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2) The second victims are the Challengers later in life. They're hit with a smaller model of the ray while reuniting in the desert. Ace, June, Red, and Prof are caught and disincorporate. Rocky, who ducks, is not. (COTU V3 8.) They remain disincorporated until a second use of the ray (which zaps the young Challs' convertible, item 5.) reincorporates them years later. 3) The third victims are the passengers of an airliner flown by Marlon Corbet. The jet crashes. The only survivors are Marlon Corbet, Kenn Kawa, Brenda Ruskin, Clay Brody, and Noel Saxon. (recreated by a news show in COTU V3 4.) 4) The fourth victims are the passengers on a jet liner flown by a friend of Marlon's. The jet reappears five minutes later and lands safely. (COTU V3 7.) 5) The last victims are Clay, Brenda, and Kenn. Watching from a jet, Rocky and Marlon see them vanish. (COTU V3 7.) They're reincorporated a day later when Prof applies a second use of the ray and rematerializes the convertible in the lab. (COTU V3 9.) |
Sifting the evidence, we conclude that Dr. Carcosa's ray disincorporates the victim without them realizing it. Another application of the ray (at the same frequency?) reincorporates them. While disincorporated, the victims don't age. They reappear without sensing any time was lost. Ace, June, Red, and Prof were disincorporated for years without realizing it. |
Also while disincorporated, the vehicle continues to move in space (or non-space) on their original trajectory. If they were stationary, they reappear in the same spot. If they were moving, their speed may vary, faster or slower. As in: - When Ace, June, Prof, and Red were disincorporated in the desert, they were not moving. Hence, when reincorporated, they reincorporated in the same spot. (COTU V3 7 and COTU V3 8.) - When the Challs' jet was first hit, it was moving say 200 MPH. When reincorporated minutes later, it was over Colorado, hundreds of miles off course. It accelerated in space. - When the young Chall's convertible vanished, it was moving say 50 MPH (COTU V3 7). A day later, Prof returned it to the lab (COTU V3 9). It decelerated in space. |
Oddly enough, though Dr. Carcosa's ray was developed as an offensive/defensive weapon, it causes the vehicles and victims no direct damage. Note: - The pre-Challs' jet went "haywire" and crashed because of a sabotage device planted on board. - Marlon Corbet's jet crashed because the plane was descending. Disincorporated, it continued to move through space. Reincorporated, it was too close to the ground and crashed. - The jetliner flown by Marlon's friend disappeared and reappeared without harm because it was flying high and only disincorporated for five minutes. |
None of which explains the SECOND fierce mesmerizing light. It's too coincidental that the light's appearance follows 1) an atomic explosion during World War II and 2) Dr. Carcosa's modern experiments with the disincorporating ray, such as here. Is the great light a tear in space? What does it reveal? That truth is still unknown... And Mister Sands know there are others who've seen the light. What happened to them? Sands explains he brought the new Challengers together to find them... |
