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And as the moon rises, we shall prepare for war
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I took an online creative writing class to get some credits that I apperantly need, and we have to come up with an idea for a story and work out an outline for it.
I came up with an idea kind of based off the idea of using anti-matter as fuel for a space venture to a different planet, which would apperantly make it so that the fuel wouldn't be an issue becuase of the energy that can be produced from it.
Anyway, the story takes place in the future after what is essentially a second Cold War. In WWIII, near the end of the era, the world's population fell to be less than two billion.
Afterwards, several of the more powerful nations banded together to ensure that humanity would be able to live on even if they were to eliminate life on Earth. They formed a team of engineers and scientists to make this happen. After several years, they developed a ship that would be able to get a team of humans to Gliese 581 D, the nearest planet that would be deemed habitable.
With pretty much unlimited funds, they eventually develop the ship and assemble a team to pilot it and travel to the extrasolar planet and make a report back to Earth.
The ship falls out of contact after several years, as expected, and continues on. The story plays out similarly to Journey to the Center of the Earth, with the crew encountering various obstacles and other lifeforms and such.
However, by the time they reach the planet nearly 40 years after take off, the majority of the crew has died in one way or another, many due to sudden, unexplained insanity. The three that remain land on the planet and find the levels of oxygen to be hospitable. They exit the craft and they are able to move around without the aid of oxygen (although with some physical difficulty to the years without natural gravity). They send the report back, knowing that it will take years to reach Earth.
Those who made it, having hardly aged because of suspended animation due to the speed they were travelling, prepare to make the return journey.
However, along the way back, they come across another ship named the Mayblossum. In making contact with it, they learn that it was sent out over ninety years ago. The system in their ship was decided to be too dangerous, as when they fell out of contact it was sooner than expected and it was assumed that the defense system against space particles wasn't effective. In response, the Mayblossum was sent out, a much slower ship but nonetheless capable of sustaining life for hundreds of years with ease.
The Mayblossum current crew consisted of the children and grandchildren of the original crew. To them, Earth's just an old myth, agnate to Atlantis. And to Earth, they were most likely forgotten.
I came up with an idea kind of based off the idea of using anti-matter as fuel for a space venture to a different planet, which would apperantly make it so that the fuel wouldn't be an issue becuase of the energy that can be produced from it.
Anyway, the story takes place in the future after what is essentially a second Cold War. In WWIII, near the end of the era, the world's population fell to be less than two billion.
Afterwards, several of the more powerful nations banded together to ensure that humanity would be able to live on even if they were to eliminate life on Earth. They formed a team of engineers and scientists to make this happen. After several years, they developed a ship that would be able to get a team of humans to Gliese 581 D, the nearest planet that would be deemed habitable.
With pretty much unlimited funds, they eventually develop the ship and assemble a team to pilot it and travel to the extrasolar planet and make a report back to Earth.
The ship falls out of contact after several years, as expected, and continues on. The story plays out similarly to Journey to the Center of the Earth, with the crew encountering various obstacles and other lifeforms and such.
However, by the time they reach the planet nearly 40 years after take off, the majority of the crew has died in one way or another, many due to sudden, unexplained insanity. The three that remain land on the planet and find the levels of oxygen to be hospitable. They exit the craft and they are able to move around without the aid of oxygen (although with some physical difficulty to the years without natural gravity). They send the report back, knowing that it will take years to reach Earth.
Those who made it, having hardly aged because of suspended animation due to the speed they were travelling, prepare to make the return journey.
However, along the way back, they come across another ship named the Mayblossum. In making contact with it, they learn that it was sent out over ninety years ago. The system in their ship was decided to be too dangerous, as when they fell out of contact it was sooner than expected and it was assumed that the defense system against space particles wasn't effective. In response, the Mayblossum was sent out, a much slower ship but nonetheless capable of sustaining life for hundreds of years with ease.
The Mayblossum current crew consisted of the children and grandchildren of the original crew. To them, Earth's just an old myth, agnate to Atlantis. And to Earth, they were most likely forgotten.