NationStates Jolt Archive

Midnight
August 28th, 2057

In the Great Sea, a large rail rose out of the ocean. A whole platform raised it out, and then kept going until the rail was fully out of the water. Sailing from John Paul Jones Naval Base sailed the Crane Ship Arctus and the freighter Shawn, Tortuga.

On board the Shawn, Tortuga sat a strange vehicle with a large pair of wings. Anyone with knowledge of aero-space would know that it was a lifting body vehicle.

The Arctus swung it's crane over and with a flurry of activity, the strange vehicle was swung over and onto the rail. Hanging inches above, several panels folded down around the rail, and a loud humming began to sound. The crane released its hooks and retracted the cable.

The vehicle, registry number XRS-1187A, hovered on the rail as the crew boarded the vehicle. There where thirty of them in all, and they all wore spacesuits.

As soon as everything was ready, an alarm sounded, and the crew of the platform rushed into shelters.

The humming increased, though only a hovering audio-visual drone was able to actually hear it. As it grew louder and louder, the vehicle began to shake, until it shot up the rail and into the upper atmosphere.

Inside The Pillar, deep within the state of Lakota, the screens of the various commands lit up as they watched the XRS-1187A move into space, directed at the Tortuga Space Station located high over the equator, and the strange vehicle docked there.

Shortly Afternoon
August 29th, 2057

In the Heart of Binaria, was Corporate Headquaters, and sitting in his office was Thomas Kelliher , the Founder of the Binarian Aerospace Corporation. His aid, Norm McKlinton and laid a report down on his desk. "My god. ((OOC: what does your nation cal it self here?)) They have launched a ship from the equator." He thought for a moment."How long until Project Apollo is ready to begin?" Norm responded after checking his PDA,"Three days. They're still performing systems checks before they test fire the engines. But they have tested the armarment and all other systems are a go. They have tested the reactor for overload limits." Thomas put his finger tips together."Good. This project will make or break us."

3 days later

On Kessex station in Geosynchronous orbit over Binaria City, Project Apollo was ready to launch on its main mission. the crew had been brought up on the Millitary space elevator, Capie the week before. The station had a large spinning section that gave it close to normal gravity. Captian Alex Halleri was over seeing the final preperations to his new ship. The four-hundred man crew were hand picked from the best the millitary had to offer. His XO was Commander Helena Calder. "Sir, the last of the food and water has been brought aboard,but the Marines are still loading. I don't really know why they are on board, Sir. This is a mission of exploration, not an invasion."
Captian Halleri turned his head toward Commander Calder. " Well, they are here to help aid us in that goal. Most of them are engineers anyway. In a few short hours we begiun on the first manned mission to Mars".

The docking clamps released and the air lock opened, and the ship moved forward on its eight month journey...

OOC: We are the Democratic Republic of the United States of America, and it would be High Noon on the west coast of your nation when I launched.

Also, you should try using Helicon Double-Layer Thrusters, they cut travel times in half when used correctly. It is the only way that a manned mission to Mars are truly viable.

IC: The XRS-1187A reached the Space Station Tortuga a minuet after launch. As the craft moved into position, it started using it's attitude jets to move into a docking procedure with the USS Challenger, a large space craft that had been built in space.

On the spokes of the station sat five ships in the middle of construction. two hulls, the USS Endeavor and the USS Intrepid where sitting waiting for completion and the beginning of their mission to reach Mars.

The USS Challenger's umbilical seperated, and the ship used it's attitude thrusters to move itself into line with the Moon.

The Helicon Double-Layer Thrusters fired up, and the ship was powered to the moon in just 12 hours.

Upon arrival, it dropped off a large lander with a habitation module and a hydroponics system on the Sea of Tranquility.

The crew of the lander started building first the Solar Power Station and then a row of Super-Capacitors.

Once built, they started work on the Launch Rail and the ground station for the Space Elevator.


Five days later
The Endeavor and Intrepid separated from the Space Station Tortuga, and began their 3 month journey to Mars. on board, the thirty man crew began to run experiments determined to try and create new vaccines. The Intrepid was destined to become part of the colony, while the endeavor would be returning to Earth to assist on the Jupiter mission that was occurring in five months.

OOC: Ah, but at those speeds, your crew would be crushed on the back walls of your ship. Democratic Republic of the United States of America does not make any sense. United states is the desciption. To make sense it would be Democratic Republic of America

s11:20 PM,
Augest 29th 2057


In Oured City, at Spaceport Helix Commander John Perry was i
n final Prepartion for his launch in the new Sigma Class Spacecrafts.
he gatheredhis powered Armor and placed his side arm on.
he walked into the Main hanger bay were
he could see the 400 marines who would relief the homesick marines
who have been stationed on the Space Station Spalon also he
would be using the Ship for Reseach Purposes after he delivers the Marines
he will take 50 Scientist to Moon were they will attempted to land on the
surface of the moon. Commander Perry walked into the Elevator to reach
the Spacecraft's command Deck. He turned around gave one final salute to his commanding officers. once on the Ship he walked to his Chair were
he had all rounded view of everything in the Command Deck.
After a preflight
check. Commander Perry radioed in

we are all good here command countdown can begin said Commander Perry

Alright Sigma Countdown Begins Now 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 Blastoff

The Spacecraft rocketed in the Air at over 40,000 miles in hours

OOC: Ah, but at those speeds, your crew would be crushed on the back walls of your ship. Democratic Republic of the United States of America does not make any sense. United states is the desciption. To make sense it would be Democratic Republic of America

OOC: No, the ship does not just go and thrust to full speed right away. Rather, it is a buildup so that the force never exceeds 2 or 3 G's. Most of the crews of these ships have been working on the Tortuga, which has sections that can be spun up to simulate the G Forces that are pushed upon them.

And while you are right, it is a mouthful, the full name is the Democratic Republic of the United States of America. The more common name is the Democratic Republic of America, or just America.

s11:20 PM,
Augest 29th 2057


In Oured City, at Spaceport Helix Commander John Perry was i
n final Prepartion for his launch in the new Sigma Class Spacecrafts.
he gatheredhis powered Armor and placed his side arm on.
he walked into the Main hanger bay were
he could see the 400 marines who would relief the homesick marines
who have been stationed on the Space Station Spalon also he
would be using the Ship for Reseach Purposes after he delivers the Marines
he will take 50 Scientist to Moon were they will attempted to land on the
surface of the moon. Commander Perry walked into the Elevator to reach
the Spacecraft's command Deck. He turned around gave one final salute to his commanding officers. once on the Ship he walked to his Chair were
he had all rounded view of everything in the Command Deck.
After a preflight
check. Commander Perry radioed in

we are all good here command countdown can begin said Commander Perry

Alright Sigma Countdown Begins Now 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 Blastoff

The Spacecraft rocketed in the Air at over 40,000 miles in hours

The KeyHole 15 captured the launch of the Sigma Class vessel. The trajectory was projected, and, once deemed to not be a threat, it was ignored.

Meanwhile, the Intrepid and Endeavor, accelerating at 88.25 kilometers/hour second were gaining on the 1010102 vessels, when the Intrepid began to slow. It wasn't perceptible at first, but by the end of the first day of troubles, had slowed to an acceleration of 52.95 kilometers/hour second.

By the end of the second month, the deceleration cycle began, and the ships, having passed the 1010102 vessels, were confident they would reach the north pole uncontested.

On the moon, the Challenger began it's back and forth mission, as the ship hauled supplies to the station as it worked towards self-sustainment.

soon, there where several habitation domes on the surface, and a team of miners, volunteers unlike those working the Mountain Colonies, had been shuttled up to the colony.

OOC: No, the ship does not just go and thrust to full speed right away. Rather, it is a buildup so that the force never exceeds 2 or 3 G's. Most of the crews of these ships have been working on the Tortuga, which has sections that can be spun up to simulate the G Forces that are pushed upon them.

And while you are right, it is a mouthful, the full name is the Democratic Republic of the United States of America. The more common name is the Democratic Republic of America, or just America.


OOC: I see. nvm. and a by the way, It is Binarian aerospace corporation, not 1010102. and in FT and regular MT, it is the Binarian Empire.

OOC: okay, sorry 'bout that.

Also, I am going to be out of touch till Friday. So keep this going, and 1010102, go ahead and do your whole colonization plan, the activities going on in the Martian North Pole are not going to be announced until Friday.

On the Martian Base owned by the DRUSA, the name Deep Submergence could be seen on the top of it. However, the name made no sense, after all, there is no ocean's on Mars, and the last of the Deep Submergence Ocean Colonies had gone into the drink several years ago.

However, deep in the caves underneath, a plot was being hatched. This plot was one, not insidious, but necessarily secret. Inside, several hundred different species of algae and fungus were being grown in Martian Atmosphere and soil. the project would take years, but if done properly, could result in a brand new world for colonization.

The Sigma Vessel when the sigma vessel reached space he could see the spacestation. he radioed in to the SpaceStation to get Clearance for landing
Spalon.

This AFS Sigma premission to land Said Communications Officer

AFS Sigma you have Premission to Land in Main Hanger Bay One said Space Control Officer

This is your Commander Speaking we have finally made to SpaceStation Spalon Said Commander Perry

The Main Hanger Doors opened in the Sigma squeezed right in after that the doors closed and the Gravitiy Field Generatior was turned back on. The Ship
released its landing gear. set down right beside an Another SpaceShip Commander Perry step off and Appoached the Captain of the SpaceStation

Welcome Aboard Said Captain Lucas

Finally get to be here said Commander Perry

Yup She a Beauty said Captain Lucas

yes sir said Commander Perry

well im going to be off i have to attend to same things but i will meet in my office two hours from now. but my very good friend Ciara Parish can show you around said Captain Lucas

On the Martian Base owned by the DRUSA, the name Deep Submergence could be seen on the top of it. However, the name made no sense, after all, there is no ocean's on Mars, and the last of the Deep Submergence Ocean Colonies had gone into the drink several years ago.

However, deep in the caves underneath, a plot was being hatched. This plot was one, not insidious, but necessarily secret. Inside, several hundred different species of algae and fungus were being grown in Martian Atmosphere and soil. the project would take years, but if done properly, could result in a brand new world for colonization.

OOC: Terraforming is FT, not PMT. Any attemps at it will be ignored. If thats the only reason you came, then that was pointless. I came so I would have a place to do research tha would be frowned upon by the international community. But on Mars its easier to get away that kind of thing.

Actually, I stumbled across a paper once that said that with the right amount of missions, it is entirely possible.

Using mirrors to melt the dry ice on the caps, the kind of mirrors that my PMT storefront possess, you could increase the pressure to 1/2 - 1/3 a, or 1/2 to 1/3 the atmospheric pressure of the Earth at Sea Level. Doing so, you would only require warm clothing and an O2 mask to be able to move around on the surface. This is the first goal of the scientists.

The second is to, using algae fields, generate O2 rich atmosphere. Once this is done, the planet would be a colder version of earth, without any surface water, but still very similar to the Earth.

This second step would take years, but it is possible with the technology that we possess in this PMT world. If you have the ability to reach Mars, you have the ability to begin the terraforming process.

For more on this, please go to the following websites
http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/movies/redplanet2.html
http://science.howstuffworks.com/terraforming.htm
http://www.geocities.com/marsterraforming/terraforming.html
http://www.geocities.com/marsterraforming/technicalterraforming.html
http://www.redcolony.com/art.php?id=0109020
http://www.redcolony.com/art.php?id=0102220
http://www.redcolony.com/art.php?id=0009040
http://www.redcolony.com/art.php?id=0301290

IC:
The Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter had finally arrived over Europa. Its Cryoprobe disconnected, and began it's journey to the surface. A massive number of chutes opened up, allowing the landing vehicle to drift safely to the ground.

Once it had landed, a tube, 3' wide, descended to the surface of the ice. It began using an Advanced Tactical Laser that made up the vast majority of the probe to melt a hole in the ice. Once one was made, the probe dropped a small mini-sub that whas nothing more than thrusters, a camera, a set of Hydro-sensors, and a Wireless Power/Communication antennae.

Shortly after it began to broadcast, the signal was lost.


On Mars, the scientists began to grow excited. If their experiments where correct, then the algae that they had been Hydroponically growing could be changed, with a little bit of gene-therapy, to produce the Bio-Diesel necessary for transportation on the homeworld on Mars.

Also, it could be used to channel O2 into the atmosphere.

However, the schintists where still facing a massive problem, how could they shield the planet from the cosmic radiation that could so easily destroy the algae and set back their whole operation.

However, the problem was sidetracked as the Endeavor had returned with a large Solar Reflector to help reflect sunlight onto the solar panels at all times.


Meanwhile, the lunar colony had been expanding. It now had a gene-sequence chamber, set off in a separate dome, and had multiple mining rovers that had been built from the parts sent to Turtle-Serenitas Base, and were out scooping up Titanium and Iron and returning them to the base.

In the Gene-Sequencer Chamber, a young man by the assumed name of John Nova set about trying to design a self-replicating creature that could purge a body of the notorious HIV that had begun to return after a long period of suppression.