eh? What then?
Frankly, the pair of you are lucky I'm not from your universe and that you'll only have to answer to this interplanetary council of yours. Oh yes, and that every single person on-board this ship is still alive. Even that pathetic shell of a man over there. If they weren't...[he trails off, knowing he doesn't need to voice those thoughts.]
[finally, to Orion, he adds in a softer tone] As for you, Orion...I owe you my apologies. [though he still thinks that if Orion had simply nosed around some more, this wouldn't have happened in the first place, but still.] You did the right thing in sparing your father's life and if you can, make sure those two there and anybody else involved scrap every single thing related to this project. Burn it all, make it disappear. It's not humanity's time for such technology.
[Anand looks very taken aback by the outburst from a complete stranger, but after a few seconds, Chandra is downright furious, leaping to her feet to jab a finger at the Sphere] How dare you? How DARE you?! Did you think we wanted this to happen? Weren't you listening to my brother?! For all we knew even approaching a black hole was suicide! The only purpose of all of this was to move the gate to an unpopulated planet for further testing! It had to be kept disguised due to the outside interference of groups that would steal the gate and use it for their own purposes!
And who are you to judge us when you don't even know us--! [Anand interrupts then, taking his sister's arm and whispering to her, his expression stern and uncompromising. she's literally shaking with anger and shame, but she quiets down, letting Anand speak] ...forgive her. She didn't...see what happened after the evacuation. She was--[he chokes, and swallows hard against a lump in his throat] She was killed before we were able to leave the ship.
However, she is correct. We had no intention of using the gate while onboard this ship. But it was our...negligence that let this happen. Our negligence and our pride. While our intention may never have been to force pathways to other dimensions, that is what has occurred. We will do what we can to...to repent for what we have done.
[Orion kept his silence throughout all of that; in the end, he just nods to the Doctor] I'll do what I can. What has happened here...I think that's more than enough to convince them to end this project for good.
[his expression darkens from being challenged like that and he growls:] Ohhh, I was listening all right, and I dare because I can! I've seen far too many things go wrong because you humans blunder into situations like this and often, I'm the one who has to come in, sort things out, and set you lot back on your proper course, so yes, I think I do dare!
There are better ways to disguise a project like this than on a civilian ship and I really hope you get that someday. However, I can see that you've been rightly shamed for your stupidity in this affair, though, if I had my way, you'd never come near a lab or workshop ever again. You're lucky to be alive right now and you had better value this second chance you've been given.
[he straightens himself up, running a hand through his hair, and lets his anger go now that he's lambasted the two scientists.] I do have to ask why the project wasn't stopped when those strange things started occurring. Or hell, when your colleague took his own life! How are you two unaffected by this? Or have you simply not been on the project for as long as most of the others?
[Chandra looks like she wants to scream at him again, but Anand stops her with a shake of his head. she deflates after a second, turning her head away to murmur to himself] We have a right to explore, to learn. We...
[Anand shakes his head] You can say that it wasn't our fault, Chandra. Perhaps it is true that we weren't part of the decision making process. But we allowed for these events to run their course and so we are to blame, as well.
[he continues to speak to her for a few minutes until the tension has left to her, and then looks at the Doctor once more] At the time we weren't aware that our colleague was suffering because of the gate itself. It was only during the post mortem studies that we were able to discern the true cause of his death. That led to an investigation of the other strange events that had surrounded the project site. That was how we discovered that it was the gate that was the source of these anomalies. The project was sent to review, but...they determined that our next course of action would be to move the gate to a safer location, far from inhabited areas. There was even talk of manning it with android surrogates for researchers stationed on the surrounding moons of the chosen planet.
That was how we came to be on this ship. But I couldn't tell you why my sister and I, as well as the rest of our associates, have yet to feel the effects of the gate. We have been a part of the project since it's revival, but so far nothing has happened to us.
Of course you have a right to, I'd be completely mad to try and stop that! Nothing makes me happier than to see humans making discoveries and expanding the scope of their learning. You just have to find the proper way to do it, is all.
But I am concerned that you've yet to feel the effects--or perhaps you are and simply don't realise it? Something like this had to have effected more people than just your colleague and Ganymede.
[that seems to mollify Chandra, and she keeps her peace while her brother speaks] It could have effected all of us. Or none. When we make it back to Terran space all of us will have to be thoroughly examined, perhaps quarantined. Definitely moved far away from the gate itself.
Hyperstring technology and pocket universes?! And here I thought you humans were only stupid enough to mess with Time Technology before your time but you were experimenting with that as well?! You're lucky this was all that happened! You can't simply go about punching holes into different dimensions all willy-nilly! The walls between our universes loosened because of what you did and it'll take some time for them to heal.
Never mind what you or Ganymede tried to do with harnessing the power of a black hole. None of you are stellar engineers and even the greatest one of all got himself trapped in an alternate dimension thanks to his working with a black hole! And if you think that a ship like this carrying those eighteen hundred passengers is a "safer and optimal testing location" then you're even dumber than I could ever imagine! What idiot in that little clandestine group of yours said, "Oh yes, that sounds like a brilliant idea! We'll just build it into this brand new luxury cruiser and have hundreds of innocents come along because hey, why not?"?!
I have nothing wrong with humans pushing the limits of their technological capabilities, but to do so like this, when there are people who have no idea what's going on are involved, then yes, I certainly will have some issue with it! What exactly were you planning to do if you did achieve this silly nonsense of travelling briefly through a pocket universe only to arrive in another one parallel to this one? Might as well have tried travelling through a worm hole; how very sci-fi of you then! Did it ever enter any of your minds that hey, some of those passengers might not want to be involved in something like that? What if you couldn't get back, eh? What then?
Frankly, the pair of you are lucky I'm not from your universe and that you'll only have to answer to this interplanetary council of yours. Oh yes, and that every single person on-board this ship is still alive. Even that pathetic shell of a man over there. If they weren't...[he trails off, knowing he doesn't need to voice those thoughts.]
[finally, to Orion, he adds in a softer tone] As for you, Orion...I owe you my apologies. [though he still thinks that if Orion had simply nosed around some more, this wouldn't have happened in the first place, but still.] You did the right thing in sparing your father's life and if you can, make sure those two there and anybody else involved scrap every single thing related to this project. Burn it all, make it disappear. It's not humanity's time for such technology.
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And who are you to judge us when you don't even know us--! [Anand interrupts then, taking his sister's arm and whispering to her, his expression stern and uncompromising. she's literally shaking with anger and shame, but she quiets down, letting Anand speak] ...forgive her. She didn't...see what happened after the evacuation. She was--[he chokes, and swallows hard against a lump in his throat] She was killed before we were able to leave the ship.
However, she is correct. We had no intention of using the gate while onboard this ship. But it was our...negligence that let this happen. Our negligence and our pride. While our intention may never have been to force pathways to other dimensions, that is what has occurred. We will do what we can to...to repent for what we have done.
[Orion kept his silence throughout all of that; in the end, he just nods to the Doctor] I'll do what I can. What has happened here...I think that's more than enough to convince them to end this project for good.
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There are better ways to disguise a project like this than on a civilian ship and I really hope you get that someday. However, I can see that you've been rightly shamed for your stupidity in this affair, though, if I had my way, you'd never come near a lab or workshop ever again. You're lucky to be alive right now and you had better value this second chance you've been given.
[he straightens himself up, running a hand through his hair, and lets his anger go now that he's lambasted the two scientists.] I do have to ask why the project wasn't stopped when those strange things started occurring. Or hell, when your colleague took his own life! How are you two unaffected by this? Or have you simply not been on the project for as long as most of the others?
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[Anand shakes his head] You can say that it wasn't our fault, Chandra. Perhaps it is true that we weren't part of the decision making process. But we allowed for these events to run their course and so we are to blame, as well.
[he continues to speak to her for a few minutes until the tension has left to her, and then looks at the Doctor once more] At the time we weren't aware that our colleague was suffering because of the gate itself. It was only during the post mortem studies that we were able to discern the true cause of his death. That led to an investigation of the other strange events that had surrounded the project site. That was how we discovered that it was the gate that was the source of these anomalies. The project was sent to review, but...they determined that our next course of action would be to move the gate to a safer location, far from inhabited areas. There was even talk of manning it with android surrogates for researchers stationed on the surrounding moons of the chosen planet.
That was how we came to be on this ship. But I couldn't tell you why my sister and I, as well as the rest of our associates, have yet to feel the effects of the gate. We have been a part of the project since it's revival, but so far nothing has happened to us.
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But I am concerned that you've yet to feel the effects--or perhaps you are and simply don't realise it? Something like this had to have effected more people than just your colleague and Ganymede.
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