Iwasagoodgirl
Now I'm a Naughty Nurse
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It was the year 3153 when the last remains of the polar ice caps succumbed to the pollution of the human race and it became clear that the great land masses that had formed the continents would soon disappear from view.
Many centuries before that fateful day, back in the year 2340 the United States of Europe and the United States of America with Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China had decided that for the human race to survive another home had to be found. Back in the 21st Century the Hubble Space telescope had identified one such home circling a sun similar to Earth's which could support life. The Planet nicknamed Goldilocks, because it was in what was known as the 'Goldilocks Zone' was over 300 light years away.
It was not until Professor Chang of the People's Republic of China discovered the means to travel at the speed of light was a journey this vast even remotely possible. For years the four international federations put past differences aside and worked together to build space ships capable of such a journey. Even then it would take over 300 years to arrive while time on earth would have advanced many millennia by the time the first ships arrived.
When the first prototypes were being built it was decided that whole families would be sent and that the new process of suspended animation would be used to ensure that the passengers and crew would survive. Over 1,000 ships were launched over a 20 year period. One of the first was the Thunderchild.
Most of the ships continued with their journey without incident. But the Thunderchild was hit by a meteor and knocked way off course. After 300 years the computer began to awaken the passengers and crew but the incident with the meteor had damaged the light support machines meaning that over 90% of the crew and most of the passengers had perished.
The most senior crew member to survive was Ensign Novea Grant aged 21, a trainee pilot who now had to assume control of the ship. After the dead were dispatched with ceremony into deep space the surviving crew and passengers assessed the situation they found themselves in. Recognizing there was no way they could ever locate Goldilocks they decided that their lives would have to be lived out on the Thunderchild.
Over the course of the next few months they learned to adapt to their new way of life with Novea being in control and reigning almost like an uncrowned queen. One morning as she sat at the control panels of the bridge one of the cadets came running in to announce "We are not alone! Our sensors have just discovered another ship which will soon be in hailing distance."
Novea looked at the screen and saw the unknown craft rushing towards them. "I don't recognise any of the markings" she said "It could be from eath, a later design, it could be alien." Ordering the shields to be raised she tried to make contact "This is the Earth Ship Thunderchild. We come in peace. Please identify yourself."
Many centuries before that fateful day, back in the year 2340 the United States of Europe and the United States of America with Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China had decided that for the human race to survive another home had to be found. Back in the 21st Century the Hubble Space telescope had identified one such home circling a sun similar to Earth's which could support life. The Planet nicknamed Goldilocks, because it was in what was known as the 'Goldilocks Zone' was over 300 light years away.
It was not until Professor Chang of the People's Republic of China discovered the means to travel at the speed of light was a journey this vast even remotely possible. For years the four international federations put past differences aside and worked together to build space ships capable of such a journey. Even then it would take over 300 years to arrive while time on earth would have advanced many millennia by the time the first ships arrived.
When the first prototypes were being built it was decided that whole families would be sent and that the new process of suspended animation would be used to ensure that the passengers and crew would survive. Over 1,000 ships were launched over a 20 year period. One of the first was the Thunderchild.
Most of the ships continued with their journey without incident. But the Thunderchild was hit by a meteor and knocked way off course. After 300 years the computer began to awaken the passengers and crew but the incident with the meteor had damaged the light support machines meaning that over 90% of the crew and most of the passengers had perished.
The most senior crew member to survive was Ensign Novea Grant aged 21, a trainee pilot who now had to assume control of the ship. After the dead were dispatched with ceremony into deep space the surviving crew and passengers assessed the situation they found themselves in. Recognizing there was no way they could ever locate Goldilocks they decided that their lives would have to be lived out on the Thunderchild.
Over the course of the next few months they learned to adapt to their new way of life with Novea being in control and reigning almost like an uncrowned queen. One morning as she sat at the control panels of the bridge one of the cadets came running in to announce "We are not alone! Our sensors have just discovered another ship which will soon be in hailing distance."
Novea looked at the screen and saw the unknown craft rushing towards them. "I don't recognise any of the markings" she said "It could be from eath, a later design, it could be alien." Ordering the shields to be raised she tried to make contact "This is the Earth Ship Thunderchild. We come in peace. Please identify yourself."
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