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For nine years, the Maddox and the [[Free Fleet]] searched for somewhere suitable to live. Ideally, they wished to find a system with at least one broadly-habitable planet that was unoccupied, but none they found met their requirements, and eventually, with resources running low, they agreed to establish a permanent civilization in an asteroid field. These asteroids were found to be rich with raw materials, that they could trade for other supplies, and as a bonus many of the asteroids were nothing but huge chunks of water ice, which could be broken down into its component atoms for oxygen and fuel, or melted to supply the burgeoning civilization with water. Effectively, they had found a source of recoverable water larger than anything a planet could provide. | For nine years, the Maddox and the [[Free Fleet]] searched for somewhere suitable to live. Ideally, they wished to find a system with at least one broadly-habitable planet that was unoccupied, but none they found met their requirements, and eventually, with resources running low, they agreed to establish a permanent civilization in an asteroid field. These asteroids were found to be rich with raw materials, that they could trade for other supplies, and as a bonus many of the asteroids were nothing but huge chunks of water ice, which could be broken down into its component atoms for oxygen and fuel, or melted to supply the burgeoning civilization with water. Effectively, they had found a source of recoverable water larger than anything a planet could provide. | ||
There, Maddox declared, they would construct [[Scatterhome]] | There, Maddox declared, they would construct [[Scatterhome]]. | ||
In 93 A.E. Maddox, arguably the most important [[Humans|Human]] in the history of that race, died. He and his wife [[Akari Lane]] had essentially saved the Human race. | In 93 A.E. Maddox, arguably the most important [[Humans|Human]] in the history of that race, died. He and his wife [[Akari Lane]] had essentially saved the Human race. |
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