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Splashdown Paul J. Joseph
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Sally's life on Earth becomes boring when she turns to politics, but not for long. As UN space commissioner, Sally finds herself presiding over the aftermath of Earth's first colonial war. Baltan City, Earth's greatest achievement, tries to declare independence, which creates a violent and polarizing conflict. In the midst of this new cold war, an Earth ship from the future is entering the system and appears to be approaching Baltan. Sally and Ian must call a truce with the colonists long enough to investigate. The ill-fated mission launched 20 years after the day Sally Buds sets foot on Baltan involves the testing of an engine capable of creating its own fold. The results were disastrous. The crew of the Alliance ship Ultrablitz is still alive, technically, but they've been in transit for 1300 years in an attempt to stop their own mission. But, on further investigation, it becomes clear that there is yet more at stake and than one ship, and it falls upon Sally to decide the fate of thousands of people across the centuries.
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Episode 1 The Mission and the War
In this first installment we find Sally unhappily at work as UN space commissioner, buried in paperwork and struggling with bureaucrats. Earth is at war now with its first space colony, now hidden beyond the orbit of Jupiter, and everybody has a different opinion concerning which side was in the right. In the midst of this, Ian discovers a mysterious ship approaching the solar system from somewhere far away. And this ship appears to be from the future. The implications of how this will affect the war are too big to ignor, and Sally must decide whether Ian's suggested mission is brave or foolish. Either way, she will probably have to go.
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Episode 2 Tense Departure
The journey to Baltan City is turbulent. The space port is filled with armed guards and terrorism is the watch word. Worse, the hush hush nature of their departure forces them to trust people they don't know. But things grow worse after the launch. The ship goes off course for unknown reasons and their arrival on Baltan is anything but warm.
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Episode 3 Prisoner of Fanatics
Sally's situation deteriorates further when she finds herself under arrest by an angry group of people known as the Mercy Party. She soon finds out that Baltan City has been taken over during the time she was in flight, and the fact that she flattened one of their leaders won't help her case. But what do they want from her? More mysteries await.
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Episode 4 Culture Clash
Following the difficult meeting with Hans Melba, Sally is introduced to another of Baltan's secrets, namely the mystery of the Lower City, a vast area she originally assumed to be empty. Next, on a tense visit to a hospital, she is introduced to the blight, a disease that is as strange as it is grotesque. And finally, she meets the Sovereign Judge, the man who will ultimately determine her fate.
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Episode 5 The Coming Mission
When Sally finally sees Jackie, she is forced to realize that Dr. Beasley may not be as innocent as she was led to believe. She and Ian also get a better look at the approaching mystery ship, which is now moving to intercept the city. Clearly somebody is flying the ship and it uses a technology that Earth knows nothing about.
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Episode 6 The Ship of Mystery
The time has come to board the ancient ship and Ian and Diego are to be the first to see what is inside. The ship is an ancient ruin, yet fits the design specifications of ships well known. And there is one remaining crewmember onboard to greet them. An ancient man, more machine than human, fragile and barely aware. He pays homage to a long dead alien creature that is the stuff of nightmares! But which of them was in charge of the ship?