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The Brave New World

IMPORTANT: I WILL NOT BE CONTINUING THIS SERIAL. SYNOPSIS It is January 2nd, 2035. In New York, leaders of all the world's nations are assembling to agree on a plan to save the dying planet: Earth. Of course it's a lie, because the planet isn't about to die. People will. As it often happens when something starts with a lie, disaster strikes. A mysterious electromagnetic storm destroys the global power grid, and cuts communications. Many people die, some commiting suicide because of the inability to post on Instagram. But as soon as the storm dies down, millions of mysterious, glowing cubes appear all over the globe. The cubes contain tools that will let humans colonize a new planet: a bigger, richer version of Earth. The newly formed Colonial Council, which answers to the United Nations, has only one goal: to ease the crisis on Earth by transfers of goods and resources from the New World. Millions of new colonizers rush to the New World, united by a common purpose: to turn their dreams into reality. Some dream of getting rich by trading New World goods. Some dream of conquest, and building an empire. Some dream of peace, adoration, and love. Some will succeed, and others will fail. But fortune always favors the brave.

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Lord Moran's proposal went far beyond the most bold of Jerry's dreams.

It started with replicating Jerry in the New World. Lord Moran was already building a colony there. He controlled a settlement populated by the citizens of Galway; the subservience demonstrated towards Lord Moran by the pub's patrons gained a new significance.

It wasn't going to be the only settlement owned by Lord Moran, either. As soon as he returned to his estate, Lord Moran planned to launch another settlement from its grounds. Then another, and another—he owned a lot of land.

It wasn't exactly great land: it was suitable for grazing sheep and not much else. But it included a stretch of the shoreline with good fishing, and a bay suitable for a port. There were enough trees to provide a moderate amount of timber, and a scattering of minerals whose exploitation on industrial scale just wasn't cost-effective. However, it would definitely be worth it in the New World.