...The concept of a union of galaxies is a little difficult for most of us to wrap our heads around, I'd wager. Are they all populated with lifeforms similar to your own? Did they spread out from Earth or evolve independently on planets with similar conditions?
[ me sweating in not knowing the answer to this question. im gonna make some shit up char, wherever you are, dont judge me.
anyway. lu bixing makes a little noise, moving his hand to his personal device and tapping something on the screen. a 3D map pops up, projected - the eighth galaxy, a conglomeration of many planets, and then zooming out further, the entire interplanetary union system. the eighth sits at the very edge, and there are long lines that connect each galaxy, except for the eighth, which is marked by what is clearly labeled "the heart of the rose" at the very edge, a simple black swirl where it should be connected to the seventh galaxy before it.
this is something he's terribly nerdy about so this is teacher voice time. ]
A little bit of both. The first intergalactic travel occurred millennia ago - what most of the people here seem to know as their current Earth is ancient, to us. We know it as the capital planet of the First Galaxy now, Wolto. [ the helpful map zooms in on wolto and then back out again, projecting a series of golden lines one by one that move through the traditional nine planets of the ancient earth solar system, and then outwards, to the next galaxy, and spreading out from there. ]
From that planet, the Ancient Earth scientists that discovered the concept of warp technology were able to spread outwards, where they encountered all kinds of life forms - we called that the Second Age of Discovery. Ancient Earth was overcrowded, and people took the opportunity to blaze new trails and find new places to sustain life. Humanity and lifeforms like it have since occupied the majority of the livable planets. The lifeforms that were there in the first place assimilated and combined, so the majority of the Eight Galaxies are those who are human, or something close to it.
[ HELP I'M SORRY YOU COULD HAVE JUST SAID "HE GIVES A DETAILED EXPLANATION" IN BRACKETS AND I WOULD HAVE ACCEPTED IT
anyway, this is... damn. fancy. and a fascinating explanation! he supposes it doesn't seem all that farfetched, with all the advancements he's already seen in his lifetime, though it does leave him wondering about some other logistics. ]
I see! Humans really are something.
[ ...and while they're looking at that screen, another memory starts playing up on the movie screen. certainly different from lu bixing's, but with a few echoes of similarity. ]
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...Twenty years? Give or take. It was the very beginning of a war that changed the trajectory of our lives.
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[ there's a bit of a smile at... something there. ]
Well, wars do tend to do that.
Did it ever reach a conclusion, or is still ongoing?
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[ he watches the remains of the screen even now, and then shakes his head. ]
...Things didn't really end there. It's like you said. Wars tend to do that. They rarely ever just end.
Our galaxy ended up splitting away from the Union and establishing its own sovereignty.
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anyway. lu bixing makes a little noise, moving his hand to his personal device and tapping something on the screen. a 3D map pops up, projected - the eighth galaxy, a conglomeration of many planets, and then zooming out further, the entire interplanetary union system. the eighth sits at the very edge, and there are long lines that connect each galaxy, except for the eighth, which is marked by what is clearly labeled "the heart of the rose" at the very edge, a simple black swirl where it should be connected to the seventh galaxy before it.
this is something he's terribly nerdy about so this is teacher voice time. ]
A little bit of both. The first intergalactic travel occurred millennia ago - what most of the people here seem to know as their current Earth is ancient, to us. We know it as the capital planet of the First Galaxy now, Wolto. [ the helpful map zooms in on wolto and then back out again, projecting a series of golden lines one by one that move through the traditional nine planets of the ancient earth solar system, and then outwards, to the next galaxy, and spreading out from there. ]
From that planet, the Ancient Earth scientists that discovered the concept of warp technology were able to spread outwards, where they encountered all kinds of life forms - we called that the Second Age of Discovery. Ancient Earth was overcrowded, and people took the opportunity to blaze new trails and find new places to sustain life. Humanity and lifeforms like it have since occupied the majority of the livable planets. The lifeforms that were there in the first place assimilated and combined, so the majority of the Eight Galaxies are those who are human, or something close to it.
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anyway, this is... damn. fancy. and a fascinating explanation! he supposes it doesn't seem all that farfetched, with all the advancements he's already seen in his lifetime, though it does leave him wondering about some other logistics. ]
I see! Humans really are something.
[ ...and while they're looking at that screen, another memory starts playing up on the movie screen. certainly different from lu bixing's, but with a few echoes of similarity. ]