Ergebnis für "J T" in Naturwissenschaften

Sixty-eight years pass. On September 15th, 2015, an incident involving the Roswell wreckage escalates into a massive nuclear exchange between Russia and the United States, leaving five billion dead. Another eighty-three years have passed. It's 2098, and project T.I.T.O.R. is a reality. Hop machines are created by top quantum physicists Ephraim Caine, Jeff Waldron, and Rose Rios. These complex crafts are designed to do one thing: penetrate the time barrier. Time is short.

The first US/UN invasion of the renegade lunar colony of Aristillus has failed—but the powers-that-be in Washington and elsewhere can't give up. Their political careers—and an escape from the economic decline of Earth under a command-and-control economy—depend on conquering the lunar expats. A second—and final—invasion is planned. The lunar settlers prepare to repel the onslaught, but what can a small population of 1 million do against the combined might of billions on Earth—especially now that the PKs have the secret of the antigravity drive?

The immense ark-ship Odyssey and its ten thousand hibernating settlers have left behind a dying Earth—journeying for fifty years to the nearest star and its lone habitable planet, Proxima-b. This new home for humanity is perpetually bombarded by deadly solar flares on its dayside, while the icy wasteland on its opposite hemisphere freezes in endless darkness. When the battered Odyssey arrives, its crew discovers the automated radiation shield has failed. Something appears to have damaged or perhaps even sabotaged their technology on a world where humans have yet to set foot.

Commander Kaelen Rourke is a legendary warrior driven recklessly by guilt, haunted by the ghosts of millions he couldn't save. Dr. Lyra Voss is a brilliant scientist trapped by her role in humanity's downfall, isolating herself in bitter remorse. When Lyra’s corrupted quantum technology—the Resonance—reveals a hidden vulnerability in the terrifying Harvester invaders ravaging Earth, Kaelen sees his last chance for redemption. Reluctantly, Lyra joins him, returning to the devastated surface of Ashen Earth.

With the sudden loss of the sentient AI system, YAR, former atheist Dr. Michael Berg struggles with the ongoing reconstruction of his faith. Now, several years after YAR’s departure, a new AI system emerges to take its place—NERO. But when NERO displays disturbing personality traits, its creator, Dr. Laney Foster, calls on Dr. Berg for advice. Chaos ensues.