TERRA EMPIRE: ON THE EVE OF WORLD WAR

Episode 17: IDEAS FOR THE FUTURE

The two teenagers arrived at the first-floor ballroom as President Tramp stood in the pulpit, delivering half of his speech. Three cameras on the left, right, and center of the room highlighted towards the podium where the leader of the country was located, uniformed television crews lined up behind each camera to keep an eye on the recording.

"...The Machina Factory, however, is also an important part of the country, the government, as well as the entire community. Thanks to what has been built and found in this company, we can have a lot of hope, which thanks to his discoveries that are not only amazing but really help our lives to be easier, simpler, and faster."

“What this company is doing is a milestone that makes America keep thinking how to be one step ahead of our friends or competitors in other countries, by continuing to create opportunities in the future where we give a lot of astounding influence, of course as a positive impact many want to learn from us. And as we believe, the more people imitate and want to learn, the more the quality of civilization increases."

"Technology is inevitably the key to preparing for a bright future for our children. With technology, we can increase the real influence as happened recently with drones whose models were created in this place. The drones are proven to be able to increase food power to military defense power in order to maintain the boundaries of state sovereignty that is beginning to be eroded by what we call globalization."

The guests applauded...

"What we are doing with the XK-19 type drones in Iran confirms that America is serious about fighting terrorism, especially when it finds a country using its nuclear weapons to intimidate neighboring countries, while on the other hand the interest to protect the American people itself needs to be pursued, he said, until unmanned combat aircraft become the answer to eliminate the casualties of our children who are in the military unit so that blood is not spilled in vain..."

The guests' applause grew.

"It is very clear that the role of Machina Factory in providing government support is one of the opening components of the new technological horizon, especially in the face of opponents who besides having deep hatred are also armed with advanced equipment. What is made and given by those who work in this place makes me, as the leader of this country, dare to say that indeed we will return to be a great country… because we have a great people like you-you all.”

“How much support this place provides to the government, it seems that the government is also obliged to provide back support that is not less large…” his speech was interrupted because visitors at the hall had given their response with applause, and after that Howard Tramp ended his speech with excitement.

“...it is my promise not only as a country leader who wants to give full support to his meritorious people, but also as a person, who wants to give a father's support to his son.”.

The clap of the hand grew louder, accompanied by a scream.

“...because only with the right attitude and love then we will gain our sovereignty back to live free from fear of terror, intimidation, intimidation, and threats and ensuring our children live in peace thanks to the protection of the technological heritage we prepare in the future.”

While everyone in the room applauded in a positive response to the President who had just finished his speech and was coming off the podium, there was something stuck in his heart. Jordan who makes him not want to believe just the beautiful sentences made by the leader of the country, however it sounds evocative and motivating the spirit of many people, he said, including Lana who was clapping at the time and was looking for the right opportunity to take a picture with the President.

“I don't think you like war,” whispered Jordan in Lana's ear. “Why are you so excited to listen to the person who triggered the problem in the Middle East?”

“I don't like war. But all he did was try to protect us from the ******, right?” reply to the girl with an astonished look because Jordan seemed not impressed at all with what Howard Tramp delivered. “We can't blame him for doing just that.”

Next Professor McQueen is invited to the podium by the MC where the scientist will demonstrate his company's latest discovery as the highlight of the event. At the same time two of his assistants, one of whom was Carl, walked onto the stage while pushing a table with something protruding on the pushtable with a white cloth covering it.

The man took a breath before speaking, while none of the invited guests took their eyes off him, "The earth is currently filled with plenty of abundance... food and water are served on our dining table easily without us needing to think where to get it, because the land we are exposed to gives everything to us."

"With the land that the earth has today, we know as a generation that lives in this time how easy it is still to plant seeds of plants that become human food needs such as wheat, rice, or corn. Unfortunately, researchers at Machina Factory found that the facility is slowly but surely receding in the future, a time for our children that should be a time of peace and security..."

"Human security in the future has been the vision of this company since its establishment, and the potential decline in the Earth's ability to produce all the abundance we enjoy at this time is a real threat due to pollution and waste. While the potential loss or possible sinking of productive ideal lands due to melting glaciers at both poles of the earth is also a threat that is no less terrible."

The multimedia screen is lit up and displays a series of images, "Try to imagine when the polar glaciers melt continuously throughout the year. Ice that turns into water certainly increases the volume of our earth's oceans, which makes the decline of groundwater quality until finally the land that originally existed becomes submerged."

"Not to mention the pile of garbage that reaches one and a half tons every day, it's only in San Francisco itself, until the simulation made by fellow scientists here will certainly thrill us all. By knowing the existence of the size of the garbage as it happens per day, their conclusion is that the land that we are stepping on today may not exist anymore because of accumulated garbage or damaged before the year 2100 comes."

The description of the professor supported by images displayed on the multimedia screen managed to make the audience whisper in a tense tone. Most were in disbelief, perhaps because they realized how serious the risk was.

"Considering that, one of the Machina Factory divisions that for several years has been actively helping the community to develop the agricultural industry, with drones, automated systems of irrigation of fields, and so on, back to contribute thought to overcome the potential crisis in the future."

"Our idea is to develop agricultural systems with a combination of dual solutions that will be applied in the region around the north and south poles. If this concept is successful, humanity will acquire new agricultural land without the need to bother to open forests that would otherwise have to remain the lungs of the world.." the man pointed to the multimedia screen. "...there you can see a simulation of a waste pile system in the middle of Antarctic waters that will later become the Final Disposal Place with cutting-edge technology."

"The TPA area will be equipped with technology in such a way that the waste that we once managed as humus with old technology can be directly processed by itself into a humus vehicle that is worth planting. While the filter machines that are supporting the system around this vehicle will be a drainage that stores water supply and watering the seeds planted in the vehicle to harvest."

"This simulation sounds like a theory or idea if it only appears in multimedia, of course, that's not what we want at this meeting, right? Moreover, the President is already present in our midst, of course there must be evidence given.." the two Tramps chuckled along with the laughter of the invited guests. "...Therefore it would be nice if I do a little technology demo to prove the success of this concept."

Archibald McQueen approached the pushtable that his two assistants had put on the podium, "Brothers, Machina Factory is proud to present Water Adopter Farming Technology, or what we often short as WAFT series two..."

The multimedia screen behind the professor displays a picture of a sophisticated looking water system in a floating corn field in the middle of the ocean, at the same time Professor McQueen pulled off the cloth cover from the object sheathed on the pushtable

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