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=== Sisters === | === Sisters === | ||
β | This system contains the worlds of Antillia, Thoth, and Utu. All three are earthlike worlds with a TL of 0 or 1, depending on what part of the planet you land on | + | This system contains the worlds of Antillia, Thoth, and Utu. All three are earthlike worlds with a TL of 0 or 1, depending on what part of the planet you land on. None have a unified planetary government, or even a body of governments. These three were clearly terraformed worlds, and their biospheres are simply not that old. As such, they lack the fossil fuels that would have allowed them to maintain or increase their tech levels without support. Each planet has at least one civilization that kept records and remembered. On each world, there were at least a few who had read the oldest books, and knew that their people had not come from there, and that there might be other humans out among the stars. On Antillia, the common language among the most educated is Spanish. On Thoth, it is Afrikaans. On Utu, it is Arabic. These were the languages that the oldest books had been written in. So, while they may have been dead languages at the time contact was re-established, they were quickly made use of. In all three cases this resulted in the most advanced culture on the planet being the point of contact with starfaring civlization, but since each world has something like a billion people on it, that isn't an overwhelmingly large contact to have. |
The State is currently trying to slowly unify these worlds under a single government per planet, preferably one that is under State control, without having a humanitarian disaster or otherwise completely losing control of the situation. | The State is currently trying to slowly unify these worlds under a single government per planet, preferably one that is under State control, without having a humanitarian disaster or otherwise completely losing control of the situation. |