Of Stargates and Chocolate Pudding: Tales from Atlantis
Written by Lisa Badal-Smith
Oxford University Press Pty Ltd.
Published 8th January, 2086
Author's note
Since the public was made aware of the existence of the international space station known as "Atlantis" in 2025, much has been made available about the history and operation of the base. However, not enough is known about the personnel and their lives aboard the city. As a modern historian, and the Earth's foremost expert on Stargate operations in the Pegasus galaxy between 2005 and 2025, I have found myself trawling through incident reports, official email communications, military orders and scientific papers that mostly make for dry reading.
And so, it was with a lightened heart that I stumbled across this story. It is my opinion that history need not always be about significance. Sometimes, it is more valuable to remember the ordinary in amongst the extraordinary. It helps us remember what it is to be human. What it is to live.
Many of the readers of this little indulgence of mine will undoubtedly recognise the names of the main protagonists; Evan Lorne and Abigael Addison. Lieutenant General Evan Lorne was the eventual commander of Atlantis, the centre of Earth activity in the Pegasus Galaxy and one of the most outspoken supporters of the eventual push to begin colonising surrounding planets and systems. Proffesor Emeritus Abigael Addison AO was awarded the Officer of the Order of Australia award at the age of 46 for her work in climate change research and is one of the most recognisable scientific figures of the 21st Century. This is the tale of how two of the most important humans in the known universe came to do something as ordinary and every day as fall in love.
The following story is told in emails, incident reports and excerpts from personal communications. I have included notes throughout to fill in any gaps left by these records. It is my hope that you will find this story as delightful and uplifting as I did.
Dr Lisa Badal-Smith,
Department of Modern History
Oxford University
August, 2084