One thing that a lot of people don’t know is that all uplifted cats are descended from the Hemingway Cats. They were considered the smartest and most adaptable of their kind, and the original gengineers spliced a lot of other cat species into them as well. The final result was on the large size for a standard housecat, but still within the range of possibility. The main two differences are the extra toes and opposable thumbs. And of course their minds.
The Peloran don’t share their star charts with us. We know they are vast, but they rarely actually tell us anything. The most they will do is warn us about areas that might be threats. After a few expeditions tore off into them and never returned, we started listening to their warnings. They really believe in the “give a man a fish or teach a man to fish” parable. Sometimes it gets aggravating, even to me. There are times when I just want to find out the answer.
After decades of Democratic first party rule in the United States, Free State politicians reformed the Republican Party. Their driving mission was to eradicate Slavery in every State and Territory, and Free Staters from almost every major party flocked to the Republican banner in the North. In the South, the Democrats maintained unfettered power, and as the election of 1860 came to a head, the divisions in our nation hardened to a literal breaking point.
Cats have traveled with us since the times of ancient Egypt. They were part of the ship’s crew, with a job like everyone else on board, from hunting birds to rodents aboard ship. They warned us of storms, served as good luck totems, and kept disease off ship. And so their genetically engineered descendants continue to perform those same jobs aboard modern starships. Sometimes, when they really feel like it, they even talk to us.
We’ve explored thousands of star systems since first going to the stars. But we’ve never been the first visitors. We’ve had centuries to explorer. The Peloran have had over two millennia, and we don’t know how long the Albion had before them. We may be the first Terran visitors, but we’re never the first humans. So if a Peloran tells you to beware a certain region of space, take heed. They’ve probably been there.
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