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ladynox25Over the past month or so, I have had three vivid and weird dreams. I was way too busy to write them up at the time, so here goes:
In my dream, I was part of what I can only describe as some sort of exodus. We were striking out into new territory, possibly also fleeing from some problem or crisis where we came from. This exodus was hastily put together, but still fairly well organized. We had enough supplies to rebuild and people well trained in all the fields that would be needed in the rebuilding attempt, plus stores to keep us alive until the rebuilding was complete. The exodus consisted of several convoys that were leapfrogging across each other as they traveled along the chosen routes. This was in part to keep from overwhelming the resources at any one stopping place and in part an attempt to not put all our eggs in one basket. Like I said, I had the feeling that we were fleeing some sort of crisis, or maybe an enemy.
The weird part about this dream was the makeup of the convoys. Each convoy was made up of ten or so Space Shuttles and each convoy was escorted by an SR-71 Blackbird. Now first, there aren't that many Space Shuttles in existence, and the Blackbirds have been out of commission for years. Second, even if they were in commission, Blackbirds don't strike me as being ideal escorts in an enemy situation. They fly fast but they aren't well suited to air-to-air combat. Then, I can't imagine anywhere on Earth that you couldn't fly to using Blackbirds and Shuttles that would necessitate overnight stays and that sort of leapfrogging I just described. I can only assume then that the exodus was occurring through space. But then you have the problem of Blackbirds not being able to fly through space. And for all that Shuttles are space vehicles, they aren't meant for long-duration flights from planet to planet. So what I was seeing was essentially impossible on several levels. Anyway.
All of this is background for what was essentially a very short dream. I dreamed that the convoy I was a part of had stopped for some reason (a mandatory rest period for the pilots, maybe) at a military/industrial sort of base. Since I was not tired, I was standing outside on the balcony of a building where our assigned quarters were. I knew in my dream thathoya99 was inside somewhere. I could see a wall to my left, the balcony to my right, and an overhang partially above me to the left. Behind me there was the door I had come out of. In front of me the land sloped down in a slight decline, and maybe about 200 yards downhill there was something that looked like a power station of some sort, all wires going in and out and metal towers.
As I said, I was standing there and I saw another convoy, a different one from the one I was in, going diagonally overhead coming from behind me. I watched about seven or so Shuttles go by and then I saw the Blackbird escort come overhead, fairly low. It went by in the same direction as the Shuttles, but losing altitude the entire time. I thought that it was odd that it should do so, because that convoy was not supposed to land where we were. While I was still watching, the Blackbird curved to one side, then did a 180 degree loop around in front of me, still losing altitude and then plowed right into the power station. There was an explosion of purple and blue flame and smoke. It was at this point I woke up.
It was rather like watching a car wreck in slow motion. There was a moment when I realized what was about to happen and that I couldn't do anything about it, and another moment where I stood and stared, not being able to quite believe it. Then just before the impact I turned, opened the door behind me, and dived through. Strangely, there was no noise during the entirety of the dream, even though I imagine that Blackbirds, like all jet planes, make quite a bit of noise when they're that close, not to mention the explosion.
And I can't even begin to explain blue and purple flames and smoke. Blue I can understand, if that was a power station with electricity, the electricity might have arced blue. But *purple*????
In my dream, I was part of what I can only describe as some sort of exodus. We were striking out into new territory, possibly also fleeing from some problem or crisis where we came from. This exodus was hastily put together, but still fairly well organized. We had enough supplies to rebuild and people well trained in all the fields that would be needed in the rebuilding attempt, plus stores to keep us alive until the rebuilding was complete. The exodus consisted of several convoys that were leapfrogging across each other as they traveled along the chosen routes. This was in part to keep from overwhelming the resources at any one stopping place and in part an attempt to not put all our eggs in one basket. Like I said, I had the feeling that we were fleeing some sort of crisis, or maybe an enemy.
The weird part about this dream was the makeup of the convoys. Each convoy was made up of ten or so Space Shuttles and each convoy was escorted by an SR-71 Blackbird. Now first, there aren't that many Space Shuttles in existence, and the Blackbirds have been out of commission for years. Second, even if they were in commission, Blackbirds don't strike me as being ideal escorts in an enemy situation. They fly fast but they aren't well suited to air-to-air combat. Then, I can't imagine anywhere on Earth that you couldn't fly to using Blackbirds and Shuttles that would necessitate overnight stays and that sort of leapfrogging I just described. I can only assume then that the exodus was occurring through space. But then you have the problem of Blackbirds not being able to fly through space. And for all that Shuttles are space vehicles, they aren't meant for long-duration flights from planet to planet. So what I was seeing was essentially impossible on several levels. Anyway.
All of this is background for what was essentially a very short dream. I dreamed that the convoy I was a part of had stopped for some reason (a mandatory rest period for the pilots, maybe) at a military/industrial sort of base. Since I was not tired, I was standing outside on the balcony of a building where our assigned quarters were. I knew in my dream that
hoya99 was inside somewhere. I could see a wall to my left, the balcony to my right, and an overhang partially above me to the left. Behind me there was the door I had come out of. In front of me the land sloped down in a slight decline, and maybe about 200 yards downhill there was something that looked like a power station of some sort, all wires going in and out and metal towers.As I said, I was standing there and I saw another convoy, a different one from the one I was in, going diagonally overhead coming from behind me. I watched about seven or so Shuttles go by and then I saw the Blackbird escort come overhead, fairly low. It went by in the same direction as the Shuttles, but losing altitude the entire time. I thought that it was odd that it should do so, because that convoy was not supposed to land where we were. While I was still watching, the Blackbird curved to one side, then did a 180 degree loop around in front of me, still losing altitude and then plowed right into the power station. There was an explosion of purple and blue flame and smoke. It was at this point I woke up.
It was rather like watching a car wreck in slow motion. There was a moment when I realized what was about to happen and that I couldn't do anything about it, and another moment where I stood and stared, not being able to quite believe it. Then just before the impact I turned, opened the door behind me, and dived through. Strangely, there was no noise during the entirety of the dream, even though I imagine that Blackbirds, like all jet planes, make quite a bit of noise when they're that close, not to mention the explosion.
And I can't even begin to explain blue and purple flames and smoke. Blue I can understand, if that was a power station with electricity, the electricity might have arced blue. But *purple*????
