Inflection Point

A few weeks after the Catastrophe, I finally had the time and energy to sit at my desk and go through everything accumulated since Project Pharos had happened. And there, sitting in my email inbox, was an email from the President of the United States.

Alexandra,

There are inflection points in human history when hard choices are made, choices that will decide our future. The choice now faced by myself and the other leaders of the free world is one of those turning points. You are right; none of our choices are good, at least not for those living on the surface.

So, we choose what we hope will be the best chance for humanity to move forward in ways reflecting what those far wiser than we believe our species is capable of. What we’ve seen of your habitats and how you have chosen to live in the past few days gives us hope that humanity cannot only be restored at some point but can also thrive under the guidelines your residents currently live under. We are optimistic that once the smoke clears, you and your people will rise to bring new hope to those remaining on the surface.