The Inception: The Augmented Human Rebellion - Book 1 by Lefler Terry

Author:Lefler, Terry [Lefler, Terry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-03-04T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

The Frontiers

The fleet of 7 warships heads into the unknown, searching for adventure and profit. They stop at systems that look habitable and search for life-forms, and for valuable minerals. They keep records of the asteroids, which can be mined, and of the planets that could be inhabited.

Some weeks later they happen upon a system with two stars, and observe that some of the outer planets are shared by the stars. There are no signs of life on the shared planets, but each star has a planet with life signs and advanced technologies. The Nemesis is dispatched to one planet, and a shuttle, from the Liberty, is assigned to scout the other.

The Nemesis arrives first, and is welcomed by space ships and a space station. This civilization has space ships capable of reaching the planets in the neighboring star system, but no Faster Than Light (FTL) capabilities. One of the first questions from the new species is “How can we get the technology, to go faster than light?”

Sharing that kind of technology with a new species could be very profitable, but there are also moral obligations attached. For example, it would not be good to allow the militant Parma civilization to travel outside of their system. The commander of the Nemesis scouting party replies that those discussions will need to involve their commander, Admiral Nemo.

The ‘uturn’ people of the planet ‘Sternia’ are welcoming and friendly. They say that their star – named Zela - is the primary star in the 2 star systems. The other star is named ‘Freds’ and the species on Carna - the 3rd planet - call themselves ‘deawing’.

It turns out that the uturn species and the deawing species have a long history of war and hatred. The fight is always over control, with each planet trying to conquer the other. The only reason that they haven’t destroyed each other is that the trip between planets takes over 12 years. By the time the armies, or the missiles, from one planet arrive at their destination, the other planet has spent 12 years getting ready, and destroys the attacker.

Admiral Nemo receives the scouting reports, which indicate that both sides want technology advantages, and are willing to pay for them. The Admiral speaks with the scouting teams, and both teams report that the planets want the technology advantages, so that they can conquer or destroy the other planet.

Admiral Nemo orders the scouting teams to return to the Fleet, and sends a probe to each planet to announce, in their native language, that the fleet will not do business with either planet. Admiral Nemo tells both civilizations to ‘grow up’, and that the last thing they need, in this stage of their growth, is more technology.

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Civilization

The Fleet moves from system to system, without finding new clients or opportunities. Finally, there is some hope. The Fleet has entered a system that has a planet with a space station. As they watch, they witness a vessel emerging from FTL and heading toward the planet.

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