In the year 2200 mankind was living on every planet, moon, and major asteroid in the solar system. Even space stations orbiting the gas giants-It was, in a sense, flourishing. Then, in thear 2228, the end came.
Several unusual attacks and raids were conducted on the colonized moons of the outer solar system. Titan, Rhea, and Ganymede, to name a few. These attacks emitted no radio signature, and survivors reported that the raiders had chaotic ship design.
And then Earth fell.
Earth, unexplainedly, was destroyed. At this point, a emergency government on the nigh-terraformed Mars was setup, and it was decided that 20 generationial 'seed' ships would be built and launched, keeping the inhabitants in stasis, cryogenically frozen because of the long journey. Pretty much everyone agreed that these 'raiders' were indeed Aliens, and that, eventually all of the planets would fall. People prayed, and when the first was constructed, it was named The S.S. New Earth, in honor of the fallen planet.
When you entered the cryo chamber designed specially for you, you thought of you're wife, and you're children. They had died when Earth fell-You were on a patrol of the Saturn's moons. Little would you know all you would fine when you arrived home would be a piece of rubble.
You will have revenge.
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When the stasis pods opened, there was a riot. The planet was gaian, but the people were split on how they should treat it.
The Gaian Federation-Intent on reducing any effects of pollution to the minimum but still surviving, even if it means a little less wealth or production.
The Commonwealth-This is the bulk of the crew of the ship, mainly intent on making a new federation of people to survive. Run-of-the-mill.
The Brothers of Prosperity-These people don't give a shit about the planets environment, but they are guaranteed to prosper and produe a little more than The Commonwealth and way more than The Federation, but have open hostilities with the Gaians.
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"Establishing orbit, sir."
"Good, Tom. How are the scanners going, Lt. Gagarin?" You say,
"Well and fine sir, we should have a full scan up within the hour, sir."
"Good, we'll want to know the most we can about this planet."
You nod, and after about 10 minutes, the red emergency-lights start flashing and the AI comes online.
"Intense radiation levels detected, imminent engine failure in T-minus 120 seconds."
"Helm! Take us down to the planet! NOW!"
"Yes Sir!"
The heat shields flash red, and as you're pilot overflanks you throw-up in the waste bin and pass out...
You wake up in medbay and the doctor nods, "He's awake!"
"Good, get him on his feet and tell him to come to the bridge please, we need him there."
After all the regular sickbay stuff, you head into the bridge.
"Sir," The XO says as he hands you a report and you start looking over it, "We encountered very heavy radiation upon entering the planet's orbit. It seems this planet has.. Electromagnetic storms, and heavy radiation. It is, however, a surprising candidate for terraformation to a basic degree at least. A lot of microbes and a few fungi-heavy areas, you wouldn't think it by looking at it from orbit but from looking at the history books, Sci-ward says it's in an early stage identical to Earth in it's early stages."
You're response?
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