Chapter 1: Prologue: The Golden Age

September 3, UC 1587 | ???, Planet ???, Capital City ???, Drikon Family’s Home

 

“So, Astinia, which book do you want me to read?” smiles mom.

“Mmm you’ve already read all the books,” I whined.

“Then how about this new book?” chuckles mom.

I open my eyes wide in excitement and exclaim “YES!”

“Alright. Alright.” laughs Mom. “Ahem, so the book is called ‘Strength is Might by Jadis Reginald’. The recorded history after the Golden Age. A story that many have forgotten thanks to our many years of peace.”

“What’s this Golden Age?” With a confusing gaze at the unfamiliar words.

Mom answers, “It’s a time when space was free and resources were plentiful. With the advancement of society, they started to explore the world outside of their solar system. Because of the United Nations, scientists have banded together to study how to go faster than light by including the use of ‘Alien’ technology they found on Pluto.”

“Alien’s BAD!” Even though I never saw any Aliens. There was still a feeling of fear that I couldn’t shake away.

“Haha. That’s true, there are bad aliens but there are also good aliens. We shouldn’t judge that all aliens are bad. Just like humans, there are good and bad humans,” mom emphasizes.

While I contemplated what she told me. Mom gets a message through her comms. 

“Honey. I’ll be home in a couple months as my tour has ended. Say hi to the kids for me and tell them I’ll be coming home soon,” assured Haylock.

It seems like I was deeply engrossed in understanding what she meant that I didn’t even notice the message being played on speaker.

Annika is ecstatic to hear that her husband is able to come home early.

It's been almost 5 long years since Haylock's deployment. Such a long period of time will definitely create a feeling of emptiness. A feeling that the person you love isn't right besides you. Someone who you can share your thoughts, frustration, and joy to. In order to distract those negative feelings from cropping up in her life, Annika had doted on Astinia and poured love, warmth and attention to him.

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“Mom, I think I understand what you mean now,” I remark while looking up proudly.

She understands that her son is fairly smart. Yet she still couldn’t come to terms with that uncanny height of intelligence he shows. She worries about his future and how ostracized he might be with those of his age.

Mom smiles with warmth, “mmm I’m so proud of you,” while giving a light kiss on my forehead.

“Hehe,” I giggle.

“So where was I at?” said mom.

“Alien!”

“Ah yes, so with the help of alien technology, scientists were able to reverse engineer a few components after many failed attempts and sleepless nights. With those few components, scientist's creativity, and many long years of trial and error, we got what is now known as...” held mom.

“SLAP!” I laugh.

“Haha! While its name is SLAP, the very first iteration was called the HyperDrive,” mom smiles.

“I think SLAP is better.”

“Yes, I think so too,” she smiles. 

“Thanks to the introduction of the HyperDrive, they were able to go beyond their solar system, to uncharted territory that no humans have actually visited before. During the many years of exploration and research, resources were shared and to our surprise, planets that we thought were unlivable were actually perfect worlds, in theory, for us to colonize and adapt to, albeit with some level of terraforming. Once the news said that such conditions were favorable for humans to live over time. The different nations, on earth, then started to annex the vast space as territories to their nation,” she reveals.

“Thus began the Golden Age,” mom softly speaks while noticing the sleeping Astinia.

Mom gives a soft kiss on Astinia’s forehead. Then quietly gets up and slowly closes the door with worry in her eyes and fear in the heart.

The feeling that peace is only an illusion and the beat of the drums are nearing ever so closer.

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