Ages of Irony
Chapter 2: Galactic Survival Guide
The side effects of spacetime travel.
Galactic Survival Guide: Lesson 1: We don’t know where we are going but will be there soon.
We are indeed traveling through space in an irregular wobble around a galaxy we call the Milky Way. We have no destination at all.
Powered by a colossal nuclear dynamo, we are surfing freely on the waves of a giant black hole. We are waiting for something cool to happen. We are lucky like that.
It may seem like the floor is planted firmly below you. Wouldn’t that be nice? It is a figment of your imagination. We have mastered the illusion of gravity on this ship. It is identical to the environment in which we have evolved.
In almost every way, this spacecraft is designed to feel like a giant school that was built on a planet we used to call Earth. You are traveling very quickly through space. We should end up nowhere at any time.
Throughout our journey to a new and better world, you will learn to survive in any climate. You will learn to work as a team. A combined unit that follows direction…
