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This is still a WIP. The link just below here is the ongoing work
docs.google.com/document/d/16tHFTm-sk…

The Human Archive Chapter 1: Exodus is at this link
roleplayerguild.com/topics/176143-the…

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Created the RP Here
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Prologue

In 2028 World War III broke out and thousands of years of civilization came crashing to an end in hours. 500 men and women were evacuated - some would say extracted against their will - and placed in cryogenic suspension in a temporary holding station on the Moon while a space ark was completed and the most suitable world found to colonize. The ship was simply called The Archive. It was finally launched in 2037.

In 2038 the survivors were awakened, but not informed of the fate of the Earth. Instead they were allowed to believe they were in a nuclear bunker. The readings from above suggested that their stay underground would be 12.7 years. The good news was that the bunker was designed to accommodate the next generation. In fact, by the time they were able to leave the bunker many would be too old to conceive children, so it was a necessity.

The trip was approximately 1400 LY. The ship achieved an intrinsic velocity of about 10% of the speed of light. This was augmented by a warp field that made their objective speed about 110x speed of light. Hence the 12.7 years. Finally deceleration began. 12.7 years after their journey had begun the news was broken. They were entering a whole new star system. Advanced reconnaissance of the entire system had begun years ago, mapping planets, moons, studying the star and nearby stars and planets.

Their savior had passed himself as a famous science fiction writer, with a serious college education. The name he used was his own pen name. But they soon learned his true identity was as a winner of four Nobel Prizes. He apologized for the deception, but had wanted to forestall the news of the fate of Earth.

There had, in fact, been two missions. The Lunar colony had originally been a secret plan for a penal colony to store terrorists. Many other survivors rescued at the end had been left there. That base had been incomplete as well. But once complete would have housed millions. The Earth was now a barren husk and might never recover. So that mission was seen as a potential dead end. The Archive could only house 500 plus the next generation.

In the years since the start of the voyage advances had been made in cryogenic suspension, so a return trip or continued trip was not out of the question. For now, however, the mission would be to colonize Avalon.

Chapter 2 - Avalon (unofficially Bob)
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Excellent. Got busy driving in snow storms past couple days. But will get back to work on this.

LOL, the one piece of realism I plan to ignore is alien diseases. That would be a short RP otherwise. I haven't written this part up, but the crew s going to learn that there is already a comm beacon relaying probe data back to the Moon where the one of the last prominent members of CDC Atlanta is still alive. For most of the journey robotic probes have been gathering samples, remotely being studied.

The scientist who built the space ark has been working on a more advanced drive that will make the net trip go faster ... maybe 5 years instead of 13. And cryogenic suspension has been under research to shorten the trip for the next wave.
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