I grew up thinking America was composed of sovereign States. I’ve since learned that most are States, but that many are Commonwealths, Republics, or even in one case a Star Kingdom. And yet, they are all American. That was a mind job. The Star Kingdom of Hawaii’s HHMS Kaimiloa joined The Fleet in 2320, and I got to show them the ropes. And they showed me the lei of the land. It was a fun ride, between all the screaming and fighting of course.
Utopia is an old Greek word that means “no place” at all. Of course, “good place” has the same pronunciation, resulting in an historic debate over whether there is or can be any Utopia at all, anywhere. When the Western Alliance named the eighth common colony, we tried to prove that it was possible. As always, the politicians over promised and under delivered. I joined the planning commission after The War to pick up the pieces and make it real.
The Fermi Paradox asked why we had no Contact with aliens. Some suggested that alien was the operative word. There was no reason to assume that aliens were similar enough to us to want to talk. Perhaps they thought faster or slower, or maybe didn’t even talk at all. After all, what were the chances that life out there would be just like life here? Then they made Contact, and we found out that the odds truly were astronomical.
The Nigerians were one of the Big Three African countries back in the day. They actually even had a navy that meant something when The War began. When Africa joined the fight, the Aradu came in with guns thundering. Well, guns don’t really thunder in space, but aradu means thunder so I was waxing a bit poetic. And she’s got a real thing for thunder and lightning in her speeches too. Nice lady. Bigger than life. A little crazy. I like a little crazy.
Tranquility is the art of being free of stress or disturbances. We named the first place we set foot on Luna the Sea of Tranquility. And it was a top candidate name for the first six Alliance colony worlds. It finally won a majority vote for the seventh colony, and the first landing spot for the first colony ship is named Tranquility Base in honor of the Lunar Landing. I show visitors the replicas of Apollo Eleven and Tranquilitas One we maintain there.
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