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"There isn't anything else to discuss, is there?" Cranium asked,
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"There isn't anything else to discuss, is there?" Cranium asked,
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From: Vasu Soon-kit <vasu.soonkit@luna.gov>
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To: Vasu Hui-lan <vasu.huilan@luna.gov>
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Delivered-To: Vasu Hui-lan <vasu.huilan@luna.gov>
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Received: from relay7.local.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov
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by in-mta7.luna.gov
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for vasu.huilan@luna.gov
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with ESMTPSA id fkmzpwc10iqqzbg
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Subject: I have finally convinced them!
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Date: 22 Sep 2421 03:19:22 +0000
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Date-Local: 22 Sep 2421 03:19:22 +0000
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Embassy of the Luna Free State on Titan
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Arrakeen Tower, Arrakis Planitia
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Wednesday, 22 September, 2421
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Dear Sister—
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Greetings from Arrakeen Tower! I trust you continue well, and that
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our home remains more or less as I left it.
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As regards the joint endeavor whose possibility you and I discussed
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at length last week, it pleases me at last to report success in
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convincing what passes for a government here on Titan to
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participate. Accordingly, we depart later today aboard their "And
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Yet It Moves" - an absurd name for a ship, especially such an
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impressively capable one. Sadly, I was not consulted in the matter.
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To be sure, I attribute this success in greatest measure to the
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excellent work of our intelligence services, and in particular
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Laporte's team debriefing the defector here. Had he failed to
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recognize the import of her information and convey it directly to
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me in person, I doubt I would have prevailed upon Branislav and her
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government to consider our current project. As the matter stood, I
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needed do little more than share with them the engineering drawings
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and documents to demonstrate Earth's possession of a prototype FTL
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capability. Blinkered as I've found their perception of
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interplanetary affairs to be, even they found such a frightening
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development impossible to ignore.
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You'll forgive me, dear sister, if I say that I have found my time
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here somewhat trying. For all their impressive technological
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acumen, and despite even their past recognition and exploitation of
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the potentialities inherent in a moment of crisis, they are still
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so utterly naïve! As if their wonderful machines were alone enough
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to insulate them from the realities of the present crisis. There
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are those among them not so susceptible to such wishful thinking,
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and such voices seem to be achieving the ascendant in recent
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weeks. But there are still so many of them who wish simply to hide
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behind the methane mists of this rather unpleasant planet of
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theirs, ignoring the worlds and by the worlds ignored.
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Had I known I would face such a trying task in convincing them that
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Earth will not permit their comfortable isolation to continue, dear
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sister...of course you know me too well to imagine that I'd have
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sought to evade the assignment, for who else, after all, could you
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have sent and hoped would do so well? But these people have taxed
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my patience almost beyond imagination!
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But, dear sister, I can see your face as if I stood before you now,
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and I know too well that expression of yours which tells me I tax
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your own patience. You will of course wish to know the details of
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our project and the reasoning behind my decision, and I will of
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course provide them.
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You'll have received the same reports I have from our source on
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Ganymede, regarding increased tempo of work in their experimental
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systems yard. Combining that with the new information from the
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Earth defector, my intelligence staff here believe with high
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confidence that Earth intends an assault of some kind, within the
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next twenty to forty days, on their own Ross 128 b colony. I concur
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in this assessment, despite the lack of further corroboration from
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our Ganymede source, from whom ForInt confirms we have received
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nothing in the last several days.
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In light of such a provocative development, Ross 128 b has
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decisively eclipsed Gliese 581 g in my estimation of potential
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intervention sites. Recent word from Ganymede has been that the
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scope of Gliese's supply and medical problems has been considerably
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overestimated, and while I remain confident in the success of an
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eventual diplomatic mission to Gliese 581, the Ross 128 colony's
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highly precarious situation, and apparent disfavor in the eyes of
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its own sponsors and home government, argues conclusively in favor
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of its selection for our pilot project.
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Success in this endeavor requires, of course, that we outpace or at
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least match Earth's own mission, lest we arrive to find a marine
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division already in possession of the planet. From a purely
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military perspective, this problem would be hardly insoluble, even
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with the relatively small ground force we're bringing along; every
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estimate agrees that Titan's ship is vastly better armed than
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Earth's. However, I doubt our allies would face such action with
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our own sangfroid. And even did I desire so to test our young
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alliance, dear sister, you and I are of one mind in the criticality
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of Earth not only initiating the coming war, but being seen by all
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to have done so. Thus our hasty departure; though we may risk
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leaving behind some person or element vital to the success of our
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mission, I judge the risk of certain failure through delay far
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greater.
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Despite my earlier complaints about the Titans' isolationist ways
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and adorable foolishness regarding interplanetary concerns, I must
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admit I have found my opposite number refreshingly open to the idea
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that we must act, and act now. Indeed, despite the ambassador's
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apparent lack of enthusiasm for this enterprise - even she, even
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now, not grasping the desperate importance to both our worlds of
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developing a substantial position beyond Earth's direct influence -
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her actions since our most recent conversation have been such as to
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justify my considerable respect for her initiative and dispatch.
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Draha may not yet fully understand the urgency of the actions we
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now take, but she does understand the mutual benefit and sheer
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necessity of our alliance, and she has acted with commendable
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celerity to implement our decision to intervene. I have some hopes
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that, by the time of our return, both the situation and I may have
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succeeded in improving her grasp on the realities of interplanetary
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affairs.
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Dear sister, I am bringing almost my entire mission with me,
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leaving only my third attaché, Olivia Arzel, and her assistant to
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continue our local mission and address any matters which may
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arise. Given Titan's relative isolation and the multiple
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necessities currently dividing Earth's fleet, I doubt there will be
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much for her to do, even if the war does begin while I am
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out-system. In any case, I expect at no time save during FTL
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travel, which I understand interrupts the signal somehow, to be
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unreachable via QEC, and Olivia has the good sense to consult me
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should she find herself in need. Our interests will be well
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represented in my absence.
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Of the Titans, in addition to their own diplomatic contingent under
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Draha, we bring as full a medical and scientific establishment as
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they are able to assemble in something less than a day, as well as
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a few ground forces to supplement our diplomatic security
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staffs. We have the reports of some sort of disease, native to the
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planet, having somehow affected the colonists; I am assured that,
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at minimum, we will be able to avoid either becoming ourselves
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infected, or carrying some alien contagion back to Sol with us.
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As I mentioned in opening, we depart Titan later today aboard And
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Yet It Moves. The uncertainties of FTL travel, I am told, prohibit
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too precise a determination of our arrival date, but I gather the
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various projections suggest we can expect to arrive on or about
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October 15. I will communicate with you as I can, dear sister, and
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certainly no later than upon our date of arrival.
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In the meantime - oh, you already know everything I'd say to you
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now! I won't waste your time with flowery professions of philiary
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love, or in imploring you to look after our people, as I know you
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will.
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With love, and for Luna, I remain, your dear brother—
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Soon-kit.
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bablefish transcript:
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adrestia /---\
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approaching Ł332 gue sector 8 / u u \
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xxx telemetry redacted xxx \_ /
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ansibel yr 4824 \__/
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[transcript follows...]
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geralt regis riavande, first writ scribe
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status abnormal, readings fluctuating
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we're not out of the woods yet.
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uh oh
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another
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0Voortrekker - I have finally convinced them! /Voortrekker/27-i-have-finally-convinced-them.txt
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0Quartz - Automated Ship /Quartz/007.txt
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0Quartz - Automated Ship /Quartz/007.txt
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0Voortrekker - Love from Esperance /Voortrekker/26-love-from-esperance.txt
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0Voortrekker - Love from Esperance /Voortrekker/26-love-from-esperance.txt
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0Quartz - Hidden Memories /Quartz/006.txt
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0Quartz - Hidden Memories /Quartz/006.txt
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<title>Cosmic Voyage</title>
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<title>Cosmic Voyage</title>
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<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage</link>
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<description>Messages from the human stellar diaspora</description>
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<description>Messages from the human stellar diaspora</description>
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<item>
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<title>Voortrekker - I have finally convinced them!</title>
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<author>alexis@cosmic.voyage (alexis)</author>
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<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/27-i-have-finally-convinced-them.txt</link>
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<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/27-i-have-finally-convinced-them.txt</guid>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2019 14:00:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<pre>
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From: Vasu Soon-kit <vasu.soonkit@luna.gov>
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To: Vasu Hui-lan <vasu.huilan@luna.gov>
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Delivered-To: Vasu Hui-lan <vasu.huilan@luna.gov>
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Received: from relay7.local.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov
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by in-mta7.luna.gov
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for vasu.huilan@luna.gov
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with ESMTPSA id fkmzpwc10iqqzbg
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Received: from qec.titan.org
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by relay4.qec9.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov
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Subject: I have finally convinced them!
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Date: 22 Sep 2421 03:19:22 +0000
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Date-Local: 22 Sep 2421 03:19:22 +0000
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf8"
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Embassy of the Luna Free State on Titan
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Arrakeen Tower, Arrakis Planitia
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Wednesday, 22 September, 2421
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Dear Sister—
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Greetings from Arrakeen Tower! I trust you continue well, and that
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our home remains more or less as I left it.
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As regards the joint endeavor whose possibility you and I discussed
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at length last week, it pleases me at last to report success in
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convincing what passes for a government here on Titan to
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participate. Accordingly, we depart later today aboard their "And
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Yet It Moves" - an absurd name for a ship, especially such an
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impressively capable one. Sadly, I was not consulted in the matter.
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To be sure, I attribute this success in greatest measure to the
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excellent work of our intelligence services, and in particular
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Laporte's team debriefing the defector here. Had he failed to
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recognize the import of her information and convey it directly to
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me in person, I doubt I would have prevailed upon Branislav and her
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government to consider our current project. As the matter stood, I
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needed do little more than share with them the engineering drawings
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and documents to demonstrate Earth's possession of a prototype FTL
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capability. Blinkered as I've found their perception of
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interplanetary affairs to be, even they found such a frightening
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development impossible to ignore.
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You'll forgive me, dear sister, if I say that I have found my time
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here somewhat trying. For all their impressive technological
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acumen, and despite even their past recognition and exploitation of
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the potentialities inherent in a moment of crisis, they are still
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so utterly naïve! As if their wonderful machines were alone enough
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to insulate them from the realities of the present crisis. There
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are those among them not so susceptible to such wishful thinking,
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and such voices seem to be achieving the ascendant in recent
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weeks. But there are still so many of them who wish simply to hide
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behind the methane mists of this rather unpleasant planet of
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theirs, ignoring the worlds and by the worlds ignored.
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Had I known I would face such a trying task in convincing them that
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Earth will not permit their comfortable isolation to continue, dear
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sister...of course you know me too well to imagine that I'd have
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sought to evade the assignment, for who else, after all, could you
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have sent and hoped would do so well? But these people have taxed
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my patience almost beyond imagination!
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But, dear sister, I can see your face as if I stood before you now,
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and I know too well that expression of yours which tells me I tax
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your own patience. You will of course wish to know the details of
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our project and the reasoning behind my decision, and I will of
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course provide them.
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You'll have received the same reports I have from our source on
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Ganymede, regarding increased tempo of work in their experimental
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systems yard. Combining that with the new information from the
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Earth defector, my intelligence staff here believe with high
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confidence that Earth intends an assault of some kind, within the
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next twenty to forty days, on their own Ross 128 b colony. I concur
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in this assessment, despite the lack of further corroboration from
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our Ganymede source, from whom ForInt confirms we have received
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nothing in the last several days.
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In light of such a provocative development, Ross 128 b has
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decisively eclipsed Gliese 581 g in my estimation of potential
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intervention sites. Recent word from Ganymede has been that the
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scope of Gliese's supply and medical problems has been considerably
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overestimated, and while I remain confident in the success of an
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eventual diplomatic mission to Gliese 581, the Ross 128 colony's
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highly precarious situation, and apparent disfavor in the eyes of
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its own sponsors and home government, argues conclusively in favor
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of its selection for our pilot project.
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Success in this endeavor requires, of course, that we outpace or at
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least match Earth's own mission, lest we arrive to find a marine
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division already in possession of the planet. From a purely
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military perspective, this problem would be hardly insoluble, even
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with the relatively small ground force we're bringing along; every
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estimate agrees that Titan's ship is vastly better armed than
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Earth's. However, I doubt our allies would face such action with
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our own sangfroid. And even did I desire so to test our young
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alliance, dear sister, you and I are of one mind in the criticality
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of Earth not only initiating the coming war, but being seen by all
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to have done so. Thus our hasty departure; though we may risk
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leaving behind some person or element vital to the success of our
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mission, I judge the risk of certain failure through delay far
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greater.
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Despite my earlier complaints about the Titans' isolationist ways
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and adorable foolishness regarding interplanetary concerns, I must
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admit I have found my opposite number refreshingly open to the idea
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that we must act, and act now. Indeed, despite the ambassador's
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apparent lack of enthusiasm for this enterprise - even she, even
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now, not grasping the desperate importance to both our worlds of
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developing a substantial position beyond Earth's direct influence -
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her actions since our most recent conversation have been such as to
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justify my considerable respect for her initiative and dispatch.
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Draha may not yet fully understand the urgency of the actions we
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now take, but she does understand the mutual benefit and sheer
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necessity of our alliance, and she has acted with commendable
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celerity to implement our decision to intervene. I have some hopes
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that, by the time of our return, both the situation and I may have
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succeeded in improving her grasp on the realities of interplanetary
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affairs.
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Dear sister, I am bringing almost my entire mission with me,
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leaving only my third attaché, Olivia Arzel, and her assistant to
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continue our local mission and address any matters which may
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arise. Given Titan's relative isolation and the multiple
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necessities currently dividing Earth's fleet, I doubt there will be
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much for her to do, even if the war does begin while I am
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out-system. In any case, I expect at no time save during FTL
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travel, which I understand interrupts the signal somehow, to be
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unreachable via QEC, and Olivia has the good sense to consult me
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should she find herself in need. Our interests will be well
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represented in my absence.
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Of the Titans, in addition to their own diplomatic contingent under
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Draha, we bring as full a medical and scientific establishment as
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they are able to assemble in something less than a day, as well as
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a few ground forces to supplement our diplomatic security
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staffs. We have the reports of some sort of disease, native to the
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planet, having somehow affected the colonists; I am assured that,
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October 15. I will communicate with you as I can, dear sister, and
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certainly no later than upon our date of arrival.
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In the meantime - oh, you already know everything I'd say to you
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now! I won't waste your time with flowery professions of philiary
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love, or in imploring you to look after our people, as I know you
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will.
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