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The year, 2158. The Soviet Union has defeated the United States in the space race of the early 20th century. They now explore the outer reaches of our solar system mining, terraforming and colonising the planets, moons and asteroids that make up the Greater USSR System of Planets. Almost a quarter of a million Soviet Citizens now inhabit the planets and moons as far out as Saturn with all but a hand full of Cosmonauts now beginning the exploration beyond to Neptune. An area of space thought beyond the reach of human exploration and technology. The Soviet kosmobushir (space tug) ‘Akademgorodok’ or ‘AKey’ for short is the ship now operating farthest beyond the reach. On a slow approach to Triton, Neptune’s most outer moon and crewed by lone Cosmonaut Yuri Leonov. His mission is the detailed scanning, detection and mapping of objects that long range scanners on the moons of Saturn can not detect. A methodical 4-Space Geometric scan done sector by sector by sector creating detailed spacial maps for future vessels to safely navigate, something the Akademgorodok can do by itself. The Soviet Union though believes the true exploration of space begins with the mind and body of Soviet Citizens willing to go “Far Beyond the Reach”. The following transmission was received by Saturn’s deep space transmitter on Titan. It was received in the year 2172, fourteen years after the USSR space tug Akademgorodok was last heard from. What you are about to read is from a conversation between the s
