Elias Mach

The inventor of the wormhole drive was born November, 9 2529. 

Elias was a precocious child. At six years old he had created a game that every child in the Centauri Two space habitat played on their personal Emmies. At seven years old he was solving equations that his physics teacher father had not solved until his undergrad days. At eight he was in the seventh grade though he did most of his schoolwork at home because his parents had found that their son could frustrate even the best of teachers with his constant questions.

At ten Elias designed a material that could stand up to even the most powerful military lasers. He recalled in later years that he had seen a virtual reality vid where laser weapons were used to defeat the “good” guys. Even though they won in the end Elias didn't like it and he became determined to find a material to resist such a weapon.

It wasn't long until Elias' material, called mach-metal was being installed in military and other spaceships. A complete change in the tactics of ship-to-ship combat resulted. But Elias was just happy that now the “good” guys would be able to defend themselves if they had to fight.

At eleven . . .

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