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…2012, the beginning of the twenty-first century.
"-Reactor operating at one hundred percent."
Diplomacy is almost dead, and nearly all of the world's peoples are on the brink of war.
"...All systems are on-line, and all stations report stand-by."
On every continent, civilian militias are waging gorilla wars;
"Disconnecting docking modules..."
Shadow organizations kept secrete for years, and sometimes centuries, are on the move.
"Helm, set orbital launch course. Bridge to engineering, stand-by to engage engines."
Every government is struggling to keep their own peoples safe.
"Energizing thrust capacitors..."
Hence, a single person stood up, and said stop.
"Chief, I'm detecting an overload in the system!"
He had an idea to give the nations of the world a reason to trust each other again;
"-Maxwell, what the hell are you doing?!"
He forced them to work together, or to die apart.
"Commander, stop what your doing or I'll shoot!"
And they listened; they pulled their resources, and they constructed a vessel to travel at the speed of light.
"He's tuned the over-load to route through the engine-core
Their mission; its purpose seemed simple enough...
"-A particle inversion-field has formed!! Hull breaches detected across the entire habitat rings!"
To explore space, the final frontier--The reasons seemed innocent enough...
"We're loosing containment integrity; the anti-matter containment seals are about to breach!"
To expand their knowledge of the universe--The goals seemed noble enough...
"Quantum rift detected; we're being pulled through the rift!"
To unite the world for the greater good. If those where the reasons, then why were they did they have to punished for it...?