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1999
Starholder begins in 1999 when anxiety about the Y2K bug prompts the founding of the Starholder Institute and creates an accidental rift in the spacetime continuum. The Year In Review: In 1999, the kernel of an alternate timeline, what would become known as the Starholder Timeline, germinated. Its existence was the result of socio-technological anxieties,…
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The Clonespiracy
2079: The Legacy of the Second Moon and the Dawn of the Clone Epoch As the year 2079 drew its first breath, the tapestry of humankind unfurled beneath the stoic glare of the Second Moon, a celestial interloper whose ominous presence had suffused Earth’s orbit for nearly a decade. The revelations that sprang forth like a maelstrom…
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Second Moon Event Phase Three (2078-2079)
Starting in 2078, the alien entity responsible for the lunar colonies significantly escalated its activities. From the expansion of colonies in two additional lunar craters, to erratic energy bursts and the audacious acts of energy piracy by humans, the relationship between Earth and the lunar colonies took dramatic turns. The most shocking revelation, however, was…
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Washing Dishes Contemplating The Cosmos
In the shadow of what some might call the Second Moon, I find myself lost in the mundanity of my existence, a paradox not lost on me as I toe the line between washing dishes and contemplating the cosmos. They say every era has its hallmark of progress or calamity, but here we are in 2077,…
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Moonlight Machinations
In the wake of the Second Moon‘s appearance, androids processed the anomaly’s data relentlessly. Philmath’s Secure City systems, encoded with the most advanced prediction algorithms, were perturbed by the sheer volume of variables the Second Moon introduced into their equations. Owing a significant portion of the City’s telemetry to the Secure City protocols, a sense of…
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Eclipsed Reflections
Part 1: A Fractured Prism Dusk was permanence—the sun an old memory in the city once known as Neopolis. Kiera navigated the shadowed arteries of a reality fractured by the ever-watchful presence of the Second Moon. The celestial body hung like a silent judge over the skyline, steadily banishing the night sky’s former residents. As she…
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Global Public Opinion Poll
2075 Global Public Opinion Poll Summary: Perspectives on the Second Moon Introduction to Poll Results: The Global Sentiment Analysis Group (GSAG) presents the results of a unique public opinion poll conducted in mid-2075. As polling methodologies adjust to the complexities of a technologically advanced society where AI and humans are indistinguishable in terms of opinion-sharing, respondents…
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Aveline And The Piglet
In the luminescent twilight that blanketed the Starholder Institute‘s expanse, echoing a sky somewhere between day and night, a young girl named Aveline dashed down the narrow cobblestone path bisecting the garden. Her eyes were fixed on the whimsical object of her chase—a small piglet with a curly tail, an entity as mischievous as it was…
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Different Levels Of The Devil’s Company
The air’s got that taste, you know, the metallic tang of too many hidden circuits firing off invisibly, where once there was only the subtle kiss of the Pacific breeze. I feel it whistle through the bones where the marrow’s remembering rain, remembering how the world was before the zeros and ones. I’m turning the…
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Second Moon Event Phase Two (2073-2077)
The second phase in the history of the Second Moon was a period of profound change and escalating tension that unfolded from 2073 to 2077. In these four years, the mysterious celestial body transitioned from a passive object in the lunar orbit to a dynamic and seemingly sentient entity. This period marked several turning points in humanity’s…