Everitt Mickey you and I will be the first Canon committee 1. Orphan Sky is a space station built inside a crater of a ten mile long five mile wide asteroid tethered at L5 It is what used to be called an aid station. Built by people who want to aid travelers and refugees from Earth. It will have been nuked at least once by Russia or China 2. People are leaving Earth for a variety of reasons the most pressing is the advent of total surveillance not just by governments but by everyone. Microdot cameras are everywhere and everyone can see everything you are doing. No one can shit without someone watching you. 3. Money in orbit and beyond except in the Russian, Indian, and Chinese controlled zones are Chronos a cryptocurrency representing processing times of various material. 4. 25 years from now three technologies converged to destroy global commerce. Perfected material 3d printing of both metal, plastics, and wood (also food). Refrigerator sized thorium reactors. And battery technology that makes batteries 1000 times more efficient and 100 times smaller than current batteries. These technologies tanked global markets. Centralized economies survived but the United States economy was wiped out but the standard of living did not decrease noticeably as the population just started mining trash and turning it into consumer goods. The government has been fighting to control 3d technology for the next 50 years with the government becoming increasingly centralized. Technology has allowed individual 3d printed space craft for about 30 years and more and more people are fleeing the surveillance and increasingly draconian government. 5. It is illegal to leave the Earth The US will attempt to shoot down any one trying to flee. Belize and other central american countries have become safe zone and are making a profit on fleeing citizens from the US.
Posted on: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 22:17:53 +0000
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