2380: Together We Rise

Humanity seemed to be comfortably rolling towards the future. Planets in the Croshaw System were being terraformed for both habitation and resources. Three new jump-points had been discovered (two in Croshaw, one in our own) so the possibility of expanding into even more systems was becoming a reality.

The heads of governments from around the world gathered for a World Summit to discuss the next phase of global initiatives in space and here on Earth.

No one knew that it would lead to a new direction for humanity…
LRO NewsDiv Transcripts 4.23.80, 6:05CSET

Angela Brevot: It’s Week 2 of the World Summit and though there have been whispers that they are getting ready to make a big announcement. No one has been able to wrangle even a hint of what the nature of this announcement is. One analyst speculates that the announcement is probably a publicity ploy to keep the media focused on the Summit in a “desperate attempt to keep it relevant.”

Even so, every day at 6pm CSET, the NewsOrg crews set up in the audience chamber and wait. No indication as to whether there will be an announcement or not. This has been going on for eight days now.

4.23.80, 6:28CSET

Angela Brevot: About thirty seconds ago, an aide entered the audience chamber and collected the NewsOrg crews. He’s leading us somewhere deeper into the complex. Maybe the announcement isn’t a publicity stunt after all. As you can see, we’re being lead into…

This is the General Assembly. All of the delegates from all the governments in the world are still here. What is going on?

4.23.80, 6:42CSET

[DELEGATE IVAN TSANG IS AT THE PODIUM, FLANKED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GLOBAL SUPERPOWERS]

Ivan Tsang: Thank you for your patience. If everyone can please begin transmitting, we will start.

[pause]

Good evening. It is an exciting time in human history. We stand on the threshold of a new era, where deep space exploration and colonization are not simply a possibility, they are a certainty. Advances in terraform technology and astro-design are letting us travel further and further out into the cosmos. Scientists have discovered a pair of jump-points in the Croshaw system which, once crossed, will open up even more planets and systems for us to explore.

The goal of this Summit was to ask a question. It was not, where do we go from here? It was how do we go from here? Expansion on this level cannot succeed with competing national, political, even commercial interests. Our personal squabbles seem insignificant with the breadth of space open before us.

With that, the representatives of Earth have come together at this Summit. We have debated and discussed but concluded that if we are to set out into space, we must do so as a single, unified race. Therefore, we are announcing the intention to form a single governing body for this and all planets.

The United Nations of Earth.

Each of the government leaders before you will return with a referendum to their respective countries. There is a lot of work ahead. Many issues to address and resolve. We have a long road to building a stable working government of this magnitude. Know this, we will get there. We will be fair. We will be united. Thank you and good night. Over the next few years, countries debated amongst themselves and argued with each other. Though few admitted, everyone knew that they wouldn’t be able to maintain a consistent expansion into space on their own. It was only after the global superpowers started committing to the UNE that the remainder of the countries started to follow suit.

Humanity still had its differences, but when it came to the universe, now we were united.

Die Menschheit schien sich bequem in Richtung Zukunft zu bewegen. Die Planeten im Croshaw-System wurden sowohl für die Besiedlung als auch für die Ressourcen terraformiert. Drei neue Ansatzpunkte wurden entdeckt (zwei in Croshaw, einer in unserem eigenen), so dass die Möglichkeit, in noch mehr Systeme zu expandieren, Realität wurde.

Die Regierungschefs aus der ganzen Welt versammelten sich zu einem Weltgipfel, um die nächste Phase der globalen Initiativen im Weltraum und hier auf der Erde zu diskutieren.

Niemand wusste, dass es zu einer neuen Richtung für die Menschheit führen würde.....

LRO NewsDiv Abschriften 4.23.80, 6:05CSET

Angela Brevot: Es ist Woche 2 des Weltgipfels, und obwohl es Gerüchte gab, dass sie sich darauf vorbereiten, eine große Ankündigung zu machen. Niemand konnte sich auch nur einen Hauch davon erkämpfen, was die Art dieser Ankündigung ist. Ein Analyst spekuliert, dass die Ankündigung wahrscheinlich ein Werbetrick ist, um die Medien in einem "verzweifelten Versuch, sie relevant zu halten" auf den Gipfel zu konzentrieren.

Dennoch haben sich die NewsOrg-Teams jeden Tag um 18.00 Uhr CSET im Auditorium eingerichtet und warten. Keine Angabe, ob es eine Ankündigung geben wird oder nicht. Das geht nun schon seit acht Tagen so.

4.23.80, 6:28CSET

Angela Brevot: Vor etwa dreißig Sekunden betrat ein Helfer den Audienzzimmer und holte die NewsOrg-Besatzungen ab. Er führt uns irgendwo tiefer in den Komplex hinein. Vielleicht ist die Ankündigung doch kein Werbegag. Wie du sehen kannst, werden wir dazu angeleitet.....

Das ist die Generalversammlung. Alle Delegierten aller Regierungen der Welt sind noch hier. Was ist hier los?

4.23.80, 6:42CSET

[DELEGIERTER IVAN TSANG IST AUF DEM PODIUM, FLANKIERT VON VERTRETERN DER GLOBALEN SUPERMÄCHTE].

Ivan Tsang: Vielen Dank für Ihre Geduld. Wenn alle bitte mit der Übertragung beginnen können, werden wir anfangen.

(Pause)

Guten Abend. Es ist eine aufregende Zeit in der Menschheitsgeschichte. Wir stehen an der Schwelle zu einer neuen Ära, in der die Erforschung und Kolonisierung des Weltraums nicht nur eine Möglichkeit, sondern eine Gewissheit ist. Fortschritte in der Terraformtechnologie und im Astro-Design lassen uns immer weiter in den Kosmos hinausgehen. Wissenschaftler haben ein Paar Sprungbretter im Croshaw-System entdeckt, die, wenn sie einmal überquert sind, noch mehr Planeten und Systeme für uns öffnen werden.

Ziel dieses Gipfels war es, eine Frage zu stellen. Das war es nicht, was machen wir jetzt? Es war, wie wir von hier aus weitermachen können? Die Expansion auf dieser Ebene kann nicht mit konkurrierenden nationalen, politischen und sogar kommerziellen Interessen gelingen. Unsere persönlichen Streitereien scheinen angesichts der Weite des vor uns liegenden Raumes unbedeutend zu sein.

Damit sind die Vertreter der Erde zu diesem Gipfel zusammengekommen. Wir haben diskutiert und diskutiert, sind aber zu dem Schluss gekommen, dass wir, wenn wir in den Weltraum aufbrechen wollen, dies als eine einzige, einheitliche Rasse tun müssen. Deshalb kündigen wir die Absicht an, ein einziges Leitungsorgan für diesen und alle Planeten zu bilden.

Die Vereinten Nationen der Erde.

Jeder der Regierungschefs vor Ihnen wird mit einem Referendum in seine jeweiligen Länder zurückkehren. Es liegt noch viel Arbeit vor uns. Viele Probleme, die es zu lösen gilt. Wir haben einen langen Weg vor uns, um eine stabil funktionierende Regierung dieser Größenordnung aufzubauen. Wissen Sie das, wir werden es schaffen. Wir werden fair sein. Wir werden vereint sein. Danke und gute Nacht.


In den nächsten Jahren diskutierten die Länder untereinander und stritten miteinander. Obwohl nur wenige zugegeben haben, wusste jeder, dass er nicht in der Lage sein würde, eine konsequente Expansion in den Weltraum allein durchzuführen. Erst als die globalen Supermächte begannen, sich für die UNE zu engagieren, begannen die übrigen Länder, dem Beispiel zu folgen.

Die Menschheit hatte noch ihre Unterschiede, aber wenn es um das Universum ging, waren wir jetzt vereint.

Humanity seemed to be comfortably rolling towards the future. Planets in the Croshaw System were being terraformed for both habitation and resources. Three new jump-points had been discovered (two in Croshaw, one in our own) so the possibility of expanding into even more systems was becoming a reality.

The heads of governments from around the world gathered for a World Summit to discuss the next phase of global initiatives in space and here on Earth.

No one knew that it would lead to a new direction for humanity…
LRO NewsDiv Transcripts 4.23.80, 6:05CSET

Angela Brevot: It’s Week 2 of the World Summit and though there have been whispers that they are getting ready to make a big announcement. No one has been able to wrangle even a hint of what the nature of this announcement is. One analyst speculates that the announcement is probably a publicity ploy to keep the media focused on the Summit in a “desperate attempt to keep it relevant.”

Even so, every day at 6pm CSET, the NewsOrg crews set up in the audience chamber and wait. No indication as to whether there will be an announcement or not. This has been going on for eight days now.

4.23.80, 6:28CSET

Angela Brevot: About thirty seconds ago, an aide entered the audience chamber and collected the NewsOrg crews. He’s leading us somewhere deeper into the complex. Maybe the announcement isn’t a publicity stunt after all. As you can see, we’re being lead into…

This is the General Assembly. All of the delegates from all the governments in the world are still here. What is going on?

4.23.80, 6:42CSET

[DELEGATE IVAN TSANG IS AT THE PODIUM, FLANKED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GLOBAL SUPERPOWERS]

Ivan Tsang: Thank you for your patience. If everyone can please begin transmitting, we will start.

[pause]

Good evening. It is an exciting time in human history. We stand on the threshold of a new era, where deep space exploration and colonization are not simply a possibility, they are a certainty. Advances in terraform technology and astro-design are letting us travel further and further out into the cosmos. Scientists have discovered a pair of jump-points in the Croshaw system which, once crossed, will open up even more planets and systems for us to explore.

The goal of this Summit was to ask a question. It was not, where do we go from here? It was how do we go from here? Expansion on this level cannot succeed with competing national, political, even commercial interests. Our personal squabbles seem insignificant with the breadth of space open before us.

With that, the representatives of Earth have come together at this Summit. We have debated and discussed but concluded that if we are to set out into space, we must do so as a single, unified race. Therefore, we are announcing the intention to form a single governing body for this and all planets.

The United Nations of Earth.

Each of the government leaders before you will return with a referendum to their respective countries. There is a lot of work ahead. Many issues to address and resolve. We have a long road to building a stable working government of this magnitude. Know this, we will get there. We will be fair. We will be united. Thank you and good night. Over the next few years, countries debated amongst themselves and argued with each other. Though few admitted, everyone knew that they wouldn’t be able to maintain a consistent expansion into space on their own. It was only after the global superpowers started committing to the UNE that the remainder of the countries started to follow suit.

Humanity still had its differences, but when it came to the universe, now we were united.