Year 1915
"Welcome to the 920th batch of colonnials! A generation of people colonizing a new planet. You, all of you–everyone here standing right in front of me are the people we carefully picked to start a new civilization with us." Said Gregory, one of the founders of ACRO (Advanced Celestial Research Organization)
500 people of different ages ranging from 10-40 years old are in a secret laboratory built 150 feet underground, attending an orientation 1 day before their takeoff.
"We named this new planet, Orbinovus. From a latin word Orbis which means world. And Novu, which means New. After studying the planet for 20 years, we are proud to say that we already finished all the tests and confirmed that we can now start a new life in the planet. You, and the people beside you will soon be called Orbinovians!"
Everyone applaud in excitement.
"But to make this new world a better place, we should avoid the mistakes we've done in this poor planet. We have made rules, laws that everyone must obey. A new justice system that fears no one. All you have to do is trust us. Help us, ACRO, to make this new world different. To not repeat history... by doing us one simple favor...
...Leave the past behind."
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A Thousand Light Year Journey
Science FictionWhat if there's a secret organization of hyperintelligent scientists who already achieved what we thought were impossible? Interstellar travel, finding an earthlike planet, starting a new civilization in a planet lightyears away from us-we just did...
