ES OriginEXTRASOLAREpisode 2 OriginWhite ceramic-surfaced tables stood in neat rows in the bright, sunlit classroom. There was silence and anticipation in the air. A little girl was standing in front of the class. On the ceramic screen behind her was a drawing of a triangle-shaped object with blue flames shooting out of its back, next to a colourful sketch of a planet with only one moon. Stars and crescent moons framed the image.The seven-year-old girl's name was Elden Stark and it was a Show and Tell day at her school. The theme was the upcoming celebration, "Legacy of the Blue World, 500 Years." Nineteen children were sitting in silence, waiti
ES An Unfortunate AccidentEXTRASOLAREpisode 1An Unfortunate AccidentThe room was pleasantly lit by the soft light streaming in from a roof window. A polished black table mirrored everything in the white room of the Orion parliament building, mostly the group of ten people who sat around it. They were all government officials, dressed in expensive suits, except for three people in plain outfits. A black haired woman in a dull business suit, Charmine Andal, Public Official of the Orbitals, rose and nodded politely at the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Orion Party and moderator of this meeting.She turned her head to three people across her, two men and one f