[OT] - Xenology - Story driven PBW.

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Zelleck was on a brief vacation before being reassigned to an new starliner still being built.

The President of the Starliner group asked if he wanted to come to the Space Club, a new club opening in the capital city club district, replacing the old Control Alliance hangout.

Zelleck performed admirably according to the captain of Freedom and so he was promoted to second in command of a new starliner. The President wanted to get to know a bit about him and the club as well.

The sign in front of the club read:

THE SPACE CLUB
PARTY CENTER FOR THE FUTURE AND THE FAZRAHN PAST

The Doorperson chatted with the president quickly before admitting them both. Seats were crowded in a circle around the announcing stage where a Citizen was preparing for the start of the festivities, and around the exotic oils bar, which sported everything from basic black to the famous Creators' Blend, all at atrociously high prices.

Various spacey atmospheric items were everywhere, especially things left over from the ship launches.

The Announcer spoke, "Well, first lets see who we have here today from the space companies. We've got the President of the starliner group, a second in command for a yet to be named starliner, a public relations officer for FFCC, and a representative for the control alliance escort Discipline." At the Last announced group, quite a few citizens were surprised. No one knew about Discipline, except a few people in ship resupply centers and at FFCC.

"Don't be surprised, Discipline has mapped out the majority of the in range solar systems. They have an ultra efficient crew, and efficient engines, and they have been looking for the Fazrah as well as selling rights to new planets everywhere. Things didn't turn out so well for most of our neighboring systems. Look at this map," the announcer paused to project a map which showed dangerous places Discipline had navigated through and only a couple inhabitable places.

"Discipline has performed admirably in my opinion and I'd like to give them a round of applause. Alright, lets hurry about through these other facts so we can get to the slightly less spacey surprise ahead. Starliner group has transported a total of over 22 million passengers to three planets. The third group for space is FFCC who has constructed and coordinated launch of ten spaceships so far, including 4 colonial ships, 2 judicial ships, 3 starliners, and a scout ship..."

Later, the announcer revealed a Fazrahn musical composition that the creator owned and like. The club acquired it at a price of 231 mineral dollars, which was higher than the price of building the club itself. It was a big hit, as an auditory reminder of the mysterious Fazrah who surrounded their Creator before his travel to this world. The question was whether or not the Fazrahns were still around, and Discipline had the best chance of finding out.