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The crew members of the UNSC Zeus have been carefully handpicked for a critical assignment. As Earth is being ravaged by climate change and other disasters, humanity's best hope is Proxima b-one of the few accessible planets that can support a human colony. But first, they have to get there in one piece! The four specialized members of the Command Team are surprised to be prematurely roused from stasis by the ship's AI computer, Professor. Zeus has suddenly and unexpectedly veered off course, and Professor's attempts to correct course have failed. The crew must quickly determine the cause and take immediate action to save the ship and the mission. And this isn't the only problem the four humans and their AI companion will face: Black holes, pulsars, and a mysterious entity all await them in this amazing adventure!

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Publié par	Outskirts Press
Date de parution	31 juillet 2020
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781977231659
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	3 Mo

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

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ACaNOWLEDGMENTS

To my grandchildren, Ava, Samantha, Lincoln, and Ty ler. They are a source of joy and inspiration.

Secondly, to my wife, Jeanne. She encouraged, edite d, and reedited ad infinitum. Thank you for your unwav ering support.

AUTHOR’S NOTES:

I love telling my grandchildren stories. Of course, they must be the lead characters, each defined with their own unique skill set. I encourage my grandchildren to dream about what co uld be rather than what is. Ideally, their curiosity will lead to discovery. To immortalize a yarn for future generations, it wa s suggested that I write a book. Okay then, why not? I quickly learned that telling and writing stories are twoverythings. Writing different ismuch, muchharder. Who knows? One day, in the future, they might even dust off this old story and together laugh out loud wondering, what was Papa th inking? Maybe, just maybe, their children will read it. I included my grandchildren’s schematics ofZeus. It was fun watching as they worked hard to include all the distinctive aspects of the star cruiser. Without any bias (ahem), they nailed it. I hope the memories bring them joy. They are my heroes, after all! Back to the ‘Yarn Tree’ I go… Scion Fra, aka Papa

Introduction 1. Preparation 2. According to Plan 3. Out of Nowhere 4. Danger! 5. Émergency Protocol 6. Rude Awakening 7. Duty Stations 8. Frightening Hypothesis 9. Discovery! 10. Time for Action 11. Accident 12. Lunch, Anyone? 13. Desperate Plan 14. Final Preparations 15. See You on the Other Side… 16. First Contact 17. What Just Happened? 18.ZeusÉnhanced 2.0 19. R and R Children’s Renditions ofZeus About the Author

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INTRODUCTION

Iem to ensure the survival of thet’s inevitable. Humans will populate the solar syst human species. Once the solar system is conquered, humans will onc e again look elsewhere, possibly colonizing promising alien planets, especi ally those close enough to reach within one generation. One such planet is Proxima b in the Alpha Centauri star system, our closest neighbor. It is only 4.2 light-years aw ay. A mere stone’s throw away from a cosmic perspective. Proxima b is in the so-called G oldilocks Zone, not too far, not too close, but just the right distance from its sun to support having water and even life! That’s what makes Proxima b so interesting and so i mportant. This book is about the first starship to travel into interstellar space toward Proxima b.

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Ee scarce. The possibility ofarth was in serious trouble. Critical resources wer devastating wars was imminent. World leaders finally understood what scientists ha d been saying for decades, that Earth would soon face one of many possible extincti on events including self-destruction. Realizing that time was not on their s ide, humanity reluctantly united with one overriding goal, and that was to ensure the sur vival of the species. Work began, in earnest, to overcome the daunting obstacles of firs t colonizing the solar system and then of interstellar travel to colonize alien plane ts. Tens of millions were employed alongside robots. The International Space Station’s size was tripled by 2050. This advanced Space Station added “near zero gravity” ma nufacturing and launching capabilities to the inner solar system. The old moo n outpost was transformed into a permanent complex. These multipurpose structures sh owcased advanced observatories, laboratories, mining operations, and launch pads. Mars’s sprawling planetary facility was used as the operational base for building a massive orbiting city, swarming with scientists, engineers, automated bots , factories, and docking bays. This was where the first starship, designed to carry col onists through interstellar space, would be built. This massive industrial complex, wi th more than one million inhabitants, could be seen from Earth with a standard telescope. Mining facilities were established on Ceres, the largest asteroid in the belt. Ceres w as then used as a base providing easy access to minerals from other asteroids in the belt. A scientific outpost was established on Saturn’s ice-covered moon, Enceladus , to explore living in extreme environments. The United Nation’s economies thrived; unemployment disappeared. The coalition spent trillions upon trillions on this race to the stars. It was epic. Proof positive of what a unified humanity could accomplish. It was now time to spread our wings and leave the solar system. It was finished! With great fanfare and hope, politicians declared E arth’s first interstellar starship space worthy. It was a massive vessel, a one-of-a-k ind technological wonder, designed and equipped to carry and support one hundred colon ists to another star system more than four light-years away. The starship and the cr ew, already in stasis, slowly detached from the floating city and began their lon g journey through interstellar space. Humanity wished the crew good luck. Who knows what lay ahead? The year was 2065.

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