The Essential Galactic Atlas

by on October 18, 2012 at 12:01 am
Posted In: The Essential Galactic Atlas

NASA and so many others flew out to Alpha Centauri and Epsilon Indi and so many other systems on rocket ships, barely touching the barest depths of hyperspace for fear of running afoul of a rogue gravity wave.  We lost many ships scouting safe routes for the colony missions and transports to take.  A generation of our bravest men and women went where no one had gone before, just to see what was out there, knowing they might never come back.  They were truly amazing.

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Hello, my name is Jack

by on October 17, 2012 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

They wanted us under control.  We declined the invitation.  They started a public relations campaign to make us look dangerous.  It was really good.  I have to give them props for that.  They knew how to talk to the frightened and uneducated masses.  Of course, it wasn’t hard to make us look dangerous.  All they had to do was show footage of us in action in The War to prove that.  The trick was getting people to believe we could turn on them.  They were real tricky.

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Hello, my name is Betty

by on October 16, 2012 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

Memphis is an amazing world to live on, or visit for that matter.  It was colonized by Egypt, not the Elvis Reenactors Guild, but even so there actually is an American district on the world where the Reenactors put on quite a show.  Myself, I work at the Memphis Interstellar Spaceport, maintaining the massive white walls reminiscent of ancient Egypt.  The entire capital in fact is built to emulate ancient Egypt, giving it a very unique look.

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Hello, my name is Dorothy

by on October 15, 2012 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

There have always been rich and powerful families.  Some have named conspiracies after them.  Many thought that Contact would secure their fortunes for generations.  The Peloran though followed a policy of ignoring the world’s great families in favor of working with smaller groups.  This was not welcomed by the great and powerful, and they did not relinquish their power easily, or without a fight.

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Hello, my name is Charles

by on October 14, 2012 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

After Alpha Centauri, we traveled to Epsilon Indi and colonized the water world of Pacifica.  The best hyperdrive mankind could engineer spent two years taking us to the system.  It was an island of order in a sea of chaos, a completely different world, with no easy communication with home.  A new frontier.  Most people couldn’t conceive of that.  It took a special person to pass the colony mission qualifications.  Only the best of us went to the stars.

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