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Aging A distinct change in the human
condition since earlier times is increased longevity, and more importantly a
slower rate of aging. This has been a gradual process over many hundreds of
years and continues to improve, albeit at a slower rate. Current average life
span for humans living on Earth is 223 years, the Batur have shorter life-spans
with an average of 139 years. With the slower rate of aging, a person (Homo
Sapiens) who is 200 years old today would look much like a person in their
mid-eighties 500 years ago. A person who is 100 years old today would look like
a person in their late fifties from 500 years ago.
The scale is not
linear however, and a ten year old today would look much like a ten year old of
centuries past. Once the age of twenty to twenty-five is reached is when the
differences slowly become more apparent.
It should be noted however,
that humanity has readily adapted to these changes and they do not routinely
calculate their apparent ages in relation to past times. To them a person in
their early hundreds looks just like the number indicates: someone in their
early hundreds. Below is a table comparing apparent ages in years, present and
past:
Present Chronological
Age |
Apparent
Age (pre-glacial) |
10 |
10 |
20 |
20 |
30 |
25 |
50 |
35 |
80 |
50 |
120 |
65 |
150 |
75 |
175 |
80 |
200 |
88 |
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Apollo National Park A 50 acre lunar site
encompassing the landing location of the Apollo 11 crew, the place where humans
first set foot on a galactic body other than Earth. There were actually
numerous lunar sites explored during the pre-glacial period, but most of the
old Apollo mission hardware has been foraged by collectors of aerospace
memorabilia. For example, Dr. Dmitri Johanssen of Malta owns the descent stages
for two Grumman landers from Apollo 12 and 15 as well as one of the flags left
by the pre-glacial American landing teams. The collection of Rogerio Jolanto of
Manaus, Brasil includes the Apollo 16 lunar rover as well as numerous gages and
tools left behind by several different Apollo crews. His collection also
contains the Russian Lunokhod 2 rover and a Viking lander from Mars.
Of
the remaining landing sites, only the first lander's descent stage and the area
immediately surrounding it (including the original astronaut's bootprints) have
survived in original condition. It has been contained in a protective housing
at the historic site, which is operated by the California National Parks
service and currently includes a visitor's center and shopping mall which
adjoin a public research facility. The entire site was secured after being
occupied by the Japanese, who had used the area nearby as part of their
post-exodus operations. Fortunately the Japanese understood the historical
value of the site - this despite their harrowing departure conditions - and
they maintained its pristine condition during the time they were in the area.
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Archimedes Program Archimedes is the master
program that "bundles" the three subordinate sequences of Eylau, Osler and
Richter and also functions as the legal/moral leader for them and anyone else
who wishes to consult it. It is not a user based system like the sequences are,
and it plays an important role as source for additional "copies" of each
sequence. For example, the Selangor government has never been able to convince
Archimedes that it should be granted the presence of an Eylau sequence, mainly
due to their political/military stance to which Archimedes objects. It has
however, granted them Osler and Richter sequences for scientific research.
Like the three sequences, Archimedes is sentient; so a person cannot
use it to take over the world. If they attempt to do so, it will simply refuse
to go along with the plan, and because it moves within a larger network, it
cannot be "killed" in the traditional sense. There are also more than one
Archimedes "installs" on Earth and throughout the solar system.
The
hierarchy for the sentient control systems living within world computer
networks currently works as follows:
- Leaders (Archimedes): Master program, four or five
known to exist in all networks.
- Sequences (Eylau, Osler, Richter): Powerful advisors by
related discipline.
- Assistants (dedicated to specific individuals):
Sentient interface for accessing external data, Archimedes or the
sequences.
- Operators (associated with specific organizations):
Independent entities which can "watch the shop" when a human is not
around.
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Atri, Mæsa A 62 year old tactical
combat controller in the Australian orbital forces, Lieutenant Atri is a Batur
who was born in Darwin, Australia. He speaks two languages: Kitak and
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Australia Australia suffered the least amount
of violence during the glacial transition, although that is not to say there
was no suffering at all. Population losses were still horrific by pre-glacial
standards, but the loss was relatively general and took place with minimal
communal violence. The survivors were further aided by a massive technology
transfer from the old EU and US governments, which helped to revive a
manufacturing and technology base in the recovering population centers of
Northern Australia. The capital of Australia is Darwin, which is located
beneath the Litchfield Plateau Southwest of the old city's original location.
More recently, Australia and its ally The Territory of Bali have been
engaged in open warfare with Selangor over the island of Java. |
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