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Solitudinum faciunt; pacem appellant Dedication: Dear Reader: Prologue Part I

Chapter One

UEPF Spirit of Peace, Earth Date 25 November, 2510 In orbit above Terra Nova, 19 April, 2511

Interlude

21 January, 2037, 51.716 AUs out from Sol

Chapter Two

Cochea, Provincia del Valle de las Lunas, Republica de Balboa, Terra Nova, 10/7/459 AC First Landing, Hudson, Federated States of Columbia, 10/7/459 AC Cochea, 10/7/459 AC Zabol, Pashtia, 10/7/459 AC Interlude

21 January, 2037 to 14 March, 2040

Chapter Three

Cochea, 10/7/459 AC Interlude

4 August, 2040, Mission Control, Houston, Texas, USA, Earth

Chapter Four

Cochea, 11/7/459 AC Columbian Airlines LTA Flight 39, Federated States of Columbia Cochea Columbian Airlines Flight 39, 0827 hrs, 11/7/459 AC Headquarters, Terra Nova Trade Organization, First Landing, Hudson, Federated States of Columbia, 0829 hrs, 11/7/459 AC Columbian Airlines Flight 39, 0849 hrs Terra Nova Trade Organization, 0849 hrs Cochea, 0903 hrs, 11/7/459 AC 1050 5 th Avenue, First Landing TNTO, 0915 Cochea, 0924 hrs TNTO, 1003 hrs Cochea, 1028 hrs Eyes of the Prophet, Zion-occupied Filistia, Terra Nova, 11/7/459 AC University of Ninewa, Sumer, Terra Nova Interlude

Chapter Five

Cochea, 12/7/459 AC Ciudad Balboa, 13/7/459 AC First Landing, 17/7/459 AC 1050 5 th Avenue, First Landing, 17/7/459 AC Cochea, 25/7/459 AC Interlude

Chapter Six

Cochea, 26/7/459 AC Finca Carrera, Cochea, 29/7/459 AC Hennessey Residence, Cochea, 2/8/459 AC Saulterstown, Shelby, FSC, 5/8/459 AC Desperation Bay, Lansing, FSC, 7/8/459 AC Interlude

31 December, 2049, Brussels, Belgium, European Union

Chapter Seven

Air Balboa Flight 717, 9/8/459 AC Herrera Airport, Ciudad Balboa, 9/8/459 AC Chorrera Province, Republic of Balboa, 13/8/459 AC Hotel Julio Caesare, Ciudad Balboa Ciudad Cervantes, 14/8/459 AC Balboa City, 16/8/459 AC Casa Linda, 22/8/459 AC Casa Linda, 5/9/459 AC Interlude

1 January, 2050, Brussels, Belgium, European Union

Chapter Eight

Zabol, Pashtia, Terra Nova, 7/9/459 AC Casa Linda, 21/9/459 AC City Recycling Plant, Phoenix Rising, Oglethorpe, FSC, 23/9/459 AC First Landing, Hudson, 23/9/459 AC First Landing, Hudson, FSC, 27/9/459 AC

PART II

Chapter Nine

UEPF Spirit of Peace, 27 April, 2511 UEPF Spirit of Peace, 28 May, 2511 29 May, 2511 Atlantis Base, Earth Year 14 June, 2511 Atlantis Base, 19 June, 2511 UEPF Spirit of Peace, Earth Date 28 June, 2513

Interlude

31 January, 2050, Turtle Bay, New York, New York, United States of America, Earth

Chapter Ten

Casa Linda, 29/9/459 AC Saint Nicholasberg, Volga, 30/9/459 AC Las Mesas, Republic of Balboa, 30/9/459 AC Finca Mendoza, Las Mesas, Balboa, 1/10/459 AC Vice-Presidential Palace, Ciudad Balboa, 2/10/459 AC The National Assembly, Ciudad Balboa, 3/10/459 AC Casa Linda, 4/10/459 AC Interlude

United Nations Starship Kofi Annan, 29 July, 2067

Chapter Eleven

Casa Linda, 5/10/459 AC Casa Linda, 6/10/459 AC Casa Linda, 7/10/459 AC Hamilton, FD, Federated States of Columbia, 15/10/459 AC UEPF Spirit of Peace Interlude

29 July, 2067, alongside Colonization Ship Cheng Ho

Chapter Twelve

Fort Cameron, Centro de Instruccion Militar, 20/3/460 AC, 3:30 AM Hotel Metropole, Saint Nicholasberg, 21/3/460 AC Interu Inn, New Giza, Misrani Islamic Republic, 23/3/460 AC Kirov, Volga, 23/3/460 AC Fort Cameron, 3/4/460 AC Herrera Airport, Ciudad Balboa, 6/4/460 AC Kirov, Volga, 7/4/460 AC Imperial Range, 8/4/460 AC Kirov, Volga, 15/4/460 AC Kirov, Volga, 22/4/460 AC Imperial Range, 24/4/460 AC Kirov, Volga, 3/5/460 AC Fort Cameron Parade Field, 5/5/460 AC Interlude

29 July, 2067, UNSS Kofi Annan, alongside Colonization Ship Cheng Ho

Chapter Thirteen

Ranges Eight and Ten, Imperial Range Complex, east slope of Hell Hill, Republic of Balboa, 10/5/460 AC Santa Clara Schoolhouse, Balboa, 14/5/460 AC Fort Cameron, 17/5/460 AC Gamboa River, Republica de Balboa, 18/5/460 AC Range 12, Imperial Range Complex, 21/5/460 AC Fort Cameron, 24/5/460 AC Casa Linda, 26/5/460 AC Presidential Palace, Ciudad Balboa, 13/6/460 AC Casa Linda, 15/6/460 AC Interlude

2 October, 2067, UNSS Kofi Annan, alongside Colonization Ship Cheng Ho

Chapter Fourteen

Casa Linda, 15/7/460 AC Casa Linda, 27/6/460 AC Hamilton, FD, 32/6/460 AC Interlude

CNN Studios, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 5 May, 2068

Chapter Fifteen

Casa Linda, 7/7/460 AC Guarasi "Desert" Training Area, Republic of Balboa, 7/10/460 AC Cochea, 11/7/460 AC UEPF Spirit of Peace, 15 August, 2514 Interlude

Chapter Sixteen

Hamilton, FD, 6/1/461 AC Casa Linda, 10/1/461 AC Near Caridad's home, Las Mesas, Balboa, 12/1/461 AC Herrera International Airport, Ciudad Balboa, 15/1/461 AC Hewlêr International Airport, Yezidistan, 16/1/461 AC Royal Jahari Land Forces Building, al Jahara, 19/1/461 AC Mangesh Base, Yezidistan, 20/1/461 AC

PART III

Chapter Seventeen

Multichucha Ridge, north of Mangesh, Sumer, 21/1/461 AC Valley between Multichucha Ridge and Hill 1647, 24/1/461 AC Hill 1647, Command Post, 2/2/461 AC Approaching Stollen #1, 7/2/461 AC Mangesh, 9/2/461 AC Hewlêr International Airport, Yezidistan, 11/2/461 AC Mangesh, 12/2/461 AC Hewlêr International Airport, Yezidistan, nearly midnight, 12/2/461 AC Royal Jahari Land Forces Headquarters, al Jahara, 12/2/461 AC

Interlude

Brussels, Belgium, 14 May, 2070

Chapter Eighteen

UEPF Spirit of Peace, Earth Date 2 December, 2513 High Admiral's Conference Room, UEPF Spirit of Freedom, Earth Date 5 January, 2514 Atlantis Base, Earth Date 17 May, 2514 Interlude

Chapter Nineteen

Drop Zone Hotel, southern Sumer, 0111 hours, 13/2/461 AC Command Post, Mangesh, 0121 hours, 13/2/461 AC Hill 1647, 0337 hours, 13/2/461 AC Command Post, Mangesh, 0427 hours, 13/2/461 AC Stollen Number Two, 0458 hours, 13/2/461 AC Forward Command Post, Stollen Number Three, 0503 hours, 13/2/461 AC Hill 1647, 0505 hours, 13/2/461 AC Forward trench outside Stollen Number Three, 0511 hours, 13/2/461 AC Hill 1647, 0608 hours, 13/2/461 AC Forward trench outside Stollen Number Three, 0611 hours, 13/2/461 AC Multichucha Ridge, 0700 hours, 13/2/461 AC Hill 1647, 0701 hours, 13/2/461 AC Bunker Meem Thalata (M3), Hill 1647, 0708 hours, 13/2/461 AC Stollen Number One, 0735 hours, 13/2/461 AC Forward trench outside Stollen Number Three, 0736 hours, 13/2/461 AC Slope of Hill 1647, 0745 hours, 13/2/461 AC Main Supply Route Zeus, north of Hill 1647, Sumer, 0759 hours, 13/2/461 AC Hill 1647, 0801 hours, 13/2/461 AC Hill 1647, Ali's bunker, 0811 hours, 13/2/461 AC Forward Trench, Stollen Number Three, 0816 hours, 13/2/461 AC Ali al Tikriti's Bunker, Hill 1647, 0849 hours, 13/2/461 AC Interlude

16 Rabi I, 1497 Anno Hejirae, Nairiyah, Saudi Arabia (15 Mar 2074)

Chapter Twenty

Hill 1647, Topographical Crest, 0909 hours, 13/2/461 AC Hamilton, FD, 0612 hours, 15/2/461 AC Ar-Ramalia, Sumer, 15/2/461 AC Interlude

17 Safar, 1502 AH, Medina, Saudi Arabia (22 December 2078)

Chapter Twenty-one

Ninewa, Sumer, 22/2/461 AC Ninewa, Sumer, 22/2/461 AC Ninewa, 23/2/461 AC Command Post, Legio del Cid, 25/2/461 AC Makkah al Jedidah, Al Donya al Jedidah, 5 Duh'l-Qa'dah 1507 AH (19 January, 2084 AD)

Chapter Twenty-two

Outskirts of Ninewa, Sumer, 28/2/461 AC South of Ninewa, Altitude 14,000 feet, Dodo Number 7, 28/2/461 AC Command Post, Legio del Cid, outskirts of Ninewa, 29/2/461 AC Sada's Command Post, Ninewa, 32/2/461 AC Command Post, Legio del Cid, 32/2/461 AC Sada's Command Bunker, 33/2/461 AC Command Post, Legio del Cid, 35/2/461 AC Dodo Number Two, above Ninewa, 1/3/461 AC Interlude

Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, European Union, 13 May, 2092

Chapter Twenty-three

Ninewa, Revolution Square, 6/3/461 AC Ninewa, Command Post, Legio del Cid, 6/3/461 AC 4 th Cohort Command Post (Forward), 7/3/461 AC Tactical Operations Center, 731 st Airborne Brigade, northwest of Ninewa Forward Command Post, 4 th Cohort Command Post, Rocaberti's Century Interlude

Rift Transition Point, 12 April, 2092

Chapter Twenty-four

Ninewa, 9/3/461 AC University Quarter, Ninewa, 10/3/461 AC Ninewa, 12/3/461 AC Ninewa, 15/3/461 AC Ninewa, 22/3/461 AC

PART IV

Chapter Twenty-five

Ninewa, 24/3/461 AC Ninewa, 1/4/461 AC Village of Qadir Karam, Ninewa Province, 10/4/461 AC University Compound, Ninewa, 12/4/461 AC University of Ninewa, legionary Command Post, 17/4/461 AC

Interlude

Terra Nova, 5 January, 2095 UNOG (UN Offices, Geneva), 5 January, 2101

Chapter Twenty-six

Hospital Ancon, Cerro Gorgia, Ciudad Balboa, 15/7/461 AC Balboa Base, Ninewa, 20/7/461 AC Babel, Hotel Ishtar, 21/7/461 AC Camp Balboa, Ninewa, 22/7/461 AC Hospital Cerro Ancon, 23/7/461 AC SS Hildegard Mises, Yithrabi Coast, 23/7/461 AC First Landing, Hudson, 33/7/461 AC Interlude

Island of Atlantis, UNENT (United Nations Enclave, New Terra), Earth date 27 March, 2102

Chapter Twenty-seven

UEPF Spirit of Peace, Earth Date 20 August, 2515 Ciudad Balboa, 26/8/461 AC Babel, Sumer, 28/8/461 AC Potsdam, Sachsen, 31/8/461 AC Majrit, Castilla, Terra Nova, 21/9/461 AC UEPF Spirit of Peace, Earth Date 19 September, 2515 Embassy of United Earth, Ciudad Balboa, 1/10/461 AC UEPF Spirit of Peace, Earth Date 13 October, 2515 Ciudad Balboa, 25/10/461 AC Camp Balboa, Sumer, 26/10/461 AC Aeropuerto Internacional Herrera, Ciudad Balboa, 3/1/462 AC Las Mesas, Balboa, 3/1/462 AC Interlude

Continent of Southern Columbia, Balboa Colony, Isthmian Region, Terra Nova, Earth date 16 May, 2104 (Terra Novan year 45 AC)

Chapter Twenty-eight

Santissima Trinidad , Bahia de Balboa, 3/1/462 AC Balboa Base, Ninewa, 3/1/462 AC SS Hildegard Mises, 9/1/462 AC Ar-Ramadi, Ninewa Province, 14/1/462 AC SS Hildegard Mises, 16/1/462 AC 23 Al Rasul Street, Doha, 17/1/462 AC Al Iskandaria Studios, Doha, Terra Nova, 17/1/462 AC SS Hildegard Mises, 19/1/462 AC Neue Ulm , Sachsen, 21/1/461 AC SS Hildegard Mises, 24/1/462 AC Ic (Intelligence Office), Balboa Camp, Ninewa, 29/1/462 AC Akka, Bekaa, 2/2/462 AC Balboa Base, Ninewa, Sumer, 3/2/462 AC Akka, Bekaa, 9/2/462 AC Akka, 17/2/462 AC Balboa Base, Sumer, 19/2/462 AC Interlude

Atlantis Base, Earth date 27 May, 2104 (Terra Novan year 45 AC)

Chapter Twenty-nine

Las Mesas, Balboa, 28/2/462 AC Main Bus Terminal, Ciudad Balboa, 8/3/462 AC Camp Gutierrez, 22/3/462 AC Camp "Greasy" Gomez, 26/3/462 AC Lago de Ajuela , Balboa, 28/3/462 AC Caridad Cruz's parent's home, 31/3/462 AC Camp Bernardo O'Higgins, Hephaestus, Valle de las Lunas, 32/3/462 AC Camp O'Higgins, 34/3/462 AC Jungle Camp, Yaviza, Balboa, 13/4/462 AC Jungle Camp, 16/4/462 AC Graduation Exercise Area, Camp Gutierrez, 5/5/462 AC Parade Field, Camp Gutierrez, 8/5/462 AC Interlude

Atlantis Base, 15 June, 2104 (Terra Novan Year 45 AC)

Chapter Thirty

Ninewa, Sumer, 10/5/462 AC Al Kuwaylid Girls School, Ninewa, Sumer, 12/5/462 AC Balboa Base, 12/5/462 AC Hamilton, FD, 21/5/462 AC Ciudad Balboa, 23/5/462 AC Puerto Lindo, Balboa, 24/5/462 AC Enroute to Ninewa Airport, 27/5/462 AC Pumbadeta, Sumer, 35/5/462 AC Interlude

Makkah al Jedidah (New Mecca), Al Donya al Jedidah (the New World), 6 Jumadah I, 1529 (20 May, 2105 AD)

Chapter Thirty-one

Northern Boundary, Ninewa Province, Sumer Pumbadeta, Sumer, 1/7/462 AC Balboa Base, Ninewa, Sumer Ninewa-Pumbadeta Highway NA-23, Lolita, above Pumbadeta Pumbadeta, Sumer, 2/7/462 AC Pumbadeta, Sumer, 9/7/462 AC Pumbadeta, 11/7/462 AC Balboa Base, 24/7/462 AC Pumbadeta, Sumer, 27/7/462 AC Interlude

Cochea, Balboa, 29/4/69 AC

Chapter Thirty-two

Pumbadeta, Sumer, 34/7/462 AC 35/7/462 AC Field Hospital Number Two, Legio Del Cid, 2/8/462 AC Pumbadeta, Sumer, 3/8/462 AC Battle Position Sargon, 2 nd Battalion, Sada's Brigade, 4/8/462 AC Fifteen-hundred feet over Pumbadeta, Sumer, 6/8/462 AC Legionary Command Post, 7/8/462 AC Pumbadeta, 7/8/462 AC Checkpoint X-ray, Wall of Circumvallation, 10/8/462 AC

Epilogue

I II III

Afterword

Acknowledgments:

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