Licinio Goncalves
ASIN: B00LV3MG0M
Publisher: ; 4th edition (July 27, 2014)
Pages: 312
Thousands of years have passed since humanity first broke free from the shackles of gravity and finally reached for the stars in search of its destiny. The journey into the future was perilous and challenging, but the rewards were beyond compare: Light speed is no longer a limit, AIs are no longer a dream and – for some – death is no longer the end! However, this is not an historical archive, so let us fast forward through the timeline: We move past the early colonial days, when humanity first dared to reach for the stars; past the age of discovery, when the secrets of interstellar travel were finally revealed and the BURST drive began to propel ships across the Galaxy at unimaginable speeds; past the Golden Age of exploration that saw unrivalled prosperity elevate humanity to its Apex, and its inevitable fall from grace due to the greed of the Core Systems; and past a dark era of ...