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Elmarune - How we got to where we are

The more I sit and think about Elmarune, the worse my confusion. I couldn't sort out all the famous names of rulers and villains and explorers and traitors and heroes. So I sat down the other day and laid out what I know for sure about Elmarune's history.

Here it is...

About 3,000 years ago: A massive spacecraft crash-landed on Elmarune, on what is now Arrizon Island. At that time, the geographers say, it would have been joined to the mainland. The sea level was lower. But nobody seems to know where this vessel came from or who was aboard it. The size of this thing was astounding - built like a city. All that remains are some of the superstructure and various metal tools. It may have exploded on impact or burst into flames, killing all those aboard, but I'd like to think that some escaped and began to colonize our planet.

About 2,500 years ago:  The crew of a military survey ship glimpsed Elmarune in their telescopes while surveying a nearby star. Theirs was a slower-than-light drive, so nothing happened for a while. Thirty years or so later their government (whichever it was) sent an unmanned probe to survey Elmarune properly, but it was destroyed after launch when the Second Iridianic War broke out. So Elmarune just had to wait!

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