#TheBond: Megacorps

Later on, Marla became more famous than Einstein, but not only because of her groundbreaking papers that changed physics. After that, she organized the think tank "Enclave" and gathered the most brilliant minds for years to deepen her theories. ...

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#TheBond: Probes

Fifty years later, the solar system was split between huge corporations with more financial power than any state on earth. The Dublin drive, invented by Zodiac, was the dominant spaceship technology. So the company became number two, so huge that it could buy number three, Sagittarius. But the possibilities to grow didn't end there. ...

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#TheBond: The Twins

Marie approached Zodiac Station inside the most comfortable space vessel possible. The station circled Titan, which circled Saturn, which in turn circled our Sun, she thought sitting among 50 other suits. Representatives of wealthy corporations of the solar system. This was the most exclusive funding event she ever attended. And before she could finish her thought, the station appeared on Titan's Horizon. ...

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#TheBond: Encounter of the Third Kind

The endeavour with the first twins was a fifty per cent success. Probe number one brought amazing results from our nearest neighbour, Alpha Centauri. But the probe to Barnards Star had a series of failures in its transmission module and didn't deliver results. ...

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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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#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: 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: 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: 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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