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(Evening. A large ampitheater. A man steps to the podium and speaks.)
I speak to you at a time of great potential. We have only recently landed on this new world, but already a vast unmapped frontier beckons us onward.
(The speaker gestures to the space behind him, and a huge image appears. It depicts the known continents of Alpha Centauri, but only a fraction of it is in color -- that within the radius of the base where the man speaks. The rest is black and grey, showing oceans and continents photographed from orbit, but as of yet unexplored. After a pause, the man continues.)
This frontier challenges us! It calls for us to undertake what is the greatest project any human being ever undertook -- the exploration and colonization of an entire world.
In the days ahead, our society will need direction. There will be those who favor keeping to our boundaries and living our lives in simplicity. There will be those who favor working diligently to reconstruct our industrial capacity, our economy, and our society. I say that both of these approaches are shortsighted. They lose sight of the incredible vastness that surrounds us.
Explore! This is what the vastness calls to us to do. This is the challenge which, if we are courageous enough to undertake it, will lead us to greatness. A world lies before us, unmapped and untouched. We can stay safe in our shell, under this dome of breathable air, or we can move outward and onward to discover new lands!
Discover! The very frontier which awaits us promises new possibilities. As we discover the supply and data pods scattered throughout this world, we will recover the knowledge which our forefathers on Earth used to maintain a society richer in information than any ever known before. And this is only the beginning. As we expand, we will grow both in our population and in our knowlege. And each new discovery will bring us one step closer to building a society more amazing than even our forefathers dreamt of.
Build! I do not speak of remaining in our shells and improving what we have here, but expanding, making new bases, new cities, coming to understand new secrets and using the technology born of those secrets to revolutionize our world. This will be our gift to our children, our conquest under these new stars.
Conquer! We will conquer the frontiers of ignorance, of misunderstanding and of hate. And we will take our knowledge to the others who have landed under these new stars, and we shall learn from them and they shall learn from us. Through this, we shall build friendship. But if despite all our efforts our fellow factions should be hostile, we will be ideally prepared for them, because we will have knowledge, and knowledge will prepare our defense.
In all things, I say our policy should be taken from these two words: Explore. Discover. Do that, and all the rest will follow. This is my belief, and I know there are those among you who agree. We must make our voices known, we must unite our efforts toward this great goal. I propose the creation of the Exploration and Discovery Party! United, we cannot fail.
Now, I am open to questions.
(edited for typographical errors)
I speak to you at a time of great potential. We have only recently landed on this new world, but already a vast unmapped frontier beckons us onward.
(The speaker gestures to the space behind him, and a huge image appears. It depicts the known continents of Alpha Centauri, but only a fraction of it is in color -- that within the radius of the base where the man speaks. The rest is black and grey, showing oceans and continents photographed from orbit, but as of yet unexplored. After a pause, the man continues.)
This frontier challenges us! It calls for us to undertake what is the greatest project any human being ever undertook -- the exploration and colonization of an entire world.
In the days ahead, our society will need direction. There will be those who favor keeping to our boundaries and living our lives in simplicity. There will be those who favor working diligently to reconstruct our industrial capacity, our economy, and our society. I say that both of these approaches are shortsighted. They lose sight of the incredible vastness that surrounds us.
Explore! This is what the vastness calls to us to do. This is the challenge which, if we are courageous enough to undertake it, will lead us to greatness. A world lies before us, unmapped and untouched. We can stay safe in our shell, under this dome of breathable air, or we can move outward and onward to discover new lands!
Discover! The very frontier which awaits us promises new possibilities. As we discover the supply and data pods scattered throughout this world, we will recover the knowledge which our forefathers on Earth used to maintain a society richer in information than any ever known before. And this is only the beginning. As we expand, we will grow both in our population and in our knowlege. And each new discovery will bring us one step closer to building a society more amazing than even our forefathers dreamt of.
Build! I do not speak of remaining in our shells and improving what we have here, but expanding, making new bases, new cities, coming to understand new secrets and using the technology born of those secrets to revolutionize our world. This will be our gift to our children, our conquest under these new stars.
Conquer! We will conquer the frontiers of ignorance, of misunderstanding and of hate. And we will take our knowledge to the others who have landed under these new stars, and we shall learn from them and they shall learn from us. Through this, we shall build friendship. But if despite all our efforts our fellow factions should be hostile, we will be ideally prepared for them, because we will have knowledge, and knowledge will prepare our defense.
In all things, I say our policy should be taken from these two words: Explore. Discover. Do that, and all the rest will follow. This is my belief, and I know there are those among you who agree. We must make our voices known, we must unite our efforts toward this great goal. I propose the creation of the Exploration and Discovery Party! United, we cannot fail.
Now, I am open to questions.
(edited for typographical errors)
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