​​​​​​​​​​​​​​  John Pachl

With the construction of the spaceship Excelsior, the U.S. has ushered in a new era of travel: space travel.

 

Invited on the maiden voyage are experts in different fields, as well as two popular actors (Lydia and Phillip), and two senators (Janet and Raymond).

 

What should have been an uneventful trip becomes a matter of survival when a massive wormhole appears in the path of the Excelsior. The ship has no way of escaping, and eventually enters the spacial anomaly.

 

Lydia awakens in a hospital bed… almost 11,000 years in the future. She’s one of only five survivors. The others are: Phillip, the two senators, and the ship’s navigator.

 

Earth is now a paradise. No wars, no pollution, no social strife. Everyone is happy and fulfilled in their lives.

 

Lydia and Phillip want to get back to work. But there’s a problem: Real actors haven’t been part of the movie making process for the past eight thousand years. Artificial Intelligence handles it all, from writing the screenplay, to creating AI actors for the roles. Everything is… perfect.

 

Janet and Raymond also want to return to their old profession. However, politicians aren’t part of this future paradise. Government is merely a few people helping society, along with The Great Computer, which assists society with all their wants and needs.

 

Undeterred, Janet and Raymond insist on starting up their old political parties. Janet is on the far left, politically. Raymond, on the far right. They are bitter enemies, and determined to grab power for themselves, and set out to convince the citizens of this gloriously beautiful and happy society that only politicians can make society truly perfect.



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