“No utopia can ever give satisfaction to everyone, all the time. As their material conditions improve, men raise their sights and become discontented with power and possessions that once would have seemed beyond their wildest dreams. And even when the external world has granted all it can, there still remain the searchings of the mind and the longings of the heart.”
– Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke
This colony base with its military mission teeters on the edge of disaster.
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A generational colony ship has been sent to do an end run around the inhabited worlds of a species the humans of Earth have declared war upon. They are tasked with establishing a colony as a beachhead to launch attacks on the enemy flank. An engineering team has been sent in a smaller ship, the Lightbearer-Alpha just ahead of the colony ship to establish the infrastructure for the landing.
The challenges: Hostile Megafauna in an Oxygen-Rich Atmosphere as well as Dissent & Disagreement amongst the team.
The Characters:
(Dalton)
Main Character: Sibin Ukker (the Youth) - A brash young person who wants to uphold the Earth traditions, to never forget where they come from and desires respect from Jorges.
Minor Character: Nils Gezzun (the Homesteader)
(Ken Breese)
Main Character: Shar-Banu (the Freethinker) - A documentarian who wants a new society, free of Earth's norms and desires Sibin's help in presenting the data to that end.
Minor Character: Milow Beans (the Builder/Engineer)
(John Holt)
Main Character: Jorges Cao (the Visionary/Planner) - A driven engineer and architect who wants to tame the land and build a shining city while desiring Shar-Banu's help in keeping the others convinced that all is going well.
Minor Character: Kana (the Loner)
The Challenges:
(1) Deal with Dangerous Wildlife - a 3 week task
(2) Treat a disease afflicting the colony - a 2 day task
(3) Prevent Schism in the Community - a 2 week task
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Bored Ghosts we hope you found some distraction from your eternity in the void this week!