294 | John W. Warner IV mounted on the navigation panel; below them was another sun compass and moveable chart. We have three chronometers, one with a green face for time inside the ship, another brown one for the world outside, and the blue is for Berlin standard time. Time and space are directly affected by the electromagnetic bubble surrounding Bear. Antigravity affects time itself since gravity and time are linked at the hip. Well done, said Schafer. And here I thought you had been only reading pfennig novels. Excited, Baumann came up the stairs. ‘The faster the ship goes, the slower time moves on the inside, our perception of it anyway, we must make constant adjustments. It takes four of us Luftwaffe flyboys to pilot him efficiently, still many gremlins to work out. I need a flight engineer and copilot on the right panel, and a navigator and time keeper to my left. Lots of coordination between us at all times. The Tellus computer does the rest. No electronics at all, only crystals, gold wire, and strange gears inside. It.. .took some getting used to, Ill say that. We think the crystals are some sort of transistors, or perhaps storage devices for information. Gold-faced dials expertly etched with astrological images spoke to Porsche; he traced a line with his finger. Theres nothing strange about gears, young man. It reminds me of H.G. Wells and his time machine, loved that book. I like clocks, repaired them for fun as a boy. But this.. .this is a masterpiece. I must know how it functions. Whats this strange inlaid hand print? asked Alice, thumbing the exotic outlined alloy panel that was warm to the touch; a glittering diamond festooned the center of each fingertip outline. Bit flash. Baumann said: No one can figure that out yet, but weve tried and tried. Perhaps the ancients used it to connect with the Tellus telepathically. Its beyond my pay scale. What would a diamond be used for Professor? Porsche fingered them. T have no idea,young man. But Ill figure it out. Schafer placed his hand on the shaped indentation but it was too big to fit. The Atlanteans wouldnt have used it unless it provided a valuable function. A mystery we need to solve, one of many. As of now, its useless. Theosophist Manly P. Hall was right about Atlantis and her airships. Time I hit the head. Herr Schafer, if you dont mind, said Bernie, pointing, who then walked aft several paces to the ships toilet under guard, one of three facilities. Closing the door, he read the instructions for the new standard aircraft unit, the pale blue walls polished