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Post by Dai on Jun 19, 2009 14:02:29 GMT 12
It is the year 22XX, and the planet Terra has become industrialized to the point of no return. Even through their attempts to fix things, the hole in the ozone layer steadily grew larger and larger, melting the South Ice Mass, like everyone said that it would. This forced humanity closer together, creating more and more problems. Attempts to colonize space have now begun, and the first launch was due for 21 September, 22XX.
200 ships lifted off, with enough fuel and oxygen to last for 60 years, and enough cryo-sleep pods to keep them alive until that was necessary. The launch was perfect, "clear' skies, no wind, went off without a hitch. The ships broke through the mass of space junk, Terra's "ring", as such, and ended up with a perfect cruise towards new life, leaving Terra behind them.
30 years later, one of the ships went off course, colliding with an asteroid field. The ship broke in two upon re-entry, sending twelve pods onto a collision course with the surface of the planet below...
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