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| ======The Ananke Conference====== | ======The Ananke Conference====== | ||
| - | ======Archive - Turn 0====== | + | ====== Archive - Turn 0 ====== |
| //On behalf of the Galactic Syndicate of Planets, I would like to welcome you all to this summit, an opportunity for all citizens of the Seven Systems – not just those gathered here today – to grow and learn from each other.// | //On behalf of the Galactic Syndicate of Planets, I would like to welcome you all to this summit, an opportunity for all citizens of the Seven Systems – not just those gathered here today – to grow and learn from each other.// | ||
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| * **0:00** The Chronos machine is switched on to begin its warm-up phase. | * **0:00** The Chronos machine is switched on to begin its warm-up phase. | ||
| - | * **06:30-18:30** Visionary historians deliver a public lecture programme on the [[pre-ananke_timeline|history of the galaxy]] from 0 GC to the present day. The programme, delivered in the Eunomian exhibition hall, lasts the entire day, with short breaks for refreshments. | + | * **06:30-18:30** Visionary historians deliver a public lecture programme on the [[:pre-ananke_timeline|history of the galaxy]] from 0 GC to the present day. The programme, delivered in the Eunomian exhibition hall, lasts the entire day, with short breaks for refreshments. |
| * The tone of these programmes is, on the whole, very hopeful, with a focus on unity and the achievements of Eunomia. There are reports of some foreign delegates walking out, with accusations of ‘blatant propaganda’ and ‘under-documented research methodology’ being reported. | * The tone of these programmes is, on the whole, very hopeful, with a focus on unity and the achievements of Eunomia. There are reports of some foreign delegates walking out, with accusations of ‘blatant propaganda’ and ‘under-documented research methodology’ being reported. | ||
| - | * **12:00** The Chronos Machine is turned on for its first demonstration in a central exhibition stage. This is marked by the appearance of a couple of delegates who were known to be in other locations at the time. They place a note, a chronometer and a brooch into the box, before disappearing. Observing delegates are mostly baffled, but the scientists report a resounding success. | + | * **12:00** The Chronos Machine is turned on for its first demonstration in a central exhibition stage. Two scientists from the project are sent back with a recording device, given a message to write down by a member of the audience, and return after an hour or so. Through the whole demonstration, a box is on the stage. The recording they took shows them appearing in a lab, writing down the message, and placing the note and a chronometer into the box, before returning. On their return, the box is opened - with the note as dictated by the crowd, and the chronometer showing a time a couple years later than that on the recording. |
| * **13:45** The Achelian petal hosts a display of what is termed in the programme as ‘interpretive strip-mining’. The large rock that formed the majority of the centre of the petal is quickly hollowed out by an expert team, making more room for later events. | * **13:45** The Achelian petal hosts a display of what is termed in the programme as ‘interpretive strip-mining’. The large rock that formed the majority of the centre of the petal is quickly hollowed out by an expert team, making more room for later events. | ||
| * **17:34** The leader of the Briarean delegates, Oscar Letts, announces an ultimatum demanding formal promises of peace from all systems, threatening food trade sanctions. | * **17:34** The leader of the Briarean delegates, Oscar Letts, announces an ultimatum demanding formal promises of peace from all systems, threatening food trade sanctions. | ||
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| * **09:00 – 18:00** The first day of the Model Galactic Syndicate conference starts. | * **09:00 – 18:00** The first day of the Model Galactic Syndicate conference starts. | ||
| * **10:00** Myriad Manufacturing unveil their new rapid prototyping station, able to quickly make small batches of just about anything. Early reports suggest that the system can create and build with composite materials with any required physical properties (e.g. rigidity, elasticity, thermal conductivity, or electrical properties), but can't mimic chemical properties, or radioactivity, and the resulting prototypes would not be safe and sterile for use as cybernetic implants. | * **10:00** Myriad Manufacturing unveil their new rapid prototyping station, able to quickly make small batches of just about anything. Early reports suggest that the system can create and build with composite materials with any required physical properties (e.g. rigidity, elasticity, thermal conductivity, or electrical properties), but can't mimic chemical properties, or radioactivity, and the resulting prototypes would not be safe and sterile for use as cybernetic implants. | ||
| - | * **12:00** The Chronos Machine is given its first demonstration. The two people who appeared the day before volunteer to go back in time and place a chronometer, a note and a brooch belonging to one of them in the box. Once they return, the box which was sealed the previous day is opened to reveal the items placed within. People are less baffled. | + | * **12:00** The Chronos machine is given its second demonstration - the same as before, but this time with a volunteer from each system's delegation (though it is noted that none of the systems sent anyone particularly important). While some dismissed the previous day's demonstration as a magic trick, the visible surprise on several of the delegate's faces helps to convince more people of what they are seeing. |
| - | * As with the previous day, a couple of people appear and place objects in a box, which is then sealed. | + | |
| * **13:00 – 17:00** A selection of research, hand-picked by the government, was shown on the main stage of the Selasi area. Reviews of the display were poor, with many saying it felt more like a sales pitch than an exhibition of scientific merit. Some were disappointed, saying that they expected better from a nation known to be on the cutting edge of research. | * **13:00 – 17:00** A selection of research, hand-picked by the government, was shown on the main stage of the Selasi area. Reviews of the display were poor, with many saying it felt more like a sales pitch than an exhibition of scientific merit. Some were disappointed, saying that they expected better from a nation known to be on the cutting edge of research. | ||
| * **15:16** A display of new and improved gasbag technology in the Briarean petal goes wrong when one of the gasbags explodes, causing an unpleasant smell to fill that sector of the petal. | * **15:16** A display of new and improved gasbag technology in the Briarean petal goes wrong when one of the gasbags explodes, causing an unpleasant smell to fill that sector of the petal. | ||
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| * **09:00 – 18:00** The second day of the Model Galactic Syndicate conference starts. | * **09:00 – 18:00** The second day of the Model Galactic Syndicate conference starts. | ||
| * **10:05** Selasi delegates announce that they have signed a protection and nonaggression treaty with Briareos. | * **10:05** Selasi delegates announce that they have signed a protection and nonaggression treaty with Briareos. | ||
| - | * **12:00** There is another demonstration of the Chronos Machine. | + | * **12:00** There is another demonstration of the Chronos Machine. This time, volunteers are chosen from the (by this point quite large) audience. People ask for various alternative demonstrations - but these requests are refused by the CHRONOS team, as they explain that the current test has been carefully designed so as to minimise any effects violating normal causality. |
| * **12:20** A Kybele journalist known as Jem (last name unrecoverable) sends out reports that expose the [[kedalion|Kedalian]]-[[eunomia|Eunomian]] weapons trade deal to Kybele and the whole galaxy. Despite eager inquiries made by a number of news outlets, no further reports are made. | * **12:20** A Kybele journalist known as Jem (last name unrecoverable) sends out reports that expose the [[kedalion|Kedalian]]-[[eunomia|Eunomian]] weapons trade deal to Kybele and the whole galaxy. Despite eager inquiries made by a number of news outlets, no further reports are made. | ||
| * It is suspected that the Kybele comms array went down shortly after the announcements. The cause of this is unknown. | * It is suspected that the Kybele comms array went down shortly after the announcements. The cause of this is unknown. | ||
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| * **11:23** The GSP receive a report from a Kybele journalist known as Hiro (last name unrecoverable) that the Selasi delegates have smuggled a highly dangerous bioweapon onboard. The GSP security forces make enquiries and conduct a full-scale search of the Selasi petal, but no bioweapon is uncovered. | * **11:23** The GSP receive a report from a Kybele journalist known as Hiro (last name unrecoverable) that the Selasi delegates have smuggled a highly dangerous bioweapon onboard. The GSP security forces make enquiries and conduct a full-scale search of the Selasi petal, but no bioweapon is uncovered. | ||
| * Selasi delegates make a formal protest against the GSP. | * Selasi delegates make a formal protest against the GSP. | ||
| + | * **12:00** The Chronos machine is again demonstrated. The crowd is smaller this time, as it becomes clear that it will be more of the same from the previous days - and many people have other concerns. | ||
| * **17:45** A bidding war breaks out for the Chronos Machine in the main hall of the ship. Scientists responsible for the development of Chronos, led by Hesiod, attempt to calm people down, revealing that the machine was still in development stage and in no state for sale. | * **17:45** A bidding war breaks out for the Chronos Machine in the main hall of the ship. Scientists responsible for the development of Chronos, led by Hesiod, attempt to calm people down, revealing that the machine was still in development stage and in no state for sale. | ||
| * **18:00** The Tungsten Roses hijack the gathering and the onboard speaker system, blasting music and spray painting slogans. This quickly devolves into a riot that spills out into the main conference room next door. | * **18:00** The Tungsten Roses hijack the gathering and the onboard speaker system, blasting music and spray painting slogans. This quickly devolves into a riot that spills out into the main conference room next door. | ||
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| * **18:40** Princess Eusenia is shot and killed on live broadcast. Someone off-screen accuses an Achelian delegate of the crime. | * **18:40** Princess Eusenia is shot and killed on live broadcast. Someone off-screen accuses an Achelian delegate of the crime. | ||
| * **18:42** The comms go out. No further broadcasts are made from this time. | * **18:42** The comms go out. No further broadcasts are made from this time. | ||
| - | * Long-ranged sensors ([[space travel#ftl_sensors_-_zidar|ZIDAR arrays]]) suggested that the ship was still extant, but the internal fate was unknown. | + | * Long-ranged sensors ([[:space travel#ftl_sensors_-_zidar|ZIDAR arrays]]) suggested that the ship was still extant, but the internal fate was unknown. |
| * **23:00** The nearby planets of Achelia and Selas both send out probe ships to attempt to establish what happened on the ship. | * **23:00** The nearby planets of Achelia and Selas both send out probe ships to attempt to establish what happened on the ship. | ||
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| ===Day 9=== | ===Day 9=== | ||
| - | Investigatory ships from [[Selas]] and [[Achelia]] arrived at the last known coordinates of the //Ananke//. They found exotic matter which suggested that some the cause of the destruction may have been a collision between the station and an object travelling at [[space travel|faster than light (FTL)]] speeds - something that should not have been possible given the design of the station, as any FTL object should have decelerated to rest at a safe distance. | + | Investigatory ships from [[Selas]] and [[Achelia]] arrived at the last known coordinates of the //Ananke//. They found exotic matter which suggested that some the cause of the destruction may have been a collision between the station and an object travelling at [[:space travel|faster than light (FTL)]] speeds - something that should not have been possible given the design of the station, as any FTL object should have decelerated to rest at a safe distance. |
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