Natural Disasters? Meteor impacts? Stellar Phenomenon? Technological Marvels? Peave Accords? This sectoin is for anything not covered by the other pages [Alien Contact?], [Earth Government and Politics?], [Wars?], [Earth Environment?].

• Or other world wide events that would be referenced either in passing or as the cause for particular behavior by the crew. I'd say no. If no wars, lets say no major geological of climatic upheavals that have thoroughly altered our lives. That's fodder for another science fiction book. --DaveK

• On second thought, perhaps this is a mechanism? If Earth is threatening to give up the ghost, then that's motivation to reach far into space. However, I think this reasoning is too cliche. Battlestar Galactica comes instantly to mind. --CmAmidon - 27 Sep 2004

• I got the following as an email...might be a story idea along these lines:

Interview with Ed Dames at http://www.mauitime.com/v08/v08_1/feat.html "I usually don't do interviews with people from smaller papers," Dames says as he pulls out a chair for me to sit down. "But because you're from my home, I am glad to do it." Dames seems less of a threat than a newborn infant, even after his explanation that sometime in the next 10 years a series of solar flares, which he has coined Killshot, will hit Earth and cause millions of casualties. "In terms of responsibility, Killshot eclipses everything else, including finding Osama Bin Laden and pinpointing nuclear terrorism," Dames says, shifting his gaze from the passerby outside to my eyes. "I've been at the very top of the military hierarchy and I am very highly decorated and I know what the military can and can't do, and they can't do this." But the American mainstream seems to be latching on to the idea of remote viewing. Dames says he will be going on the road with Oprah soon and has been asked to do a 60 Minutes interview. "The remote viewing thing is about to go boom," Dames says, his eyes widening when he says the last word. "I always knew it would around this time, and it's right on schedule." Even Tom Cruise has latched on to the remote viewing frenzy Dames began. Cruise produced the upcoming thriller Suspect Zero, scheduled to hit theaters Aug. 27. The film centers on an FBI remote viewer hunting for a serial killer. Dames worked as technical adviser, helped edit the screenplay and even secured a bit part." -- AnnelieseFox - 04 Aug 2004