Chapter 89. World News
World News
In breaking news today, Traveller Corp has revealed that they have been engaged in a secret Traveller Mission in Israel.
In a press conference in Jerusalem, Professor Adrian Taylor of Transporter Corp made the surprise announcement of the Israeli project.
“This momentous Traveller project, called Israel Traveller, has differed from other Traveller missions in that we have tested the use of two Transporters,” explained Professor Taylor. “In conjunction with the skills of the militaries from te US and Israel, one Transporter was sent to the usual time of the 11th Century, while the assembly and then activation of the second Transporter in that time sent our brave Travellers back to the early First Century AD.”
“Our findings have been monumental. Not only did we gain footage of the most holy Temple of Jerusalem, which is an event of enormous significance to Jews globally, but our team made contact with a Roman patrol. Please be assured we will release all footage and findings over the coming weeks and months,” he said.
We have been informed by Transporter Corp that the reason for the secrecy of this momentous mission which was exposed by WikiLeaks is the technical complexity of the use of the two Transporters at the same time.
“The mission was audacious, and the findings exciting, but we weren’t able to officially announce it to the world as we feared it may not even get off the ground,” explained Professor Taylor. “After the findings of Byzantine Traveller, the choice to investigate the past of the Holy Land was a temptation we couldn’t resist, but the technical challenges have been enormous.”
The soon-to-be-revealed details, including footage and the identities of the academic and military Travellers involved, have yet to be released.