Post by Floyd Looney on Aug 17, 2009 23:24:30 GMT -5
The Jump Gate was a marvelous technological and scientific wonder. The scientists who flew through the gate to one hundred and fifty different solar systems reported back dozens of habitable worlds, although some of these were on the edge of being too hot or cold or low in oxygen, just barely being habitable.
Very few of the countries on Earth would allow their citizsens to leave to become a colonist. Governments kept tight control of the people and there was little reason to let thier slaves go. Although in some, like the US, letting some leave meant less wear and tear on infrastructure and safety systems.
The US did implemenbt the Total Tax though. If you became a colonist you had to leave literally everything you owned to the government. Which was interesting because you really couldn't take anything with you.
Earth was considered a prison and one of the best selling books, banned in most countries, some before it was even published was even called The World is a HellHole. It was apt. The entire planet now resembled an impoverished third world autocratic state. Such as things were.
One of the major drawbacks of the Gate was that with the ship, fuel and supplies there was really no more mass that the Gate could support going through. Only a specific amount of mass could go through and the wait for the next vessel was nearly two hours.
I consider myself an explorer, thats why I signed up for the expedition. Max over there is an artist and photographer. Over in the cafeteria you'll find Bernie the Botanist and Frederick the Zoologist. But Sandy, she is the real heart of the mission, she is a minerologist. Minerology could make or break a continent.
Without the basic necessities there is little chance a colony will thrive or advance technologically. Sure you could become an agrarian-fishing village kind of planet but who wants that?
Planet Kellogg-IV wanted out expedition to succeed even though the funding was not what one might hope. We all dreamed of making the big strike that would make us all rich. Copper, iron, bauxite, oil and gas were all possibly there for the taking. We had given up everything to be here and we wanted to make it work.
Very few settlements existed in the region we would be going to, there were reports of copper ingots being found right on the surface, but these were not confirmed. We all had high hopes though. It was hot, there was some water but not a lot, there were some Rulle Ranches for meat and some growing cotton and beans but little else but family plots.
As a matter of fact we would take the train from the Capitol to the border of this territory and head out on Ressback, some wagons were supposed to be waiting for us. We would cross the river on a ferry and we would be there, in Tejas.
Tejas, the wildest frontier in the 43 colonies.
Very few of the countries on Earth would allow their citizsens to leave to become a colonist. Governments kept tight control of the people and there was little reason to let thier slaves go. Although in some, like the US, letting some leave meant less wear and tear on infrastructure and safety systems.
The US did implemenbt the Total Tax though. If you became a colonist you had to leave literally everything you owned to the government. Which was interesting because you really couldn't take anything with you.
Earth was considered a prison and one of the best selling books, banned in most countries, some before it was even published was even called The World is a HellHole. It was apt. The entire planet now resembled an impoverished third world autocratic state. Such as things were.
One of the major drawbacks of the Gate was that with the ship, fuel and supplies there was really no more mass that the Gate could support going through. Only a specific amount of mass could go through and the wait for the next vessel was nearly two hours.
I consider myself an explorer, thats why I signed up for the expedition. Max over there is an artist and photographer. Over in the cafeteria you'll find Bernie the Botanist and Frederick the Zoologist. But Sandy, she is the real heart of the mission, she is a minerologist. Minerology could make or break a continent.
Without the basic necessities there is little chance a colony will thrive or advance technologically. Sure you could become an agrarian-fishing village kind of planet but who wants that?
Planet Kellogg-IV wanted out expedition to succeed even though the funding was not what one might hope. We all dreamed of making the big strike that would make us all rich. Copper, iron, bauxite, oil and gas were all possibly there for the taking. We had given up everything to be here and we wanted to make it work.
Very few settlements existed in the region we would be going to, there were reports of copper ingots being found right on the surface, but these were not confirmed. We all had high hopes though. It was hot, there was some water but not a lot, there were some Rulle Ranches for meat and some growing cotton and beans but little else but family plots.
As a matter of fact we would take the train from the Capitol to the border of this territory and head out on Ressback, some wagons were supposed to be waiting for us. We would cross the river on a ferry and we would be there, in Tejas.
Tejas, the wildest frontier in the 43 colonies.
