#TheBond: Scientific Entanglements

Martin and the other leads of the first contact crew regularly spent their evenings together with dinner and discussions since the launch of the mission. One day, about four months after the first contact, Amanda, the chief biologist, came out of nowhere with a topic. "These are no aliens", she said and got the attention of everyone in the room. ...

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#TheBond: Diplomatic Connections

For Martin, the first contact was a life-changing moment, but the weeks, months and years after that were the most work-intensive. He became the first ambassador representing Earth as a whole while over there on his old home planet they still thought in dimensions of states and corporations. ...

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#TheBond: First Contact

The following weeks brought inflation of knowledge. The probes on the surface of Rana 3 worked perfectly. The translator AI learned the new languages within a week. In the same week, the crew gathered geographical and sociological data. After that, the working teams augmented their observations with statements from the aliens. ...

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#TheBond: Arrival

Arriving in the Rana system was less spectacular than Martin thought. The blackness of the space there followed the blackness between the systems. The only difference was a star that shone a bit brighter than usual. They still had two days until they were supposed to reach the orbit. ...

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#TheBond: The Crew

Martin, the chief diplomat in the crew of the Rana Mission, stood in line with the others as Captain Persson gave her speech. It was the departure speech. Martin was a little nervous and proud. He would most likely be the Armstrong of his era, the person who was supposed to make first contact with an alien. ...

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#TheBond: Planning the Mission

During the 22 missions before one of the probes targeted the Rana Starsystem, the Gemini project already had found two planets with lifeforms. One infected with funghi and another one with an almost breathable atmosphere and grass-like plants. ...

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