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| In the year 122PE, researchers on one such station picked up a very strange signal: a ripple in their instruments which was too ordered to be natural. When other labs began to confirm their readings, something even stranger became apparent---all the instruments were picking this up simultaneously, with no light-speed delay. Rumours abounded of first contact with an advanced alien race, speculation as to their culture, appearance, and whether this marked humanity's first step into a galactic community. Until the signal was decoded, and the language was recognised. The Consortium had developed a method of communicating faster than light, and were beaming out instructions to the other outposts of humanity. This had two profound effects. The first was a golden age of technology, as researchers from six different systems were suddenly able to collaborate and share the advances of the last hundred years. The second was a new age of expansion---[[:technology#communication|FTL comms]] allowed the government in Elysium to retain control over far-flung outposts, meaning that going to new systems was no longer some flight of fancy for those seeking a new life, but a way to bring prosperity to the Empire. And the Elysians had had an opportunity which the other colonies had not---a reason to develop terraforming technology. | In the year 122PE, researchers on one such station picked up a very strange signal: a ripple in their instruments which was too ordered to be natural. When other labs began to confirm their readings, something even stranger became apparent---all the instruments were picking this up simultaneously, with no light-speed delay. Rumours abounded of first contact with an advanced alien race, speculation as to their culture, appearance, and whether this marked humanity's first step into a galactic community. Until the signal was decoded, and the language was recognised. The Consortium had developed a method of communicating faster than light, and were beaming out instructions to the other outposts of humanity. This had two profound effects. The first was a golden age of technology, as researchers from six different systems were suddenly able to collaborate and share the advances of the last hundred years. The second was a new age of expansion---[[:technology#communication|FTL comms]] allowed the government in Elysium to retain control over far-flung outposts, meaning that going to new systems was no longer some flight of fancy for those seeking a new life, but a way to bring prosperity to the Empire. And the Elysians had had an opportunity which the other colonies had not---a reason to develop terraforming technology. | ||
| - | Burgeoning [[:technology#communication|communication]] with Consortium, the [[the_enemy|Tel]] culture and others has grown since this "first contact". Initial wary cultural exchanges paved the way for trade and movement of people between the states. {{ nexus1.jpg?300|picture by Daniel Rusanov}} | + | Burgeoning [[:technology#communication|communication]] with Consortium, the [[the_enemy|Tel]] culture and others has grown since this "first contact". Initial wary cultural exchanges paved the way for trade and movement of people between the states. {{ wiki:nexus1.jpg?300|picture by Daniel Rusanov}} |
| In the early years, as trade routes were established and borders defined, all was well. Most systems harboured only a single habitable planet, even with the ability to terraform, and after a few initial skirmishes an uneasy agreement was made defining when a claim on a planet had been properly staked. By the standards of later days, this "stage 1" terraforming was simple---taking only a decade or so, and only working on the low hanging fruit (planets which needed only minor atmospheric tweaks to sustain human life). | In the early years, as trade routes were established and borders defined, all was well. Most systems harboured only a single habitable planet, even with the ability to terraform, and after a few initial skirmishes an uneasy agreement was made defining when a claim on a planet had been properly staked. By the standards of later days, this "stage 1" terraforming was simple---taking only a decade or so, and only working on the low hanging fruit (planets which needed only minor atmospheric tweaks to sustain human life). | ||
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