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Welcome to Sky’s Edge, the first of Earth’s colonies. Named for the man lauded as a savior, and despised as a killer.
Earth was dying. It was overcrowded, starving, and the environment was a mess. The world could only support half of the current population, and every year, that percentage went down. The only choice was to send colonists off to new worlds, in the hopes that they might escape the problems plaguing Earth.
The 21st and 22nd century was a tumultuous time for Earth. Wars ravaged its surface, diseases decimated the populace, and famine turned even the staunchest of allies into the bitterest of enemies. The larger and more powerful nations were able to take what they needed, some even started spreading out through the solar system, establishing colonies on other planets. The smaller, weaker nations didn’t have this luxury, they could only morn in silence as they watched their kin starve and wither away. Ironically, the very same conflict that caused former allies to tear at each other’s throats caused many foes to turn friends. The first two nations to join hands were Israel and Palestine. When Palestine was attacked by the surrounding fractured remains of the neighboring nations, Israel was the first to jump to their defense. They quickly formed a close relationship and together they worked on a plan to save some of their struggling countrymen. They decided to construct a generation ship, one that would carry them to a newly discovered planet 11.5 lightyears away. This planet was described to be a paradise, plenty of water, light, warmth, and judging from the earth-like atmospheric composition, even plant matter. It would take many generations to reach the planet, dubbed Journey’s End which orbited 61 Cygni A, a binary star. Soon several other nations joined their alliance, Chile, Brazil, and Iraq. After working a deal with the Post-Mortals desperate to escape the wars, they began to build their massive generational ships. In exchange for providing the funding, the Post-Mortals (humans genetically altered for dramatically increased lifespans) would have a spot on the ship for them. Rather than spend several hundred years aboard a ship in boredom, they hibernated in reefer-sleep caskets mounted on the aft exterior of the ship, where the vacuum of space would help keep them in reefer-sleep with a minimal amount of energy. They would be awoken by the descendants of the original crew when they reached paradise at Journeys end. With the help of the fledgling Skyjack faction, the Alliance built 5 ships, the Santiago, Palestine, Brazilia, Ehmet 7, and Baghdad. Designed to carry nearly a thousand Post-Mortals in reefer-sleep, with a crew of 200. In 2190 the Flotilla finally departed, igniting the lithium ant-lithium engines and hurled out into the void. Leaving behind the wars of Earth, the star of their birth, their friends and families, knowing they will never see them. They left behind everything familiar, heading for the promise of paradise at Journey’s End. Having lost two ships during the journey, one to an accident – later suspected as sabotage – and the other as a result of the betrayal of the Santiago’s captain, the relations between once friends had become that of enemies. Upon planetfall, the captain of the Santiago, Sky Haussmann, was hunted down and executed by the crew of his ship who feared what would happen when the other two ships arrived. While it did placate the crews and Post-Mortals (now called Miomos) for a time, it didn’t ease tensions between the three, with only fifty years passing before war broke out on Sky’s Edge. The paradise the colonists had dream of was a lush world full of unspoiled vegetation, clean air and free of hatred and conflict. They found this new world was far harsher than the one they left behind. The lush jungles contained many dangers, chief among them was the Hamadryad, a massive snake like creature capable of tearing through steel plating like tinfoil, and notoriously difficult to kill. That’s just one of the many horrific creatures stalking the jungles. Even the weather itself seems to be trying to kill these newcomers, storms routinely sweep over the lands, washing away all but the sturdiest structures. It’s little wonder why humanity’s first colony didn’t make much progress in 300 years, quickly becoming a backwater planet embroiled with war, where the people are tough by necessity, and one can be considered live past your 30’s.
The 21st and 22nd century was a tumultuous time for Earth. Wars ravaged its surface, diseases decimated the populace, and famine turned even the staunchest of allies into the bitterest of enemies. The larger and more powerful nations were able to take what they needed, some even started spreading out through the solar system, establishing colonies on other planets. The smaller, weaker nations didn’t have this luxury, they could only morn in silence as they watched their kin starve and wither away. Ironically, the very same conflict that caused former allies to tear at each other’s throats caused many foes to turn friends. The first two nations to join hands were Israel and Palestine. When Palestine was attacked by the surrounding fractured remains of the neighboring nations, Israel was the first to jump to their defense. They quickly formed a close relationship and together they worked on a plan to save some of their struggling countrymen. They decided to construct a generation ship, one that would carry them to a newly discovered planet 11.5 lightyears away. This planet was described to be a paradise, plenty of water, light, warmth, and judging from the earth-like atmospheric composition, even plant matter. It would take many generations to reach the planet, dubbed Journey’s End which orbited 61 Cygni A, a binary star. Soon several other nations joined their alliance, Chile, Brazil, and Iraq. After working a deal with the Post-Mortals desperate to escape the wars, they began to build their massive generational ships. In exchange for providing the funding, the Post-Mortals (humans genetically altered for dramatically increased lifespans) would have a spot on the ship for them. Rather than spend several hundred years aboard a ship in boredom, they hibernated in reefer-sleep caskets mounted on the aft exterior of the ship, where the vacuum of space would help keep them in reefer-sleep with a minimal amount of energy. They would be awoken by the descendants of the original crew when they reached paradise at Journeys end. With the help of the fledgling Skyjack faction, the Alliance built 5 ships, the Santiago, Palestine, Brazilia, Ehmet 7, and Baghdad. Designed to carry nearly a thousand Post-Mortals in reefer-sleep, with a crew of 200. In 2190 the Flotilla finally departed, igniting the lithium ant-lithium engines and hurled out into the void. Leaving behind the wars of Earth, the star of their birth, their friends and families, knowing they will never see them. They left behind everything familiar, heading for the promise of paradise at Journey’s End. Having lost two ships during the journey, one to an accident – later suspected as sabotage – and the other as a result of the betrayal of the Santiago’s captain, the relations between once friends had become that of enemies. Upon planetfall, the captain of the Santiago, Sky Haussmann, was hunted down and executed by the crew of his ship who feared what would happen when the other two ships arrived. While it did placate the crews and Post-Mortals (now called Miomos) for a time, it didn’t ease tensions between the three, with only fifty years passing before war broke out on Sky’s Edge. The paradise the colonists had dream of was a lush world full of unspoiled vegetation, clean air and free of hatred and conflict. They found this new world was far harsher than the one they left behind. The lush jungles contained many dangers, chief among them was the Hamadryad, a massive snake like creature capable of tearing through steel plating like tinfoil, and notoriously difficult to kill. That’s just one of the many horrific creatures stalking the jungles. Even the weather itself seems to be trying to kill these newcomers, storms routinely sweep over the lands, washing away all but the sturdiest structures. It’s little wonder why humanity’s first colony didn’t make much progress in 300 years, quickly becoming a backwater planet embroiled with war, where the people are tough by necessity, and one can be considered live past your 30’s.
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