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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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The Ace

"The Ace?" said Jake.

"The Ace?" said Li Yang.

"Why do they call you the Ace?" asked Jake.

"Because I'm the king of colonization, man. The fucking king."

"You just said you don't have the funds for a license," Jake said.

"Oh, that. I'm not talking about the New World. I'm talking about Colonization. The online game. My nick there is Ace, and I've won the Colonization championship three years running before this whole catastrophic shit came down."

"I get it. Actually, I think I heard about you," Jake said.

"I wouldn't be surprised," A.A. said modestly. "I've been on TV a few times, been interviewed by people from all over the world."

"I didn't mean that. I heard you applied to join an existing colony, and that you were turned down."

"Who told you that?"

"The guy you applied to. Mr. Morello. Or maybe it was John Hardin. Whatever. Mr. Morello told me you were turned down."