Tottenville High School - Purple Parrot Yearbook (Staten Island, NY)

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lie Uffzkmfe ffm we The building was on the planet Zircon, a member of the Alpha Centauri system, 111.3 light years from Earth. Inside the building, all the members of, and delegates to the special meeting of the Galactic Council were sitting in complete, deathly silence. The President arose and spoke: t'It is the decision ol the council, that the highest punishment be inflicted upon Earth and its planetary system: its destructionf, A delegate from one of the many worlds arose to ask a question. A perfectly natural question, since no one but the council members knew why Earth was to be destroyed. L'Wl1y should we destroy the planet Earth?'7 The president answered :-nlt is a threat to the peaceful atmosphere existing among all the other inhabited planets of our galaxy. They are war- like, their basic social psychological path is war. They thrive on itf' 'allow do we know this?i' the delegate retorted. MThe last expedition sent to their sector of the galaxy discovered that they possessed the Atomic bomb and the Hydrogen bomb, and that they are preparing for another war. the president replied. The delegate continued to probe. 6'How will we destroy them?,, This time a scientist replied-the greatest Physicist the galaxy had ever known. hRecent discoveries i11 the field of Physics lead us to believe that the sole factor in the producing of energy is mass. Therefore, a bomb could be devised that, upon its detonation would convert mass completely to energy. This does not happen in the Eartlfs Sun. Millions of tons of mass are lost every second. If this lost mass were converted to energy, the Helium-H51 drogen conversion in their sun would be upset and the Sun would expand to many times its original size. Earth and its fellow planets would be de- stroyedf' mls this what will be done? the delegate asked. HYes,'7 replied the president in a final tone. :rrawazafvaafssfks The space ship arrived at its destination. the Solar System. The rocket- bomb was sent hustling toward the Sun. The spaceship. using its hyper-warp. On Earth, the flare from the rockets of the spaceship was reported to be nothing more than a strange comet. aa::t::xf:z::z:swkaOr4 On the same planet, in the same system. 4.3 years later. the council again convened. This time. however, they met in the evening outside the building. At the precise moment, they all turned their eyes to the night sky. A bright star appeared briefly and then vanished. The president arose from his chair and spoke. uGentlemen, our thought is confirmed, the Sun has exploded. Earth and the threat are gone forever. ROBER1' P1cARD AND CLYDE Fnxxxux 54

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