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The cradle of human civilization. The blue/green gem in the night sky of every other world or station in the Sol system. Over five-hundred years ago the human race made a valiant attempt at destroying itself with the aid of nuclear fission and nuclear fusion weapons. They very nearly succeeded in this endeavor, only surviving because there were a few million people off-world when the war broke out.

Much has changed since that day, so long ago, but the scar of their heinous act still burns in the veins of every person that casts their eyes toward their once and former home, for no human being has set foot on the planet Earth since then as the radiation levels would instantly kill anyone who attempted to breathe its air.

Is the earth green/blue and pretty to look at from space or browned and muddy everywhere?? *gets depressed*

It is green and blue and very pretty to look at.

In fact most people in the Sol system look to it as their guiding light when times are tough and it is also mentiond in matters of faith and verbal oaths. Things like:

He has finally returned to mother Earth.
To Earth with you!
What in the name of mother Earth?!

Some of these statements are old, but have taken on new meaning in a world where even the long-faded memories of the home-world have been diluted through centuries of handed-down knowledge and history-book educations.

See, the whole radiation thing... what exactly is growing in this radiation? I thought radiation was likely to kill most plants. not to mention kicked up crap in the air. But hey, the roaches would survive right? *thinks that could be REALLY interesting to find out*

Sort of makes you wonder doesn't it? Sometimes the question is worth more than the answer...