Wands and Warframes

Research

"Harry, don't think about it too deeply. Apart from the family on Demios, they're all dead now. And all of this happened hundreds of years ago."

Harry laughs humourlessly, "I'm supposed to be a battle-hardened Tenno, and here I am being upset that I was used to increase the amount of suffering the Grineer go through just so that they needed to clone less of them."

"Aren't you the one that keeps telling me that I chose to be The Lotus? What about you? Are you Tenno or Harry?"

"I'm Harry of course."

"Then as Harry, you are allowed to be upset at these things. Anyway, are you ready to send the letter?"

"I am."

"Then I'm activating all of the trace programs, release in 3...2...1...Go!"

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Minerva yawned as she clambers off her bed and heads into the bathroom. As she's crossing her living room an owl swoops down and lands on the back of her armchair by the fire. Absently she unties the letter and summons an owl treat with her wand before continuing into the bathroom. She's just sat down and is staring at the letter when her sleep fogged brain clears enough to realise what just happened. It takes all of her experience not to immediately get up and check the door to her quarters. Instead, she opens the letter in a shaky hand.

Dear Deputy Headmistress,

Thank you for your prompt reply, and your suggestion. However, we are currently restricted to the solar system, so we cannot test the idea that moving one M I L E would allow us to leave the effect. We are however trying to plot a route to your location, so if you would return the owl with a letter in a day's time it would be greatly appreciated. We think that we will have nearly 90 days to try and locate you during that period.

Regards,

Natah (The Lotus), Harry.

Numbly she sits there and lets the letter drift to the floor, Solar system, they don't know what a mile is. It looks like they actually drew out the word. Where is Harry? When she finished with her morning ablutions and was dressed. She calmly, collectedly, and unhurriedly made her way to breakfast where she deliberately savoured every bite before making her way to her office. She then wrote a letter to a fellow Master in India that she'd corresponded with about a few articles in Transfiguration Today. Normally, she wouldn't expect a reply for a least a week due to the distance the owls have to fly. Restricted to the Solar System. She is only mildly surprised when the owl returns 30 minutes later with a bright red letter in its talons

"What the hell Professor McGonagall, I was in a meeting and your owl just breezes in as though our wards don't exist. If you are going to run magical experiments again in the future let me know in advance so that you don't cause a panic.

Madhavacharta Ashtikar"

Opening the bottom drawer of her desk she looks longingly at the bottle while she tries to decide if it's too early to have a dram or two.

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It's a couple of months later when Natah calls out, "Harry, I think I've got it."

Harry comes over, "Got what?"

"The location of the planet the educational establishment is on." – She points at a graph on the screen that shows a massive dip followed by two small spikes – "See here where the signal redshifts just below the detectable range of the Antenna, and then blueshifts for a few hours twice. I manufactured a drone with a trailing antenna twice as long and launched into the void around Lua. With that I was able to detect the signal. I then sent out a few Railjack missions to deposit copies of these drones in different parts of the void. This allowed me to draw a 4d map of where the signal overlaps and calculate the probable coordinates. Then, taking measurements at different times, I was able to configure the systems here to calculate its motion relative to us, giving us this 5d plot. It turns out it's not a long distance by Railjack, but you will be going deeper than anyone has ever gone before and returned to tell the tale, at least according to the records here. Not even the Ten-zero went as deep. Because of that we need to ensure that you have a receiver that can pick up the blue shifted signals from here."

"Ok, what does that mean?"

"You're going to need to talk with Cephalon Cy about installing a somatic link into your Railjack, along with designing a lander segment. He should enjoy the challenge. You'll also not have access to the storage on your Orbiter, so if you want to take anything you'll need to make sure it's on your Railjack. And, no that doesn't mean your entire plushie and bobblehead collection."