Hello everyone and welcome to my first attempt at writing. Please give me some constructive criticism, i plan on editing this every now and then if I find something that needs to be changed, oh and please excuse the grammar, that is all please enjoy the story.
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Prologue -Background and Beginnings
It was the aftermath of humanity's third World War, the destructive nature of man had lead it to its lowest point in history; on the onset of alien interaction and discovery, humanity is lost; All alone in the dark. Seemingly, ready to either die out or regress into savagery it looked like only something amazing, as, an extraterrestrial first contact; or the discovery of some ancient high technology; or perhaps just some new miracle that would heal all wounds past and present could possibly save humanity.
In the end, of course it was neither one of those things, at the end of the last War, humanity was not only divided and tired; It was also wounded and in some ways ignorant of its past. It had
lost much of its expertise in technology. Save for those smart enough to survive it seemed that humanity had lost the progress it had made as a world and would fall into obscurity, never to achieve anything great in its existence ever again.
That was when 'It' was found, The Database, as it would later come to be called. A veritable Holy Grail of information collected by a group of people who'd made it their mission in life to preserve mankind's history; as well as advances in science and medicine, the schematics of machinery, the plans and documents of the planet's greatest minds and the thoughts of the peoples of the world.
All of this collected by people from all over the world, through travel, dedication to a mission and of course; the internet, it appeared that a unifying factor had appeared. A symbol for the survivors and re-claimers to cling to; from it man reclaimed the lost pieces of his past and
allowed it to resume its growth. The world's people; desperate and traumatised, clung to this artifact of the past and from it became something wondrous, for the first time in its history, Earth and Humanity stood United under one banner; The Earth Alliance was born.
But, the database did not only contain the usual knowledge that one would expect to be in it, the people who worked on it had not only included existing plans, but future ones, the plans of proposed devices; theoretical ideas and proposals, stolen from the world's governments and research laboratories were also gathered. New thoughts and ideas that may have not gained mush interest or recognition; were looked at in a new light and the projects were reinstated by the Earth Alliance with vigour.
Man's progress seemed ready to go full throttle; but, proposals and theories weren't the extent of the plans; there was more. A member of the team, a Dr. John Winder Smithers, had included gigabytes of data on multiple hard-drives relating to science of the fictional variety. TV shows and video games; books and ideas from man's imagination were all included in the hopes that man could remember not only what he had planned; but also what he could make should it be dedicated enough to take the risk. At first, this data was not as focused on as the existing and future plans and documents; some believing that such technologies were impossible by the laws of science, or too advanced for man to even think about attempting.
It was at this time that the second advance of humanity's destiny appeared, a Centauri ship appeared in Earth orbit, and with it the first definitive proof that man was not alone in the universe at large. After trying to manipulate man for their own ends with lies and false promises, the image of man and alien together as one diminished in the eyes of Humanity, though some mourned this, others were heartened by this display of individualism.
First contact had taught several lessons to Earth; one was that man was not alone; another was that while aliens did exist and did not seem to want to wipe out man; it didn't exactly seem like they would be the best of friends. The final, and what some would call the most important lesson was that, what had seemed impossible; was proven real. From this man began to wonder what else was possible. It seemed all that had been scoffed at as fiction by the world at large; had now become a beacon for the future of the human race. Some may wonder where this will lead, the world would research and investigate what advances could be made to the world; even if it seemed impossible; man was determined that it would find a way. The stubborn nature of humanity can sometimes be a terrible burden, but it does have its uses.
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So Basically in this fic the EA is a lot more curious and has a more devil may care attitude. Technologies that may have not seen the light of die or were left on the drawing board are going to be tested and tried. From this i also hope to include technologies from other fictional world's, but i'm not planning on giving them everything, they won't get warp 5 ships (yet ;p) and may only get warp 3 or less engines. So they're starting form scratch. This is where i'd really like some input, suggest a technology and give me at least a basic overview over how it works so I can try to incorporate it into the story. If it's too advanced it seems maybe dumb it down or reduce its effectiveness. I'm not planning on giving man everything but I am planning on them being better equipped.