by Nathan Jones
It was originally published by my ancestor, Albert Boralene, 487 years ago, and judged to be a fictional biography of his equally fictional father. Of course at the time stories such as this were common, and no one could ever have imagined there was any truth to the tale.
Family history, much of it bordering on legend, says that Albert claimed to have done as his father was never able to, leaving behind his life in a universe-spanning civilization to come to Earth to live there permanently. Aside from converting the various measurements of his story to the United States standard of the time, and swapping in appropriate contemporary terms and idioms, according to him it is a faithful recounting of his father's discovery of Earth.
Albert insisted to his grave that his story was true, and provided many details even beyond what were found in it to confirm its veracity. From what I've heard from family journals and recordings many of his children, grandchildren, and even a few oddballs in subsequent generations believed him, and waited with great anticipation for contact from these high tech humans that have spread across a significant portion of the universe for over a hundred thousand years.
Contact which never came, obviously.
I grew up barely aware of Albert and his claims, other than as a curiosity of my family history. Although I will say my more recent ancestor, Marie Boralene, believed in them avidly enough to volunteer for this colony mission to Ross 128 b hundreds of years ago. Or perhaps the story merely excited her passion for space exploration and she came on this venture for that reason.
Either way, I've sometimes blessed and sometimes cursed her for her decision, as I've endured the various challenges this ship has encountered in just the couple brief decades of my life in space.
But now, as we catch our first glimpses of what's waiting for us on Ross 128 b, I've come to realize that we know far less about the universe than we thought. And suddenly I wonder if crazy old Grandpa Albert might not have actually been so crazy.
Or maybe I'm the crazy one for bothering you with this. Either way it seemed worthy of your attention, all things considered.
With your pardon if I'm mistaken,
Nikola Boralene.
The end.
Look for more from the explored universe in
Ensom, Book Two of the Stellar Merger series.
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