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“[…] Natural satellite of Earth, the original Human homeworld, Luna has always had a key role in mankind’s civilization, since the dawn of time. Originally called ‘Moon’ by ancient humans, the name remained until late 21th century when it was finally colonized, and to avoid confusion with other moons, was renamed Luna.[…] Roughly a quarter size of that of Earth, the Earth-Luna system is generally considered a double planet system rather than the more standard planet-moon one. […] Its size also played a big role in many of Earth’s systems, from generating large tides than helped life transition to the land; to acting as a naturally occurring clock for many species, and early humans, who used its shadow to determine seasons and yearly cycles, allowing them to discover agriculture. Many other scientific breakthroughs have been possible by using Luna, from Relativity, to the discovery of orbital mechanics, in a time where humanity thought their planet was motionless and everything else revolved around them […] It would not be an understatement to say Luna was responsible for humanity’s extremely fast technological advance, having such an easy to see world nearby for understanding the universe at large. […]”

“[…] It should come as no surprise then, that humanity’s first off world colony was on Luna, which was used as a scientific outpost, a launch pad to go beyond Earth’s sphere of influence, and as a test bed for space technologies, as if any disaster struck, the safety of Earth was just a couple of days away, a far better plan than to set up the first colony on the nearby Mars, where any rescue attempt would take months at best.[…] And while it’s importance faded as the outer planets were colonized, it always stood in a center point, being in orbit around Earth. […]”

“[…] Luna was also the site of one of Runic Technologies most ambitious projects prior to their move to Runic Sol and transformation into Runic Galactic Technologies. The World Dome, a massive grid of glass and steel, suspended over the entire world by massive pillars, all to create a habitable ecosystem, as Luna was too low gravity for the terraforming techniques of the time. […] Decades would be spent on the project, and finished sections walled off to start paraforming below, and once it was finally done, the walls came down, and the entire world was now suspended in a protective bubble that made it Sol’s third habitable world, as the outer moons would not be made habitable until the sun gates, and Venus was yet to cool down enough. […]”

“[…] History would see Luna take once more a key role in mankind’s history, when thousands of years after the first moon landing, Earth was suddenly and irredeemably rendered uninhabitable as the Yellowstone supervolcano at long last erupted, forcing the remaining billion inhabitants of Earth, to abandon their homeworld, despite having adamantly refused all offers made by RGT to vacate the planet. All survivors of the disaster took refuge on Luna and watched with horror as their world burned and darkened by the ash clouds. No one would see the surface again for over a century.[…] With Earth’s remaining population scattered across the galaxy, or settled on Runic Terra, RGT finally made its move and declared Earth a nature preserve, that no colonization would ever take place again. […] Centuries would pass as RGT terraformed Earth back to its blue and green glory, and allowed nature to take over the cities and return the world to a pristine state. Earth was not off limits however, as many thought, and here Luna saw its new role, as the gateway to Earth, the relic world, hundreds of gates were deployed around Luna, all connecting to a particular site of interest down on Earth, all of mankind’s greatest achievements would be preserved and open for tourism, leaving nature everything in between. Luna rapidly became a tourist world, where billions came to stay in hotels and take trips down to see all Earth had to offer, from the Forbidden Palace of China, to the Angel Falls of Venezuela, all of Earth’s wonders, manmade or natural, were kept in top shape by workers living on Luna, and Earth became a popular vacation site to visit, and stay in Luna’s many hotel districts, enjoy its many malls and casinos and all sort of entertainments. […]”

“[…] While Venus may have become the new Human homeworld, Luna’s location around Earth and its popularity made it so that the gate leading to the HUB system, the heart of the Astrum Network, was placed in its orbit, and nowadays one can witness the multitude of ships crossing the gate and into Lunar orbit, giving the world a shining halo as the ships all merged into the highway orbital path. And if one is observant enough, one can see the ships as they break off the highway towards Earth, with a lesser halo of its own as many want to see the world from up close, despite landing being strictly forbidden. […]”

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“[…] Natural satellite of Earth, the original Human homeworld, Luna has always had a key role in mankind’s civilization, since the dawn of time. Originally called ‘Moon’ by ancient humans, the name remained until late 21th century when it was finally colonized, and to avoid confusion with other moons, was renamed Luna.[…] Roughly a quarter size of that of Earth, the Earth-Luna system is generally considered a double planet system rather than the more standard planet-moon one. […] Its size also played a big role in many of Earth’s systems, from generating large tides than helped life transition to the land; to acting as a naturally occurring clock for many species, and early humans, who used its shadow to determine seasons and yearly cycles, allowing them to discover agriculture. Many other scientific breakthroughs have been possible by using Luna, from Relativity, to the discovery of orbital mechanics, in a time where humanity thought their planet was motionless and everything else revolved around them […] It would not be an understatement to say Luna was responsible for humanity’s extremely fast technological advance, having such an easy to see world nearby for understanding the universe at large. […]”

“[…] It should come as no surprise then, that humanity’s first off world colony was on Luna, which was used as a scientific outpost, a launch pad to go beyond Earth’s sphere of influence, and as a test bed for space technologies, as if any disaster struck, the safety of Earth was just a couple of days away, a far better plan than to set up the first colony on the nearby Mars, where any rescue attempt would take months at best.[…] And while it’s importance faded as the outer planets were colonized, it always stood in a center point, being in orbit around Earth. […]”

“[…] Luna was also the site of one of Runic Technologies most ambitious projects prior to their move to Runic Sol and transformation into Runic Galactic Technologies. The World Dome, a massive grid of glass and steel, suspended over the entire world by massive pillars, all to create a habitable ecosystem, as Luna was too low gravity for the terraforming techniques of the time. […] Decades would be spent on the project, and finished sections walled off to start paraforming below, and once it was finally done, the walls came down, and the entire world was now suspended in a protective bubble that made it Sol’s third habitable world, as the outer moons would not be made habitable until the sun gates, and Venus was yet to cool down enough. […]”

“[…] History would see Luna take once more a key role in mankind’s history, when thousands of years after the first moon landing, Earth was suddenly and irredeemably rendered uninhabitable as the Yellowstone supervolcano at long last erupted, forcing the remaining billion inhabitants of Earth, to abandon their homeworld, despite having adamantly refused all offers made by RGT to vacate the planet. All survivors of the disaster took refuge on Luna and watched with horror as their world burned and darkened by the ash clouds. No one would see the surface again for over a century.[…] With Earth’s remaining population scattered across the galaxy, or settled on Runic Terra, RGT finally made its move and declared Earth a nature preserve, that no colonization would ever take place again. […] Centuries would pass as RGT terraformed Earth back to its blue and green glory, and allowed nature to take over the cities and return the world to a pristine state. Earth was not off limits however, as many thought, and here Luna saw its new role, as the gateway to Earth, the relic world, hundreds of gates were deployed around Luna, all connecting to a particular site of interest down on Earth, all of mankind’s greatest achievements would be preserved and open for tourism, leaving nature everything in between. Luna rapidly became a tourist world, where billions came to stay in hotels and take trips down to see all Earth had to offer, from the Forbidden Palace of China, to the Angel Falls of Venezuela, all of Earth’s wonders, manmade or natural, were kept in top shape by workers living on Luna, and Earth became a popular vacation site to visit, and stay in Luna’s many hotel districts, enjoy its many malls and casinos and all sort of entertainments. […]”

“[…] While Venus may have become the new Human homeworld, Luna’s location around Earth and its popularity made it so that the gate leading to the HUB system, the heart of the Astrum Network, was placed in its orbit, and nowadays one can witness the multitude of ships crossing the gate and into Lunar orbit, giving the world a shining halo as the ships all merged into the highway orbital path. And if one is observant enough, one can see the ships as they break off the highway towards Earth, with a lesser halo of its own as many want to see the world from up close, despite landing being strictly forbidden. […]”