Hello!
I don't own anything except some OCs and a little of the plot.
This is my first avatar history and it was in my head for a long time, so I hope you enjoy.
English is not my native language, so if you find some errors (or something really stupid), please let me know.
Prologue
Awakening
21/09/2174
ISV Lost Paradise Launching Site, Eastern Europe, Earth, Sol System
Twenty years!
Twenty years since a shadow began to spread on humankind. When direct and objective message came to Earth, carrying a possible death sentence for the years of peace, so hard-won after World War III.
Subject: Failure mission on Pandora.
Revolt of the natives. Irreparable losses. Complete failure of the mission. Departure of all the surviving personnel. Estimated Arrival on Earth: 5 years.
Once this message came to the UN, all state leaders met to discuss what to do next. It was a heated discussion, with many fights and disagreements until it reached a final consensus. The RDA, until that day, the responsible for managing resources on earth and for the extraction of these at Pandora would lose their privileges and their monopoly. All its military operations would be unauthorized and the control their ships would be passed to the UN Space Fleet.
It was obvious that the sharp drop of the larger organization on Earth would generate an economic turnaround, which no one expected. Then such privileges were being phased out, the departments were being dismantled and the sanctions incurred, as a form of punishment, would probably break the RDA in a matter of a few years.
Initially the population did not know exactly what was happening, but bad news travels fast and rumors fly. Over the months, everyone knew that the unobtanium supply was paralyzed and this could lead to the greater energy crisis in human history. At first people were arming themselves to blame governments, but it was not until a second message from the ISV Venture Star reach Earth and leak immediately to the internet.
Unlike the first one, this was bigger and brought more information about the reasons why the RDA was completely expelled from Pandora by the natives. The huge file was carrying images, text and videos containing reports about how the company handled the issue of the natives and how their complete inability to find a peaceful solution for both sides put in danger the entire human civilization. That discovery turned the opinion of the masses against the RDA and ended up being the last handful of dirt on the giant organization's grave.
Without the influence of the RDA, governments could take control of their countries again, but that obviously did not come easily. Several revolts and conflicts erupted across the globe until the States were able to stabilize again.
It was in the middle of this transition period that the ISV Venture Star returned to Earth.
With the arrival of the eyewitnesses of the conflict on Pandora, it was much easier to conclude what had happened on the moon. The natives were increasingly unhappy with the way humans were exploring the lands of his home world. The main members of the Avatar Program instead of helping in the negotiations ended up joining the native rebels. With the threat of a conflict in sight, the head of security operations took an impulsive and destructive attitude that broke out in a large, damaging battle, which caused irreparable losses and was fatal to the continuity of the mission.
With the testimonies collected and the responsible punished, the UN once again brought together the leaders from around the world to work out a plan that would ensure the return of mankind to Pandora and the recovery of unobtanium mines.
The stocks lasted about 25 years; it would be possible to reach 35 with strong rationing. From that day, unobtanium could no longer belong to private organizations and was considered a public resource. Whose sale would only generate enough money to fund their extraction and missions to the Alpha Centauri system.
They had 35 years to have ships loaded of unobtanium docking on Earth.
The clock is counting
Once the plan had been decided, the UN created a new squad in their army, the Interstellar Expeditionary Fleet, whose goal would be to defend the interests of humanity outside the borders of the solar system. About 400 of the best and most trained officers were embarking on that day to their first mission. The other 200 were civilians from various specialties needed to rebuild the human base on Pandora. They went through a three-year training to join forces with IEF and thus save the future of humanity.
All the 600 boarded under cheers and wishes "good luck" coming from a crowd that came to witness this historic event. Feelings of nervousness, anxiety and adventure ran in all those who were about to leave, but there was a feeling that both those who left and those who were surely shared.
Hope.
Thank you for reading this far. Let me know what you think.
