STAR NOVA
First Contact
The first contact with Calto was made by Commander Benjamin Brody of the spaceship Columbia. It was a simple coded message which contained two dots and two dashes and repeated itself for ten seconds and paused for ten seconds. The message was sent via a directed and concentrated beamed transmission to the palace of the leading scientist of Calto and was hoped that he would be curious enough to retransmit the same code. Once a response was received the code was changed to three dots and dashes and again the same was received from Calto. This type of communication continued for several days and was reported to the Presidents of the Ruling Governments that a primitive form of communication had been established and that the scientist from Calto had responded in like manor. The primitive message had been successfully communicated and first contact was established. Once the scientist understood what was happening with the dots and dashes he used the broadcasting capabilities of the signal generator to speak to Commander Brody. Commander Brody was a little shocked that the scientist had taken such a drastic step in communication. Voice contact was not intended to begin this early in such a new relationship. It took some time and much convincing to get the Caltonian scientist to believe that Commander Brody was indeed in a flying machine in the sky above the Caltonian planet. Commander Brody explained to the scientist how to use his telescope to view his ship in space. Once the scientist on Calto saw the ship in space he realized that he was communicating with a spaceship from another planet. This communication went on for a few days before it was decide that both planets needed a formal introduction.
The Presidents of the Ruling Governments drafted a letter to be broadcast to the leaders of Calto using this same method of communication. The scientist was asked to bring the Emperor of Calto to hear the message. The letter was read by President Melbourne who represented the Presidents of the Ruling Governments. The letter was then translated and broadcast in the Caltonian language by Commander Brody. It was asked that a response be broadcast in the same manner by the Emperor of Calto. The Emperor declined to respond in person but allowed the scientist to respond in his place. There would be time later for the Caltonians to learn the Orion language. For now it would be best to communicate using the Caltonian language since it was a language now familiar to two worlds. The letter from the Orions provided an introduction of the leaders of the Ruling Government and explained in small details who the Orions were as a people. It gave examples of the different cultures and different types of people that lived in harmony on the planet. The letter also gave coordinates to locate the Orion planet and how to find them in the night sky using the Caltonian version of a telescope. It went on to explain that once the Caltonians were ready to make phsyical contact the terms and condition for the meeting and the appropriate place would be established. The letter went on to explain that the Orion people meant no harm to the Caltonian people and hoped that there would be no offense taken for the many years of observation on their planet. It was stated that this amount of time was needed to get to know the people of Calto and to understand their culture, their language and policies, for the possible meeting of beings from another world. The same amount of time would be alloted to the Caltonian if it needed. OSEA would provide any information needed by the Caltonians to assist with their concerns. President Melbourne stated that there was considerable conversation on the Caltonian broadcasts that speculated towards other planets existing with the ability sustain life. With all things considered, the Orion people thought it was the appropriate time to make contact.
Once the policies and conditions for person to person contact had been set, the Emperor's palace was deemed to be the best place for this type of historic contact to take place. Commander Brody was again the Commander of the spaceship since he was the first to make contact. The co ordinates for the the landing spot were transmitted and the spaceship landed without any problems. President Melbourne came to the first meeting and stated that there should be no gasps or looks of alarm when meeting the Caltonians for the first time. Things will be somewhat different than what we are used to, he had stated, but we need to make a good first impression. Upon arrival at the palace the first shocking thing to be realized was just how big the Caltonian people were. By comparison they were nearly three feet taller and were the most muscular beings the Orions had ever seen. Not that they had seen any others, but these beings were huge.The average height for an Orion was five feet so this was impressive and a little scary.
First introduction were made and a large feast was served. After the meal, the Emperor and President Melbourne spoke of the upcoming exchange of technology, and whether there would be limits to this exchange of information. It was decided that it would be a completely open exchange, no limitation.
The Caltonians were willing to negotiate the trading of anything and everything. Nothing was forbidden and the Orions were as accommodating as they could be given the fact they were millions of miles from home. To the Caltonians all technology was up for trade and at the top of their list was technology for space travel. They began almost immediately to negotiate for the technology to build their own space ships. They too wanted to explore the vast unknown depths of their solar system and beyond. They were willing to give the rights to their planet for this technology but the negotiators soon found common ground on which to stand and the search for Mellium began.
The trade negotiations were going well and the Orions delivered their space exploration database which contained their limited knowledge of the universe.
The Caltonians were more aware of their impending doom form global neglect than the Orions had anticipated. They quickly made it known that they needed to find other planets to harvest resources to sustain their way of life. Near the beginning of the trade negotiations there didn’t appear much to be gained in favor of the Orions from all the cultural and other technological exchanges of information. The Caltonians had abused every inch of their planet and had resorted to artificially producing everything to sustain life. Still the negotiations continued in hopes that something of value could be found to satisfy the technology exchange. As the two planets continued to exchange information and grow what appeared to be a bond of trust, it became apparent the Caltonians did indeed have something that the Orions needed. It was something that the Caltonians considered junk rocks and was used to make costume jewelry and other trinkets. It was a plentiful natural resource which the Caltonians had no use and so took it for granted, but it was the one thing the Orions needed badly. Mellium. It was the thing that was available in extremely limited quantities on Orion, but here on Calto it was just lying on the ground to be picked up and used by anyone. It was called Zeallium on Calto and Mellium on Orion. It was the product that allowed the Orion’s to enhance the power output of their teleportation machines. The Caltonians were not made aware of the extreme importance of Mellium but negotiated a trade proposition of Zeallium for space exploration technology and satellite launch capabilities.
The Caltonians did not appear to have a desire to improve their quality of life and therefore did not request any technology to assist with cleaning the air or new technology to feed their people more efficiently. They were excited about the concept of space travel and the opportunities that lay ahead of them in the vast darkness of space. So the sharing of resources started and continued for many years until the Caltonians came to Orion looking for the natural resources that could not be found anywhere else in the solar system.
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Very soon after the arrival of the Caltonians to Orion the fighting began and was soon happening all over the world for ownership of Orion. The Caltonians and Orions had been fighting for two, long, cycles and neither side was winning or losing decisively. That was before. For nearly all of the two previous cycles the Caltonians had seemed content to use the fighting to distract us to allow them to steal what they wanted. Over the last several months the tactics of the Caltonians had changed. Early in the war the devastation to the planet was happening so slowly that even the Orion scientists had not realized the total extent of the internal damages to their planet. Now, in what seemed like an overnight event, changes were happening so quickly to the landscape and atmosphere that everyone could see the end was near. The life of their once beautiful planet was fading quickly. With what seemed like only days left before the end, everyone was struggling to put the final touches on the massive project G.E.T. This was the project the Ruling Governments were hoping would be the salvation of the Orion people. If they could get the project completed quickly this was going to allow the Orion people to leave their home world and go to the new world, Alpha One, on the other side of the Sapphire galaxy to start life again, in peace.
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The Presidents of the Ruling Governments drafted a letter to be broadcast to the leaders of Calto using this same method of communication. The scientist was asked to bring the Emperor of Calto to hear the message. The letter was read by President Melbourne who represented the Presidents of the Ruling Governments. The letter was then translated and broadcast in the Caltonian language by Commander Brody. It was asked that a response be broadcast in the same manner by the Emperor of Calto. The Emperor declined to respond in person but allowed the scientist to respond in his place. There would be time later for the Caltonians to learn the Orion language. For now it would be best to communicate using the Caltonian language since it was a language now familiar to two worlds. The letter from the Orions provided an introduction of the leaders of the Ruling Government and explained in small details who the Orions were as a people. It gave examples of the different cultures and different types of people that lived in harmony on the planet. The letter also gave coordinates to locate the Orion planet and how to find them in the night sky using the Caltonian version of a telescope. It went on to explain that once the Caltonians were ready to make phsyical contact the terms and condition for the meeting and the appropriate place would be established. The letter went on to explain that the Orion people meant no harm to the Caltonian people and hoped that there would be no offense taken for the many years of observation on their planet. It was stated that this amount of time was needed to get to know the people of Calto and to understand their culture, their language and policies, for the possible meeting of beings from another world. The same amount of time would be alloted to the Caltonian if it needed. OSEA would provide any information needed by the Caltonians to assist with their concerns. President Melbourne stated that there was considerable conversation on the Caltonian broadcasts that speculated towards other planets existing with the ability sustain life. With all things considered, the Orion people thought it was the appropriate time to make contact.
Once the policies and conditions for person to person contact had been set, the Emperor's palace was deemed to be the best place for this type of historic contact to take place. Commander Brody was again the Commander of the spaceship since he was the first to make contact. The co ordinates for the the landing spot were transmitted and the spaceship landed without any problems. President Melbourne came to the first meeting and stated that there should be no gasps or looks of alarm when meeting the Caltonians for the first time. Things will be somewhat different than what we are used to, he had stated, but we need to make a good first impression. Upon arrival at the palace the first shocking thing to be realized was just how big the Caltonian people were. By comparison they were nearly three feet taller and were the most muscular beings the Orions had ever seen. Not that they had seen any others, but these beings were huge.The average height for an Orion was five feet so this was impressive and a little scary.
First introduction were made and a large feast was served. After the meal, the Emperor and President Melbourne spoke of the upcoming exchange of technology, and whether there would be limits to this exchange of information. It was decided that it would be a completely open exchange, no limitation.
The Caltonians were willing to negotiate the trading of anything and everything. Nothing was forbidden and the Orions were as accommodating as they could be given the fact they were millions of miles from home. To the Caltonians all technology was up for trade and at the top of their list was technology for space travel. They began almost immediately to negotiate for the technology to build their own space ships. They too wanted to explore the vast unknown depths of their solar system and beyond. They were willing to give the rights to their planet for this technology but the negotiators soon found common ground on which to stand and the search for Mellium began.
The trade negotiations were going well and the Orions delivered their space exploration database which contained their limited knowledge of the universe.
The Caltonians were more aware of their impending doom form global neglect than the Orions had anticipated. They quickly made it known that they needed to find other planets to harvest resources to sustain their way of life. Near the beginning of the trade negotiations there didn’t appear much to be gained in favor of the Orions from all the cultural and other technological exchanges of information. The Caltonians had abused every inch of their planet and had resorted to artificially producing everything to sustain life. Still the negotiations continued in hopes that something of value could be found to satisfy the technology exchange. As the two planets continued to exchange information and grow what appeared to be a bond of trust, it became apparent the Caltonians did indeed have something that the Orions needed. It was something that the Caltonians considered junk rocks and was used to make costume jewelry and other trinkets. It was a plentiful natural resource which the Caltonians had no use and so took it for granted, but it was the one thing the Orions needed badly. Mellium. It was the thing that was available in extremely limited quantities on Orion, but here on Calto it was just lying on the ground to be picked up and used by anyone. It was called Zeallium on Calto and Mellium on Orion. It was the product that allowed the Orion’s to enhance the power output of their teleportation machines. The Caltonians were not made aware of the extreme importance of Mellium but negotiated a trade proposition of Zeallium for space exploration technology and satellite launch capabilities.
The Caltonians did not appear to have a desire to improve their quality of life and therefore did not request any technology to assist with cleaning the air or new technology to feed their people more efficiently. They were excited about the concept of space travel and the opportunities that lay ahead of them in the vast darkness of space. So the sharing of resources started and continued for many years until the Caltonians came to Orion looking for the natural resources that could not be found anywhere else in the solar system.
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Very soon after the arrival of the Caltonians to Orion the fighting began and was soon happening all over the world for ownership of Orion. The Caltonians and Orions had been fighting for two, long, cycles and neither side was winning or losing decisively. That was before. For nearly all of the two previous cycles the Caltonians had seemed content to use the fighting to distract us to allow them to steal what they wanted. Over the last several months the tactics of the Caltonians had changed. Early in the war the devastation to the planet was happening so slowly that even the Orion scientists had not realized the total extent of the internal damages to their planet. Now, in what seemed like an overnight event, changes were happening so quickly to the landscape and atmosphere that everyone could see the end was near. The life of their once beautiful planet was fading quickly. With what seemed like only days left before the end, everyone was struggling to put the final touches on the massive project G.E.T. This was the project the Ruling Governments were hoping would be the salvation of the Orion people. If they could get the project completed quickly this was going to allow the Orion people to leave their home world and go to the new world, Alpha One, on the other side of the Sapphire galaxy to start life again, in peace.
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