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Dear Readers,
Let me tell you a story. Roughly ten years ago, the scientific community
began to take seriously the hypothesis that a Planet 9 existed somewhere
beyond the orbit of Neptune. For centuries prior to that, nonscientific
theories popularized the dream of a Planet X, but these were largely based
on speculation, and a poor understanding of the data. It was only recently
that any evidence legitimately supported the idea of a solar model that
proposed such a wild explanation for this missing mass. Ten years from now,
advances in astronomical observation technology will prove that a celestial
body of significant mass does indeed exist, and that it is currently
orbiting the sun about 1200 astronomical units away from us. About 108 years
later, fusion rockets will be efficient and powerful enough to deploy a
manned mission to the newly discovered celestial body, which they had since
named Vacuus. Probes had been sent prior to this, at higher velocities due
to lighter equipment, and no concern for life support, but they were all
lost. No one could tell why, but their hearts were full of wonder, and the
right candidates volunteered for what many called a suicide mission.
Eighteen years later, the ship arrived at its destination, and began to
unravel the mysteries of this cold, distant world. One of the passengers was
a young woman whose mother brought her along when she was a baby. Corinthia
Sloane always felt that something was missing in her life, and everything
fell into place when she learned what everyone she had ever known had been
keeping from her this whole time. She had a twin brother who she had never
met. But the real problem was...she might never even have the chance now.
The following letters comprise their initial correspondences, each one
taking around a week to reach its destination, given the time lag imposed by
vast interplanetary distances.
Yours fictionally,
Nick Fisherman III
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