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Mass In 2065, Von Braun Aerospace unveiled the controversial physics defying Mass Drive, capable of warping and reducing the surrounding ship of its mass to absolute zero. Ships were capable of exceeding 1.5 times the speed of light. In 2070, Von Braun revealed the 2 nd generation of the Mass Drive, dubbed the Mark II Vittore Mass Drive after its original inventor. It utilizes solar energy stored as a method of powering the drive and the ship itself for long term space exploration. Expeditions were sent to determine habitability and colonization. In 10 standard years, Humanity has colonized the Moon, Mars, Ganymede, Io, Europa, Titan, Triton, Calisto, Phoebus and Deimos. In the future, plans to terraform Venus are being evaluated. 2077, Axom Industries created a powerful thinking computer under the name Durendal. Its purpose, to lead exploratory science vessels across the depths of deep space. It was this year the Mark III Vittore Mass Drive was unveiled. Durendal was s...

            “A Turing Test?” Jewels replied with a hint of disbelief. “Surely you’re not serious Mr. Yale. Durendal’s been active for a week. What makes you think this machine’s capable of equal human level intelligence and awareness?” Yale was standing outside the examiner’s room where Durandel was held. The spherical machine was suspended by a docking module, one used to recharge drones. Only the module wasn’t hooked up to a battery station. He watched as the blue eye of the machine shift every which way. He could hear it from the other room as it made odd, whirring noises that sounded like humming.             “Jewels have you ever been around this contraption?” he replied with another question. Then the old man slowly turned his head towards him and shifts his mouth side to side. “Tell me; what are the primary directives this thing was programmed to follow?” M...

Global News One, GNO: October 23 rdm 2077      Axom Industries is an American research and development organization that first started out in 2035, diving into the field of robotics and computers that would propel the USA into a new golden age. Many of its employees were comprised of former hackers and programmers that placed America ahead of Japan in robotics. The first series they’ve developed were service drones with built in knowledge of structural blueprints, architectural and vehicular schematics, able to construct and repair with accurate precision. They’ve become a great assistance to engineers and construction workers but were mainly designed for hazard work. Then came Arch Net; an incredibly advanced artificial intelligence that created a sophisticated web protection system. This system eliminated any and all possibility of hacker and virus attacks on the unsuspecting public, including unauthorized access to valuable data and sensitive information...

Twelve Dead in a Shootout at Von Braun Aerospace Global News One, GNO: September 23 rd , 2065     It was a regular September morning in the Von Braun Aerospace Headquarters. CEO Joseph Charon, founder of the corporation, was about to unveil another of the company’s rigorous breakthrough in Interstellar travel that afternoon. However, tragedy struck at the heart of the renowned research division when former project manager Nicholas Vittore appeared one morning with an assault rifle and proceeded to kill several of his colleagues, including his ex-wife Trisha Clement. Nicholas then committed suicide shortly after police arrived. The description of the event could only be described as ‘heart wrenching’ for the victim’s families, including that of Vittore’s. Even business colleagues who knew both the victims and Vittore were still shaken up and grief stricken by the incident. One of the survivors of the attack had this to say: ‘It didn’t make any sense. I have no...