The final-round nominees for the Worldbuilding Awards have been announced! Among those nominations are no less than four articles from Astra Planeta:
Wondrous Nature Award: Earth
Strength & Honour Award: Ares Program
Pillars of Progress Award: Warp Drive
Best Article: Alone Together
I am incredibly humbled to be nominated alongside these other amazing worldbuilders and their stunning work in the first place. VOTING HAS ENDED! Thanks to everyone who voted; tune in to the awards ceremony on May 18th to find out whether any of these articles won!
First Contact with Calypsians
Diplomatic action
9/8
Humanity's exploration of the planet Calypso with the Arete mission yielded an astonishing discovery: an indigenous species of sophont, labeled Calypsians on account of their unpronounceable native name. The discovery of another extant sapient species in the universe produced an unprecedented and profound paradigm shift in humanity: the revelation that humans were not alone in the universe was a joyful one. Several decades after the Arete mission's safe return to Earth, humans received a transmission from the Calypsians, kick-starting a chain of long-term back-and-forth correspondence between the two species that eventually lead to their alliance with the United Spacefaring Sophonts Coalition.
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