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[Verto]

I will tentatively begin writing a short introduction/beginning, as soon as time permits. For now, I'll just right a few basic guidelines.

1.) Character, civilization, cultural, scientific, etc traits, must remain constant. If an individual's addition contains severe contradictions, the said individual will receive a warning, and the post will be corrected.

2.) Killing off a character is permitted, however, abuse of this allowance will have consequences. If you kill off a character, do so tastefully, and in a way that does not ruin the ongoing story, but adds to the plot depth and character development.

3.) Do not try to add anything that will have a negative or ruinous effect to the story. ie. "Out of nowhere, the ship blew up. The End" or "The ship was attacked by Mega-Super-Turbocharged Nuclear Missiles and everybody died."

4.) Most importantly: Use common sense in your posting. The entire purpose of this would be for FUN! It is a story in which everyone could contribute, and maybe bring more activity into the forum. Don't be a jerk by trying to ruin the story.

[Verto]

Introduction

It is the year 2006. The Kingdom of England, the Persian Protectorates, and the sprawling Japanese and Indian dominated Confederacy of Communist Republics have emerged as the dominant powers in the world, following the devastating Continental Wars of 1979-1991. Nuclear weapons have made entire continents desolate and uninhabitable, and turned great empires into specters of the past. This, combined with an ever growing population and a need for more resources, led the global powers into a Space Race, each attempting to gain a lead in exploring the last frontier. Following the failed launch of a spacecraft by the Persian Protectorate, the Kingdom of England began a crash program, assembling and training a crew of 300 men, women and children from every corner of the Kingdom, to make ready the Godspeed for launch on the 22nd of April, to Alpha Centauri.


I have to stop here, as I don't have time to write a proper beginning. I am just providing a brief introduction so everyone will know what kind of world our crew has been in, the situation in which our ship is being launched, etc. You may all wait for me to have the time to launch the ship(may be a while), or someone can (please) step in and launch our great vessel into the unknown!

[PresidentMarcos]

In 1978, however, before the start of the Continental Wars, the US launched several hundred thousand people on a top secret expedition to Mars. There, the prospered. And bred like jackrabbits. Now, after 18 years, they are coming to Earth to reclaim what is theirs...

The probeship hurtled through the blackness of space at over 40,000 kilometers an hour. Inside, the crew was in suspended animation. When they reached Earth, they would awake. And so, it would begin...

A few thousand kilometers away, the British exploration ship was coming to a halt on the far side of the moon. Suddenly, one of the astronauts noted something on the radar screen...

Then, just as quickly as it had appeared, the probe disappered, plunging into the atmosphere and into the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Britain...