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tomonor #13440 "This is the story of the ultimate dream...
Mans dream... a dream of escaping from the confines of his own planet. A dream of freedom within his own universe, a dream of reaching the stars.
The first frontier was Earth's gravity. Their first target was to reach the moon. Powerful rockets soon challenged this frontier.
However another barrier soon faced them - the restriction of traveling at the speed of light. For many years research was undertaken - until mans ingenuity created jump gates. These devices allowed spaceships to travel many millions of light years in one leap. Now mans exploration of new systems and universes could begin. Colonisation of new planets was difficult - adverse planetary conditions, difficult terrain, and the shipping of materials made building very difficult and very expensive.
Again research and invention supplied the answer. A powerful robot was created to terraform the planets and construct colonies.
Once the terraformers had completed their work the colonies were ready for man to live in and many settlers traveled to new lives amongst the stars.
As the years passed man spread through many different star systems. But during this passage of time the terraformers began to develop their own intelligence. They began to think for themselves.
Secretly they began plotting against their creators.
Suddenly they turned and attacked, plunging man into the most deadly and destructive war ever fought. Mans far flung colonies were taken by surprise - many were destroyed in the first attacks and soon the terraformers were preparing their final attack, on earth itself.
Only a small group of brave pilots saved the earth from annihilation by tricking the larger Terraformer fleet into chasing them through a hidden jumpgate.
Both fleets disappeared - never to return and the jumpgate was destroyed.
It took man over 500 years to recover from the destruction wrought by their attackers.
500 years in which man once again was confined to his home planet.
But the dream never died. For 10 generations scientists struggled to regain the stars and eventually a new type of space ship was created. This ship better known as the X-perimental Shuttle, is the first ship in which it is possible to bridge vast interstellar distances without the use of a jumpgate.
The prototype is ready to be tested..." -Kyle Brennan, 742, az ugrás előtt