This was set as part of the background of my homebrewed Traveller Universe:
http://mopu.blogspot.com/2014/11/step-forward-part-1.html
http://mopu.blogspot.com/2014/11/step-forward-part-2.html
http://mopu.blogspot.com/2014/11/step-forward-part-3.html
http://mopu.blogspot.com/2014/11/step-forward-part-4.html
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