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In the final decade
of the 21st century...
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men and women in rocket ships
landed on the moon.
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By 2200 A.D., they had reached
the other planets of our solar system.
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Almost at once there followed
the discovery of hyper-drive...
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through which the speed of light
was first attained...
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and later greatly surpassed.
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And so at last,
mankind began the conquest...
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and colonization of deep space.
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United Planets cruiser C-57-D...
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now more than a year out from Earth base
on a special mission...
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to the planetary system of
the great main sequence star, Altair.
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- When do we get a D.C. fix, Jerry?
- Half a minute, Skipper.
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Ship on course, sir.
We'll reach D.C. point at 1701.
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That's less than three minutes now.
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- All right, take it away.
- Aye, aye, sir.
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Chief, we'll drop back below light speed
in about three minutes.
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- Got your breakable gear stowed?
- Aye, aye, sir.
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All right. Good.
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D.C. set and punched on, Skipper.
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All right, attention. Captain to crew.
All hands squared away to decelerate.
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Ship's beeper will, as usual,
sound ten times after lights dim.
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- Come on, Doc. D.C., Bosun.
- Aye, aye, sir.
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D.C. stations, on the double.
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Wanna bounce through this one?