vision-of-future

My Vision Of Future

It is early twenty second century. Humans have finally colonized the red planet Mars. From 2058 AD to 2089 AD governance on Mars has been controlled and regulated by Mars Colonization Initiative [short-story#1], a body spawned by Earth Federation. After the inception of civil war on Mars [short-story#2] which started in 2090 AD and ended in 2099 AD by a mutual agreement between Mars Colonization Initiative and Mars Liberation Federation, the government on Mars has been controlled by Mars Federation, the re-incarnation of Mars Liberation Federation.

This is 2113 AD and humans have developed extra-planetary mining and manufacturing technologies [short-story#3]. Asteroid that were considered a threat to humankind in 20th century are now a source of exotic and rare manufacturing materials. Governments, both from Earth and Mars have built numerous space-ships, space-stations and other space-structures using such technologies.

In 2109 AD Dr. Petrovich of Eden Project first detected and identified the most precious asteroid [short-story#4] humankind has ever seen. The asteroid named after Dr. Petrovich' dog Buffy is a unique asteroid in our solar system. Unlike all other asteroids detected so far, Buffy was originated outside of our solar system. The originating system of Buffy has been a topic of heated debate among asteroid experts. The fact that makes Buffy most precious is that its core is filled with huge amount of liquid krypton. The name krypton originally appeared in superman comic series in early 20th century, was associated with an extra-solar-system material in 2068 [short-story#5] when a small krypton stone was found on Mars. The stone possessed a unique array of capabilities that were never seen or imagined by contemporary material scientists. The discovery of the small stone changed the way we look at the asteroids and extra-solar systems.

Since the discovery of Buffy scientists and governments from both Earth and Mars claim the asteroid as their own. The dispute stems from the fact that Buffy was discovered by Eden Project which is a joint effort from Earth and Mars to find more inhabitable places inside or outside of our solar system. The friction between the two federations that has been going on from civil war has now reached its peak. The crisis is even more fueled by the analysts who believe that the krypton from Buffy can be used to build unprecedented weapon systems and exploration devices [short-story#6]. Analysts believe that whoever gets hold of Buffy will be 50 years ahead of the other.

Possibility of planet-to-planet missile war [short-story#7] is bleak as the distance between Earth and Mars will not fall within the missile range for next 3 years.