Comm-Link:2516 - A Better Earth

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2516: A Better Earth
Series	Time Capsule
Type	Spectrum Dispatch
ID	12692
Published	2012-09-23
Source	2516: A Better Earth
In the series
Title Published 2075: The Stars Get A Little Closer 2012-09-08 2113: When Do We Go Too Far? 2012-09-09 2120: Give These People Air 2012-09-12 2125: A Dark Day 2012-09-13 2140: A Ship in Every Garage 2012-09-14 2157: Blue Skies on Mars 2012-09-15 2214: The March of Progress 2012-09-16 2232: The First Push 2012-09-17 2262: The Neso Triangle 2012-09-18 2271: One Small Jump for Man 2012-09-19 2380: Together We Rise 2012-09-20 2438: Hello 2012-09-21 2460: Breathe Free 2012-09-22 2516: A Better Earth 2012-09-23 2523: The Three Pillars 2012-09-20 2530: The Galaxy Gets Bigger 2012-09-25 2541: Awfully Crowded in My Sky 2012-09-26 2546: A Leader Rises 2012-09-27 2610: Tears of Fire 2012-09-28 2638: A Call for Sovereignty 2012-09-29 2681: Scorched Earth 2012-09-30 2758: Not in Nottingham 2012-10-01 2789: A Cold War Thaws 2012-10-02 2792: The Tide Rises 2012-10-03 2795: A Kinder, Gentler Human 2012-10-04 2800: The Neutral Zone 2012-10-05 2872: Behold Sisyphus 2012-10-06 2920: The Money Pit 2012-10-07 2928: Campaign Promises 2012-10-08 2934: A Dreamer Dreams 2012-10-09 2942. . . 2012-10-10

<translate> By 2516, the UNE had expanded into twelve systems. While jump-points and data relays allowed for quicker travel, to the systems on the edge, Earth was starting to feel quite far away.

Wei-Yin Song, one of the lead surveyors for the UNE’s Eastern Expansion Program, came across a discovery in a new system and drafted a message with an interesting idea.

TO: UNE HIGH COUNSEL

CC: General Kelso Trask, Senator Patricia Oat

RE: PROSPECTIVE SYSTEM

Ladies and Gentlemen:

As you know, my current assignment is to seek out and classify new systems for prospective terraforming and exploration. The latest system (342A) that my team and I have discovered is located in what can only be described as a confluence, a nexus. We have already discovered four jump-points in addition to the one we entered through with the possibility of a fifth on the horizon.

I am attaching a current map of the system in question with the zones still left for scanning as well as the already discovered jump-points. One of the planets (342A.03M) is a super-earth. Scans and scouting missions confirmed the presence of a naturally oxygen-based atmosphere, indigenous vegetation, vast oceans, and temperate climates. Deep in the southern region, a scout team discovered remnants of a rock formation, indicating that they were arranged that way but we have not discovered any indication of intelligent life.

In short, I would like to suggest that 342A.03M be established as a forward operating base for terraforming and expansion into the adjoining systems. The team has named the planet Terra to honor its similarities to Earth.

All of our current data and findings are included in this Comm-packet, I invite you to see for yourself.

Sincerely,

Wei-Yin Song

Chief Surveyor/Engineer

UNE EEP Project

The UNE Congress approved the plan to centralize Eastern system operations out of Terra. Over the years, cities grew and a new culture was born. </translate>

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