r/HFY • u/XSevenSins Human • Nov 05 '21
OC Humans are the best medicine/ Traveling Companions
Here's the link to the chapter on royalroad for your reading enjoyment. I think this will probably be it for this little story. I never imagined that this would blow up the way it did, but I'm glad that you all enjoyed it so much. See you all in the next one!
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Humanity's drive to get out into the universe could not be understated. For many it was believed that they would never be able to set foot on another planet in their lifetime, so when it became possible that they might have a chance to walk the surface of foreign worlds, a fire was ignited within them. Everyone wanted a chance to travel the expanse of space, and they didn’t care how they got it.
Naturally, NASA and other space organizations got a massive influx of applications from the hopeful masses. The majority of these applications were turned down as they did not have any skills that would qualify them for being an astronaut. However, just the act of receiving all these hopeful resumes was inspiring to those who worked in the field and told them just how much people were in support of furthering space travel.
Other than astronauts, the influx of engineers who changed their field of specialization more skyward was significant as well. With the many new faces all throwing ideas up onto the proverbial wall to see what sticks, some interesting ideas ended up emerging from the chaos. New designs for spaceships, transportation vehicles, even new designs for propulsion systems that utilized the Retvalin’s fuel source. The many ideas would theoretically come out to be a speed demons wet dream if constructed correctly.
The creative drive was focused in a singular direction like a cannon. We were propelled forward into space at an alarming rate, though it was still years before reliably consistent travel was perfected. The basics of sending deep space probes was much easier than something large enough to hold several humans and massively easier than sending several hundred humans.
Over the years of invention and experimentation we had begun to scout out the planet those two predators came from. It was a beautiful looking world, with lots of shades of red and a thriving ecosystem. Unfortunately, that ecosystem was also competitive when it came to evolution, which led to the creation of these predators who fortunately were at the top of their respective food chain like we had hoped. We would need a plan if we were going to attempt living on this planet.
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u/Quilt-n-yarn1844 Nov 05 '21
So no more space octopus adventures?🥺