Earth
Summary
Original mother world of the Moon
and homeworld of most of the Alphans,
to which they attempt some returns,
or to which there are references.
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Stories
- "Breakaway":
Moon is in Earth orbit until the
Breakaway,
which triggers major
quakes on both.
- "Earthbound": a small group of
Kaldorian aliens, lead by
Captain Zantor,
are flying to Earth to seek
sanctuary
from environmental(?) decline.
Their ship, programmed to find the Moon first,
lands (gently crashes) there.
Due to an accidental Kaldorian death triggered by Helena,
Captain Zantor offers to bring a human with them,
back to Earth.
Although a computer determination is intended to find
which Alphan that is to be,
Commissioner Simmonds
extorts (blackmails?) his way on board the ship,
holding all of the Moonbase
hostage in the process, and Zantor accedes.
The problem, for Simmonds, is that he is not properly
scanned in preparation for the
suspended animation (?)
process used, and wakes up only hours(?) into the flight,
trapped in a cubicle in the Kaldorian ship,
on its way for a 75-year (?) journey.
- "Dragon's Domain":
several flashbacks to Earth,
years before Breakaway.
- TOA:
- "Journey to Where":
an advanced but environmentally damaged Earth of
2120 contacts Alpha,
and an attempt to return Alphans lands three of them in Earth of
1339.
- "The Taybor":
A trader named
Taybor has an advanced Jump Drive,
and John and the Alphans hope it can mean a return to Earth.
However, the Alphans do not have a position of Earth relative
to the Moon's current location, and the Alphans and Taybor have
completely different systems of absolute reference (i.e. Earth's
location cannot be determined).
- MOA:
A "thousand years" (?) ago,
Archanons reached Earth (or the Moon at least).
Pasc claimed they were trying to bring peace,
but failed miserably, and some Archanons mutinied.
Much of this story is seemingly contradicted by
Etrec's reaction as he listens,
and later events that show Pasc and Etrec
were infected with contagion that led to their being put in a
stasis chamber.
- "Bringers of Wonder":
What appear to be Terrans arrive on a Super Swift,
all of them people one Alphan or another knows,
promising a multi-stage rescue for everyone.
However the Terrans prove to be an illusionary
disguise of hostile aliens trying to deceive them.
Earth return is not possible.
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