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Skyopolis
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Ongoing, First published Oct 30, 2018
We are Skyples; people who were born and live in the Stratosphere following a NASA experiment to see if humans could live long-term in orbit. The original Skyples were born in our city from NASA scientists and other human volunteers. Skyples live in the Skyple Mothership, Skyopolis, which orbits the Earth. We live on something that humans would describe as a strange UFO. Our unique orbiting city is powered by access to the red sprites and blue jets that occur in the Stratosphere. This is the place it all started. We made friends, trusted our enemies, and ruined everything! Or so we thought. Little did we know that our world was about to change, but for the better... or for the worse?
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