Chapters tagged brain slug

by Zeebop

Chapter 85

> The technological revolution from the Exodus is ongoing. Knowledge is currency, and the various factions among the refugees have generally been careful in the release of technological information and expertise, parlaying their information into resources and political capital. N...

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Chapter 86

> The hive mind is not careless. It rarely intends to hurt individuals. Yet it can, and does. It is too big, and they are too small. In its plans for the future good of the hive, the species, and the world, the dreams and feelings of a single human being are often overlooked and...

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Chapter 87

> None of the extraterrestrial species were built for Earth's gravity, or for exactly Earth's atmosphere. They chose Earth because it was as close as they could get to a habitable world. Yet many species cannot adapt. They remain locked on their ships, unable to leave without pro...

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Chapter 88

> In the Sahara, glass spires rise, an echo of a desert planet whose quasi-insectoid inhabitants looked up from their nests and dreamed of the stars. In the warm waters of Florida, the Greyan pods make their homes half on water and half on land. Lower oxygen levels at high altitu...

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Chapter 89

> The United States, European Union, and most Commonwealth republics and realms have, through explicit constitutional amendments, accepted birthright citizenship for extraterrestrials born within their territory and acceded limited autonomy to their governments by treaty. However...

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Chapter 90

> The great epidemics that ravaged the globe after the Exodus were blamed on the extraterrestrials. This was, in part, correct. The spacefaring species had been dealing with the contact and conflict of different microbial ecosystems for generations; they were both wary of Earth's...

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Chapter 91

> The Shadow Colonies are ET settlements that are not publicly known or acknowledged. None of Earth's governments has the capacity to monitor the entire sky. Unauthorized landings, or clandestine deals with specific governments or non-governmental groups, have led to secret ET se...

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Chapter 92

> The Forgeworlder Collective established a mining facility as they passed through the asteroid belt, intending to exchange the minerals for goods, services, and political recognition. The sudden influx of such metals in volume has profoundly impacted Earth's economy. Gold and di...

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Chapter 93

> The DeBeers Incident reveals the dangers if such conflicts grow hot. With cheap space diamonds flooding the market, DeBeers attempted to exert pressure on the Forgeworlder Collective representative. When the threat did not work, the representative suffered a fatal "accident." A...