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It's been eight years and the first convoy departed this morning. My oldest son and oldest daughter were on two of the five habitats.
Its hard to believe how blood thirsty the warrior council is. They convinced the government council to build two warships for every habitat. We're still working on the data gathered by the other convoy that was attacked. Sooner or later one of the youngsters will figure out what it was using as a propulsion system.
They have already improved the torch rocket and how to manufacture antimatter on demand. We now have torch missiles that build an antimatter warhead on the way to their target. Their other favorite is a rocky meteoroid with a torch rocket attached. They've built dozens to go with each convoy.
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