2 The Humble Beginnings: Pioneer

It's good to believe that there is always someone who would start on something.

People with the same mindset would initiate a common goal.

A goal that would affect not just themselves but the people around them as well. Or even more.

Humanity's history is full of individuals that took charge or lead for a certain reason.

A man,

A woman,

People or even a whole nation,

would stand up and rise

To be in the forefront of a change

Either a peaceful start

or a deadly uprising

Results would always be changing the environment and the society

The outcome guided the course of our written history.

The principle has been the same since the beginning,

Start

Initiate

Lead

Pioneer.

It was EY 2026.

While the world was enjoying all its technological advancements, there were certain tech-minded people that were looking on the things beyond.

The boundaries of countries are no longer a restriction nor the world in itself.

People studied the possibilities of fully exploring the Unknown.

The Deep Space.

Human had always been fascinated by the sun, the bright moon and the twinkling stars.

Centuries-old structures created by our ancestors from different parts of the Earth showed evidences of our continuous study of these celestial bodies above.

And it did not stop there.

Man looking and observing from ground above was not enough.

Almost a century and a half ago when human discovered power to defy gravity.

Rockets brought us up above the atmosphere, beyond where planes can fly.

The interest of exploration beyond Earth had never been so imaginable since then.

Moon was reached. A big leap.

Off to the Moon.

Again.

Off to Mars.

Reached the neighboring planets.

Beyond the Solar System.

Through the stars,

Across the Milky Way,

the Universe and other galaxies.

It was impossible. Then.

the / S / T / A / S / H / Consortium:

A group of global tech companies that was thought to be impossible.

With its united goal of bringing further advancements on most of the technologies available on Earth.

These group created and innovate different machines, gadgets, devices and equipments that brought us to the boundaries beyond our own.

Key people and individuals had been part of its successes.

Known as the Stash or the Consortium, it was consisted of different technology companies from around the globe.

These are:

Code S – a global South Korean tech company

Code T – a multi billion dollar American tech and research company

Code A – a pioneering American tech company

Code S – a well established Japanese tech company

Code H – a homegrown Chinese tech company

The acronym might have been taken literally as they hid or kept secret first all the innovations they have created. Making sure that the Earth was ready for it.

/Classified Innovations/

The latter months of EY 2025, prior to the full launch of STASH as a global consortium, the collaboration of it's engineers, scientists and techminds discreetly maximized and innovated the existing 5GMax Network that the world had been using for a few years.

The project was to test the transfer of data at a very fast rate. The purpose of the project and its results were classified back then.

Focusing on the speed of a data being transported, a 2TB of data was tested to travel in just a few seconds using STASH's very own ultraservers.

These were being powered by Solar Nuclear Batteries, which was also just one of the Consortium's secret tech innovation.

Tapping the power of a nuclear and the sun light were considered the best combination for a power source.

Tests was indeed a success, the 2TB data travelled almost half the globe. From one of STASH's Tech Hub at California to another Tech Hub located in Shanghai, China.

The data transfer was tested and done first through the wire or cables. Using ultrafiberoptics that was laid on the seafloor of the Pacific a few months back.

It was also tested through the air with ultrabeam technology. Specially made satellites was put above the Earth for this reason. Transfer was also successful.

Most of these were done discreetly during thos times while The Consortium was maximizing and flexing all its resources to push its goal.

The Consortium had all these successes and advancements but it appeared that they were lookong for more.

It showed a very promising future of technology that could be used by all.

Though around that time, information of these innovations was only limited to a very few people as the purpose and goal had been classified.

The Consortium also had to deal with other strategic partnerships, Government agencies and private firms, just to ensure that its objectives and goals were met.

It was EY 2027, When it was planned for men to be sent back to the Moon. Back then, it was just part of a phase that would eventually took us to the red planet, Mars.

The STASH Consortium was very excited and keen on starting this project. It was a major part of the initiative as most of the resources and technology can be provided by them.

But aside from bringing humans and all the technological equipments back to the Moon, the Consortium also had another goal set.

They were going to test a new type of technology that jumpstarted a new era of our space journey.