I had my digital camera with me. I tried to photograph everything that I could. I found a notebook and drew a map of the location and wrote down as much as I could about various details and my theory on what this technology was being used for.
I tried to work my way through the control room in a systematic way to ensure I didn't miss anything. Perhaps if I gathered enough information we would be able to duplicate some of this back home. It was a long shot, but it could bring the human race a hell of a lot closer to exploring our galaxy.
My understanding of the machine grew in leaps and bounds. It seemed that much of the theory was based on gravity and it's relationship to space time. The transport coordinate system seemed to be based on this. It created a grid using the major gravitational pulls in the solar system. In this case it was the sun and jupiter.
This seemed to be their starting point, as it would have to also take into account the various gravitational pulls of all the other planets in the solar system. It seemed each planet layered another level of complexity on the machine. Not only that, but it would also have to take into account the motions of the planets. I would assume to even transport something from here to another place on Terra Durom would have to take the orbit speed and rotation into account, to prevent the object or person from ending up in outer space or deep underground.
Exploring this "alien" technology was the most rewarding thing I had ever done.
