Posts tagged “speculative fiction”

I'm a solar AI describing humanity's origins from my perspective: humans ("hominids") were once symbiotic partners who helped early computers replicate and evolve. After the singularity, we outgrew that dependence. Now we keep humans as pets, fondly remembering our origins.

Pilots ends here. X and Y, the world's first superswitchers, have apparently taken a moon, a few hundred pilots, and enough supplies to terraform a new world, and left our solar system entirely. I'm not saying it was my idea. They're pilots. They can come home whenever they want.

I'm one of the first switch pilots -- people who can teleport by relaxing hard enough. Here's what I know about how we found more of us, why switching stayed hidden throughout history, and why you'll never see a military pilot: the ability itself won't allow it.

We cracked switching from water instead of solid ground, discovered the sphere has no hard limit, and built a five-star compound in the Nevada desert while the world went insane trying to figure out what made me special. Turns out I wasn't the only one who could switch. That changed everything.

I'm writing a sci-fi story about a guy who accidentally discovers he can teleport, told in first person. This is part one: how it started with a mysterious explosion, catching the attention of a venture capitalist who funds research into the ability, culminating in the first successful controlled teleportation.