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you don't know how glad I am to see you
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you must have said something to get
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under a condi skin she's gone and I
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don't think she's coming back and you
0:14
you lunatic you broke into the board's
0:17
own fortress just to rescue one
0:19
doddering old man you are absolutely out
0:23
and I can't begin to thank you enough
0:32
I'm alright thanks to you a cond a
0:36
wanted my cooperation I'm quite sure she
0:38
would have beaten it out of me
0:40
if you hadn't arrived you've broken the
0:43
board's stranglehold on this colony and
0:46
but there's still so much we have yet to
0:49
accomplish you and I are going to have
0:53
to work harder than ever to save Halcyon
0:55
I'm afraid the situation as far worse
0:58
than any of us ever anticipated
1:08
earth has gone dark we haven't received
1:12
a single message in three years there's
1:14
been no communication no signals nothing
1:17
two years ago the Earth's directorates
1:20
frigate disappeared on their way back to
1:22
earth we don't know what they discovered
1:24
when they arrived or if they arrived at
1:26
all earth is only an idea to us but that
1:30
idea is the bedrock the colony is built
1:32
upon if people were to find out it's
1:35
gone dark the shock could be too much to
1:38
bear I don't want to imagine what will
1:41
happen once news gets out let's just
1:43
keep this between us for now we're in
1:46
serious trouble my friend do you know
1:48
what this means for house yawn we can't
1:50
rely on earth for support anymore we've
1:53
been cut loose we're entirely on our own
2:01
yes yes certainly I'll help however I
2:04
can I don't know what happened but
2:09
something must have gone horribly wrong
2:10
I don't know why earth's gone silent I
2:13
don't even know if earth exists anymore
2:15
we have no connection back to earth and
2:18
return is likely impossible we're
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completely alone out here you might have
2:26
heard of the earth directorates frigate
2:28
half the colony's entire military was on
2:31
that ship they were returning to Earth
2:32
when they vanished without a trace that
2:37
we haven't heard a word from them since
2:39
whatever happened to Earth likely
2:46
I wasn't trying to hide the truth from
2:52
you but after all you've done I owe you
2:54
an explanation yes I experimented on the
2:59
hopes colonists each of my experiments
3:02
ended in catastrophic failure each of my
3:06
subjects died in agony you are my first
3:11
and only success I didn't tell you about
3:14
the others because I didn't want to burn
3:17
you my failures are my own to bear not
3:20
yours thank you perhaps in time I'll
3:29
learn to forgive myself
3:31
my apologies I need to get a hold of
3:36
we've far more pressing issues to worry
3:39
about right now if you have any more
3:41
questions ask me I'll answer as best I
3:45
can yes we do you've done a marvelous
3:51
thing you've succeeded where anyone else
3:54
would have failed including me we must
3:57
begin the revival process immediately
3:59
starting with the hopes of brightest
4:01
minds and then we're going to fix this
4:03
damn colony one problem at a time
4:06
we're going to need a leader and I can't
4:09
imagine a better person for the job than
4:11
you what do you say old friend will you
4:33
the Chairman I don't know why you let
4:37
that heartless creature live but I'll
4:39
have to trust your judgment you're the
4:42
best thing to ever happen to LC on if
4:44
you want to take it upon yourself to
4:46
leave this colony you have my support
4:48
we're not a colony any longer are we our
4:51
last connection to earth has been
4:53
severed and so we have been set free our
4:57
future is uncertain and no one knows
5:00
what tomorrow holds exciting isn't it
5:09
the OSI teaches that everything in the
5:12
universe happens according to the grand
5:14
plan but the stranger that arrived in
5:18
Halcyon was an unplanned variable from
5:21
the moment he landed in Emerald Vale his
5:24
actions altered the course of history
5:26
the events on Tartarus brought about the
5:29
end of the board's authority but the
5:31
board's mistakes would haunt the colony
5:33
for decades to come the damage they left
5:36
behind would require the work of a
5:39
generation to repair dr. Phineas Wells
5:42
began reviving a handful of the hopes
5:45
colonists engineers scientists
5:47
technicians and intellectuals they were
5:50
among the brightest minds the earth had
5:52
ever sent out into the Stars the hope
5:55
scientists and engineers woke up in a
5:57
colony descending headlong into total
6:00
collapse with no way to return to Earth
6:03
they had no choice but to band together
6:06
and devote themselves to the cause of
6:09
saving Halcyon the people of house yarn
6:13
were nothing if not Hardy in the absence
6:16
of the board's authority many of the
6:18
colony settlements banded together with
6:20
a single purpose in mind
6:22
survival life was especially hard in the
6:26
years to come some towns dissolved by
6:29
attrition and starvation but most of
6:33
them found a way to carry on in the
6:36
years to come Halcyon was forced to
6:38
reckon with its newfound freedom the
6:41
board was gone and for better or worse
6:44
the colony was responsible for its own
6:47
destiny between MSI's workers centric
6:50
policies in the iconoclast manpower
6:53
Sanjar and zora were able to rally many
6:56
of the terror two townships to their
7:00
Emma sighs workforce well and the
7:02
iconoclast enjoyed a significant surge
7:04
in their ranks the board was too
7:08
distracted by infighting in internal
7:10
politics to stop em aside from becoming
7:13
a powerful corporation and a refuge for
7:16
townships that might have fallen through
7:17
the cracks consumed by paranoia Lilia
7:22
Hagen took sublight Salvage in a
7:24
controversial direction openly accusing
7:28
board officials of an extraterrestrial
7:30
conspiracy one day an accident that the
7:34
groundbreakers docking bay silenced her
7:37
forever time would tell if her
7:40
replacement could keep the sublight
7:44
a delayed McDevitt replaced read
7:46
Thompson as the leader of Edgewater
7:49
she and her followers transformed
7:51
Edgewater in their image anyone loyal to
7:55
Reid was pressured into leaving town and
7:57
those who stayed behind adapted to her
8:00
way of life Adelaide transformed the old
8:03
cannery into a new garden the nearby
8:06
Edgewater Cemetery provided a convenient
8:09
source of fertilizer as for Reid
8:13
Thompson it was said that he lasted
8:15
exactly two days outside the walls of
8:18
Edgewater years later a marauder was
8:21
found in possession of his hat under the
8:23
leadership of June Leigh Tennyson the
8:26
groundbreaker held firm against
8:27
corporate influence the ship's
8:30
mechanical stability gave thule the time
8:32
to educate a promising generation of
8:34
engineers schooled in her family's
8:36
traditions the future of the
8:39
groundbreaker books promising the
8:42
rediscovery of the hope and the
8:44
abandonment of the lifetime employment
8:46
program forced Byzantium to come to
8:49
terms with some uncomfortable realities
8:51
about the state of Halcyon while
8:54
Byzantines were reluctant to surrender
8:56
the luxuries they've grown accustomed to
8:58
the board's diminished Authority gave
9:01
them little choice in the matter
9:03
nearly everyone had to learn to make do
9:06
with less some even had to get jobs it
9:11
was a dark time indeed your influence
9:15
shifted Elly's perspective she finally
9:18
admitted albeit grudgingly that she just
9:21
might need other people sometimes
9:26
with a steady income from the life
9:28
insurance payouts she was finally able
9:31
to afford a ship of her own she hired a
9:33
small crew and flew supply missions to
9:36
communities on the fringe some of them
9:40
Felix millstone never lived to see what
9:43
became of the colony he did not survive
9:46
his encounter with you as much as he
9:49
enjoyed his adventures aboard the
9:51
unreliable The Vicar known as max
9:54
eventually decided that it was time to
9:56
move on to live out the life he had
9:58
sought so long to create he knew there
10:02
were many in the colony who carried
10:03
burdens much worse than the ones he had
10:05
struggled with and he devoted himself to
10:08
easing their suffering wherever he could
10:10
he only ever took up arms again to
10:13
defend the defenseless unshackled from a
10:16
lifetime of striving and fighting the
10:19
universe and himself vicar Maximilian de
10:22
Soto was finally at peace
10:25
what's the matter with the hope
10:27
colonists was resolved June lay
10:29
bashfully asked Parvati if she'd like to
10:32
join her permanently on the ground
10:33
breaker and Parvati enthusiastically if
10:37
somewhat awkwardly agreed the stories of
10:41
her adventures spread across the colony
10:43
and Parvati soon found herself the
10:45
center of attention having served as the
10:48
engineer of a renowned space craft
10:50
Trant freighters and wildcat miners
10:53
sought her out by name and in no time
10:56
she was a fixture in the ground breakers
10:59
mechanical ecosystem she and June lai
11:02
were never far apart Nyoka returned to
11:05
mana to take another crack at making a
11:08
permanent life for herself she formed
11:10
the Karen group a mercenary outfit of
11:13
ragtag survivalists and wilderness
11:15
experts anyone in need of a guide or
11:18
just looking to throw back a beer and
11:21
swap stories could find her camping on
11:24
the trail or clearing and infestation
11:27
the Sam unit that accompanied use spread
11:30
awareness of the product lines superior
11:32
sanitation and maintenance capabilities
11:34
across what was left of the colony this
11:37
led to a boost in Sam unit sales did you
11:41
know that Sam units are the
11:43
longest-lasting toughest acting cleaning
11:45
solution in ASEAN Minister Clark was
11:49
released from house arrest and his
11:51
contact with you gave him a sense of
11:53
renewed purpose and figure once it
11:55
became clear that no help would be
11:57
coming from earth he threw his
11:59
considerable efforts and talents into
12:01
helping Halcyon manage the crisis before
12:03
it it was widely suspected that Sophia
12:07
Hyundai was the true power behind
12:09
Chairman Rockwell however after the
12:14
she was never again seen in the colony
12:17
various theories circulated as to her
12:20
fate some believed she boarded an
12:22
interstellar ship capable of journeying
12:24
to a distant colony others believed she
12:28
died trying to escape
12:29
toddlers some few suggest she fled to
12:32
Monarch where she continued to live
12:34
among a small band of loyalists there is
12:39
which suggests that Sophia's encounter
12:41
with you changed her and she
12:43
deliberately retreated from public view
12:45
but continued supporting the colony in
12:47
secret when dr. wells began reviving the
12:50
hopes colonists he found himself with a
12:53
sudden windfall of additional supplies
12:55
and resources courtesy of an anonymous
12:59
if wells knew who his supplier was he
13:02
never told a soul as for dr. Phineas
13:06
he spent his remaining years in his
13:08
orbital lab he eventually came to terms
13:12
with his own past and was able to
13:14
forgive the mistakes of his younger self
13:16
by devoting his remaining years to
13:18
serving the colony dr. wells was able to
13:22
revive many more scientists and
13:24
engineers than he first expected thanks
13:26
to the additional batch of chemicals you
13:28
stole from the ministry Wells never
13:31
forgot about the human lives that were
13:33
lost in acquiring these chemicals in the
13:36
end dr. wells was able to save every
13:39
scientist and engineer aboard the Hope
13:41
over the next decade nearly all of the
13:44
hopes remaining colonists were
13:46
successfully revived Halcyon saw a
13:49
period of rapid technological and
13:51
scientific advancement breakthroughs and
13:55
dietary supplements saved the colony
13:57
from starvation geoengineering projects
13:59
and social reforms began to change the
14:02
structure and character of the colony
14:05
dr. wells laid the groundwork for the
14:07
project to save the colony but he would
14:10
never live to see the fruits of his
14:11
labor he passed away a few years later
14:14
his work was carried on by the
14:17
scientists and engineers he revived
14:19
today Halcyon has stabilized the people
14:23
of the colony work hard to adapt to the
14:25
new circumstances nearby colonies send
14:31
life will never be easy in Halcyon but
14:34
for the first time in its history there
14:37
exists a sense of real genuine hope
14:39
about the future and what about you the
14:43
unplanned variable in the history of
14:45
Halcyon you brought an end to the riot
14:48
on Tartarus and partnered with Chairman
14:51
Rockwell to run the colony together as
14:54
house Ian's look toward the future you
14:57
remained a constant presence in the
14:59
colonies administration you were never
15:02
weighed down by bureaucracy and you
15:04
never had to dirty your hands with
15:06
politics you had people who did that for
15:10
you by your employees Halcyon survived
15:14
the turbulent years that were to follow
15:16
no one knows what's happened to earth
15:19
and no one knows what the future has in
15:22
store for house young all we know for
15:25
certain is this the name of the
15:27
unreliable and that of its intrepid
15:30
captain will remain the subject of
15:32
countless stories for years to come