Prefx
Lord of the City-Within
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The story is about a universal civilization/government founded by religion and science working together. The reader is introduced right before the "pair" break apart. The two sides have a disagreement over the discovery of a brother and sister who might be the next prophets. War ensues (who would have guessed 
), leading to some taking only one side and claiming the other is "evil".
The first chapter is meant to show the reader how religion and science works together.
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A solar flare broke through the darkness of space, bringing life to the modest ship as it came to a gradual and planned stop. The three hundred passengers onboard the Falsus casually reached for their spectacles on the nearest tables and turned their attention to Cardinal Roshk and Sovereign Scientist Perry. Both men, tall in structure, stood at the front of the dining hall on a small podium barely large enough to hold both their bodies.
Cardinal Roshk fiddled with his microphone chip, a small block of steel attached to the lobe of his right ear. The scarlet robes he wore constricted his stout stomach. Senate Leader Ballard noticed the anxious expression on the cardinal's bald face. His dark eyes jumped back and forth, and the slim lips connecting his beefy cheeks had suddenly turned pale.
After realizing all the senators and congressmen in the room were lending him their eyes and ears, the cardinal faked a cough and began his regular address to a new scientific breakthrough.
"Good day, men and ladies of the room. Before we begin, I'd just like to make sure everything is working properly. Are the folks in the back of the room able to hear me well?" The cardinal tapped at the chip once more, looked around, and nodded. "Very good.
"As has been the case for the past two hundred years, the Rehaprence asked a representative from the Church of New Testimony to sanction the latest scientific discovery. In this case, as you all probably know, the discovery is a new means of capturing energy. My close friend," the religious man gripped the scientist's brawny shoulder, "has briefed me about the pros and cons to Star Extracting. From what I've heard, and it was quite a lot, there is nothing immoral about the procedure. For that reason, the church declares this science acceptable to the eleven billion New Sons and Daughters of the Rehaprence."
The cardinal tipped his head, signifying the end of his speech. All the senators and congressmen broke into a tamed applause, including Ballard, who was one of the few elected officials that remained true to his family's traditional religion of Judaism.
Sovereignty Perry revealed a weak smile before whispering something into the cardinal's ear. The pudgy man responded with a hearty chuckle, then walked off the podium and snatched up his own pair of glasses.
Despite being of the same height, the scientist and cardinal looked remarkably different. Perry's waist size looked to be half that of the cardinal, and while Roshk had dark eyes and brows, the scientist's body harbored blonde everything: hair, brows, and eyes. Ballard guessed the scientist had been one of the first to undergo the eye coloring operation made public a half century ago.
"Thank you, thank you." The scientist's rich voice slightly echoed through the chip's wavelength sensors. "Thank you all for showing up!" The welcome generated a weaker applause.
"For the past fifteen hundred years, humanity has struggled to travel in between the stars. The struggle isn't the process itself, though. Our ancestors mastered the technical details a long time ago. I could go on for quite sometime about the process of designing adequate ships, but I want you all to be awake." The scientist raised a hand to his mouth and hid a laugh. "No, no, the main problem has been energy, thrust, if you will. Up until now, our main source of energy has been deteriorating trash and reduced amounts of solar energy. Even our finest ships can only travel a light distance of eight minutes in one day. However, that is all about to change... I'm going to ask everyone in the room to put on their glasses and look this way."
The deafening sound of shifting bodies filled the room. No one spared themselves the privilege of having a window, blockaded with steel, that formed a wall for three sides of the room. Ballard placed the spectacles in front of his hazel eyes and looked around. Depth suddenly became nonexistence. The plants that loomed in the corners of the room were replaced by green shapes, people were now colorful figurines, made up of ovals and squares.
), leading to some taking only one side and claiming the other is "evil". The first chapter is meant to show the reader how religion and science works together.
_______________
A solar flare broke through the darkness of space, bringing life to the modest ship as it came to a gradual and planned stop. The three hundred passengers onboard the Falsus casually reached for their spectacles on the nearest tables and turned their attention to Cardinal Roshk and Sovereign Scientist Perry. Both men, tall in structure, stood at the front of the dining hall on a small podium barely large enough to hold both their bodies.
Cardinal Roshk fiddled with his microphone chip, a small block of steel attached to the lobe of his right ear. The scarlet robes he wore constricted his stout stomach. Senate Leader Ballard noticed the anxious expression on the cardinal's bald face. His dark eyes jumped back and forth, and the slim lips connecting his beefy cheeks had suddenly turned pale.
After realizing all the senators and congressmen in the room were lending him their eyes and ears, the cardinal faked a cough and began his regular address to a new scientific breakthrough.
"Good day, men and ladies of the room. Before we begin, I'd just like to make sure everything is working properly. Are the folks in the back of the room able to hear me well?" The cardinal tapped at the chip once more, looked around, and nodded. "Very good.
"As has been the case for the past two hundred years, the Rehaprence asked a representative from the Church of New Testimony to sanction the latest scientific discovery. In this case, as you all probably know, the discovery is a new means of capturing energy. My close friend," the religious man gripped the scientist's brawny shoulder, "has briefed me about the pros and cons to Star Extracting. From what I've heard, and it was quite a lot, there is nothing immoral about the procedure. For that reason, the church declares this science acceptable to the eleven billion New Sons and Daughters of the Rehaprence."
The cardinal tipped his head, signifying the end of his speech. All the senators and congressmen broke into a tamed applause, including Ballard, who was one of the few elected officials that remained true to his family's traditional religion of Judaism.
Sovereignty Perry revealed a weak smile before whispering something into the cardinal's ear. The pudgy man responded with a hearty chuckle, then walked off the podium and snatched up his own pair of glasses.
Despite being of the same height, the scientist and cardinal looked remarkably different. Perry's waist size looked to be half that of the cardinal, and while Roshk had dark eyes and brows, the scientist's body harbored blonde everything: hair, brows, and eyes. Ballard guessed the scientist had been one of the first to undergo the eye coloring operation made public a half century ago.
"Thank you, thank you." The scientist's rich voice slightly echoed through the chip's wavelength sensors. "Thank you all for showing up!" The welcome generated a weaker applause.
"For the past fifteen hundred years, humanity has struggled to travel in between the stars. The struggle isn't the process itself, though. Our ancestors mastered the technical details a long time ago. I could go on for quite sometime about the process of designing adequate ships, but I want you all to be awake." The scientist raised a hand to his mouth and hid a laugh. "No, no, the main problem has been energy, thrust, if you will. Up until now, our main source of energy has been deteriorating trash and reduced amounts of solar energy. Even our finest ships can only travel a light distance of eight minutes in one day. However, that is all about to change... I'm going to ask everyone in the room to put on their glasses and look this way."
The deafening sound of shifting bodies filled the room. No one spared themselves the privilege of having a window, blockaded with steel, that formed a wall for three sides of the room. Ballard placed the spectacles in front of his hazel eyes and looked around. Depth suddenly became nonexistence. The plants that loomed in the corners of the room were replaced by green shapes, people were now colorful figurines, made up of ovals and squares.
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