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July, 2054 A.D.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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The Earth was caught in a great battle[ST:n ]between unknown alien forces.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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Their weapons were terrifying and powerful[ST:n ]beyond human reckoning.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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Our planet was overwhelmed—its surface reduced[ST:n ]to ash and rubble in the blink of an eye.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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The Coalition government knew the war was coming;[ST:page p1=112 ]in response, they prepared the[ST:n ]Earthlife Colonization Project—Project Exodus.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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Interstellar arks were launched all across the planet—[ST:n ]from every major city on Earth.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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Bravely, we leapt from our cradle—our home[ST:n ]for the last four and a half billion years.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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But...most of the arks never even made it out of[ST:n ]the atmosphere. Only a small handful managed to escape.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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Among them was our ship, the White Whale.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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After leaving Earth behind,[ST:n ]we spent two years wandering in space, searching...[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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We thought of ourselves as the lucky ones—[ST:n ]the pioneers who would settle a new world.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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But our past caught up with us. Literally.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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The alien blitz was unrelenting. If not for the efforts[ST:n ]of a lone hero, we would never have survived.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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Our ship took heavy damage—we lost control.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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With our flight systems down, the White Whale[ST:n ]was pulled into the gravitational field of a nearby planet,[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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its hull shattering and breaking to pieces[ST:n ]as we plummeted toward the surface...[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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Since then, two months have passed.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |