The Ganymede Incident

2000 Space - Mission File 01
Across the base, from officers’ stations to science labs, people buried in their work receive orders to report to a briefing room. Around a dozen people from across the United States Space Corps Lunar Headquarters start arriving. A high-ranking officer from inside yells “Come in, sit down, and close that door behind you”. Inside an Admiral is sitting at a conference room table surrounded by piles of paperwork. “I have a mission for you, but first you must sign this NDA. This is strictly need to know”, the Admiral pauses before continuing in a more serious tone, “you will be out of touch with everyone you know for 3 to 5 years for a long-term deep space mission.” Everyone in the room pauses for a minute. They look around and see the faces of career military officers ready to serve, and intrigued scientists and engineers interested in the unknown. They all signed the NDA, and the briefing starts.

The admiral walks across the briefing room, checks the security doors, and puts in a VHS tape. The admiral starts narrating, as a video shows Pluto from a U.S.A. space probe as it passes by. As the video continues there appears to be a distortion from the VHS tape. The probe launches a smaller probe, which disappears. “We have discovered an anomaly”. A second probe was sent and successfully navigated the anomaly and was able to send usable video back. Inside was a spectrum of colors and patterns that even Hollywood, with all its magic, could not replicate. The anomaly contained what appeared to be many pathways. Scientist speculated these pathways may be Einstein-Rosen bridges - wormholes. Intent on discovering its secrets, the government funded, designed, and deployed hundreds of probes into the wormholes with the sole purpose of mapping out these stellar pathways. The network of wormholes only allowed matter to traverse in a single direction, however radio appeared to work both ways. Over 400 probes were sent before the first one returned, finding a path through. After a decade, and significant mapping of the “Wormhole Circuit”, the United States was ready for the next leap forward - human exploration.

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