Colonization packages have changed significantly since 2100. Back when all we had to worry about was our own solar system we would send multiple robot ships with supplies to setup the initial habitation domes before the first people arrived. Boosting supplies before and after colonization was a small time affair of small rockets and smaller cargos drifting in the void of space between the planets and planetoids that orbited our sun. Then we found hyperspace and everything changed.
Of all the things I miss it is the loons. Their haunting, rhythmic tunes speak of melancholy and freedom at the same time. Their calls echo off the foggy mornings that hush almost all other sounds in the northern lakes. Add in the sound of fish jumping, waves lapping on the shore, and maybe an elk trumpeting it challenge to the nearest tree that disrespected it and you have the sounds that I grew up to. The buzzing of mosquitoes I can do without, but I love and remember the rest, and even the best simulations do not capture those moments right. I will always miss those sounds of home.
Only six episodes had originally been ordered for season four and the production team had planned to make that short season the best they’d ever made. Twilight used newly-acquired Japanese mecha in Denver and Fargo against terrorist and cyberterrorist foes, and the ratings of the first three episodes all but forced the network to lengthen the season. And that allowed the writing staff to slow the story down, splice in some good character episodes, and reveal the big bad much more slowly. It gave season four an interesting arc, from frenetic beginning to slow middle and then a ramp back up to the season finale.
The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle is the standard twenty-fourth century American hoverjeep. Nicknamed the Jolt due to horrible suspension when the wheels are deployed, the hoverjeep is designed to carry five soldiers (usually four standard infantry and one powered armor infantry) and a single heavy weapons turret into battle. Capable of driving, flying, and fighting in either operator-controlled or autonomous modes, the Jolts often act as tactical air support as well as tactical transport. They are seen throughout Alliance space and are the most numerous of the various tactical vehicles utilized by the Alliance member nations.
Every major colony world has at least one orbital elevator of some kind. They were all but required to support major imports and exports before Contact. Rocket launches were expensive, and standard colonization packages have come equipped with starter elevator kits since the 2150s. While not as capable as permanent orbital elevators, these single-tether elevators are generally everything a young colony needs. And many smaller colonies have never upgraded to a larger system at all.
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