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{{Infobox commlink
|title = 2516: A Better Earth
|image = Comm-Link-2516.jpg
|url = https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/12692-2516-A-Better-Earth
|type = Spectrum Dispatch
|publicationdate = 2012-09-23
|series = Time Capsule
}}

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''By 2516, the [[Special:MyLanguage/UNE|UNE]] had expanded into twelve systems. While jump-points and data relays allowed for quicker travel, to the systems on the edge, [[Special:MyLanguage/Earth|Earth]] was starting to feel quite far away.

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


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'''TO:  UNE HIGH COUNSEL'''

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'''CC:  General [[Special:MyLanguage/Kelso Trask|Kelso Trask]], Senator [[Special:MyLanguage/Patricia Oat|Patricia Oat]]'''

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'''RE:  PROSPECTIVE SYSTEM'''

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Ladies and Gentlemen:

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As you know, my current assignment is to seek out and classify new systems for prospective terraforming and exploration.  The latest system ([[Special:MyLanguage/342A|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.

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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 ([[Special:MyLanguage/342A.03M|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.

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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 [[Special:MyLanguage/Terra|Terra]] to honor its similarities to Earth.

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

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Sincerely,

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Wei-Yin Song

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Chief Surveyor/Engineer

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UNE EEP Project

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''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.
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