This week, Earth invades, yet again. But Dutch Warner, at a great cost to the Republic stops the invasion in its tracks before a single boot hits the ground.
This week, Earth invades the colonies, attempting to take two of the major planets. They don’t succeed, this time, but unless the colonies get their act together, they see that it’s possible Earth might the next time.
How does a population, in less than seventy years, grow from almost nothing to 500 million? And, given the hardships, why would people want to settle these worlds to begin with? All questions answered in this week’s podcast.
Episode 1.3, a reading of the Unified Republic of Stars, Chapter 3. This week, we go into detail on how, and a little bit of why, people left Earth to settle the colonies as well as some of what they encountered when they got there.