Archive for May, 2008

Primer: Introduction, part 2

May 30, 2008

Recorded human history on Altaerra generally picks up from the second generation after the Sacrifice. The first generation of the survivors and their immediate offspring were too busy fighting for their very survival to have the time or inclination to record much.  The Primer, like the scholarly works from Altaerra that it draws upon [...]

Primer: Introduction, part 1

May 19, 2008

Based on Consortium research, it is believed that nearly all of the GASA ship’s electronic records were lost in the sacrifice. As a result, the survivors were left to reconstruct from their memories any knowledge and history they could. It is unsurprising that, faced with a battle simply to survive, only [...]

The Altaerran Consortium’s Primer

May 19, 2008

The Altaerran Consortium carefully trains all actors it sends to Altaerra so that they fit seamlessly into whatever Altaerran society or culture has been chosen for their background. This training includes a crash course on human history on Altaerra dating from the time of the initial human arrival on the planet. This history has been [...]

Where has the time gone?

May 19, 2008

So if I’d been sticking to my goal of posting 1 time per week there’d be 21 posts here by now.  Clearly, I haven’t been getting it done.  Luckily, this was a self-imposed deadline so there are little or no repercussions (aside from the feeling of inadequacy…).  Luckier still, I’m not yet trying to actually [...]