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// Prologue One: The Long and Desilate Journey   
// Story: Intergalactic Intentions 
// by Starbright1996 
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Prologue 1: “the long desolate journey”

Space, for most of the people that I talk to it is a final frontier where humans would one day  be the pioneers of the whole universe, And in a sense lead a new era of imperialism to whatever planet we visit. But, for me it is a sense of wonder. Wonder built on the fact that I can finally say we are not alone in this universe.

Hello my name is Charles Helmholtz of the newly founded World Space Organization the final hope of of the human race, for nuclear war has wiped out a majority of the human race.

For now I do not want to bore you with my past, all I can say it has been a long, and bumpy ride throughout my 29 years of life, but it I should at least give you some back story to what has happened to Earth.

The year is 2015, like most years it was a time for celebration, for it was my graduation from high school. In a sense all of my friends were there sitting by me, and cheer us on as we finally transition from our public school years to now secondary schooling.

However, the celebration does not last long, for the military threat of ISIS has finally captured most of turkey and is now looking both east and westward towards Russia, and Europe. Political unrest in the European union and Russia, for the threat of an invasion could be on the horizon. I was only starting college and was surprised that the United States has done the unthinkable and brought back the draft.

Finally in 2016 War breaks out, ISIS has attacked at full force at the European Union, as this happened most of my friends quickly got drafted into the army, thankfully because I was in college full time to become a doctor I was more exempt; however, I still joined as a medical doctor earlier because by that point we were running out of doctors in the European front of the war.

In many cases I have seen the aftermath of battles. One guy has his leg cleanly blown off by a anti infantry mine to only die shortly after, friends were not exempt from the grind either. But like any soldier I still had to move on, to hope that one day this war would be over.

By 2020 ISIS was crushed under the sheer amount of American, European, and Russian soldiers. As a result I was called home after four years away from my home country. By that time most of my old friends were killed from this  long, drawn out war. When I returned I went back into college to finish getting qualified into my medical field as a radiologist. During this time peace has swept back across the lands.

Until the unthinkable happened. In 2025  China starts nuclear war with America. This time aiming at our natural resources such as our oil production, and heavily populated cities. Thankfully, by that time I had moved from my small town in Washington to another small town in the rural Midwest. 

When the dust finally calmed down from the nuclear weapons launch of both China and America, almost over two to three billion people died in one press of a button and many more would die from radiation poisoning. By that time a new branch of the United Nations opened up. This being the World Space Organization, their mission now is to find a new Earth like world to call home before the human population drops more from radiation.

Thankfully I was chosen to be launched into space because of my training in the once powerful Army that America had.

But hey, this will be a new beginning for me. If I am lucky I can possibly call this new planet they are sending me to home, and possibly an ambassador for our race when we land.

As of now I should possibly rest, so whoever is hearing this recording of my journey I wish you luck back on our planet, and I will hopefully see you later.