Target Scan

The Synchro-Drive was humming along at its characteristic frequency. I liked to keep the frequency shifting just to spread out the noise across the scan spectrum. At other times, it was better to slide the frequency one way or the other and scan around it. I was testing to see at what distance I could acquire and track canopy waveforms. The results were astounding.

Nearly every direction I scanned was an emission from a canopy. Some were near, but most were far, and not in the same part of the network that I found myself. The higher frequency of the canopy signal was having an easier time making itself visible through the mesh networks that folded to form the structure of this fascinating region.

I detected a fairly local grouping of canopied tags, and took up a position to scan in detail. While my cloud of canopies was largely static, and immobile, this group had zip, zest, flow and attachment to various structures. It looked like great fun, but the best part was that I detected some very long waveforms.

After some tuning and shifting of some parameters, I was able to confirm my observation. Yes, there was an unmistakable return in the original magic molecule band, there was definitely one or more of the strings of seven-Sixes over there. It was the One-Seven-One just off the middle of the string that gave it away.