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Scenes from the novels:
(In the order they appear in the storyline)
"The Last Voyage of the Cassiopeia"
"UFN/IMO Plaque"© 2005 - 2007
Symbol of a utopian government and its commitment to exploration!
"The Voyage of the Cassiopeia"
"Os & Phantom & The Wakarusa River Valley"© 2005 -
The opening scene from the book.
Through Kansas... Appalachia....Mexicoast (Florida)
"Phantom Cruising Through UFN Metropole At Sunny Dusk"© 2005
"Rush Hour"© 2005
"Os Going Home"© 2005
"Passed Each Other"© 2005 Stephen Turner
"Phantom on a Quiet Night"© 2005
"Os Closer To Home"© 2005
"Os and Phantom Through An Appalachian Tunnel"© 2007
"Os and Phantom Near Ten Thousand Islands" © 2007
"Phantom, Cruising"© 2004 -
Remember the original excerpt from the "Voyage" section of the book, the one where Phantom and Oswald are talking about Oswald's impending mission? We-e-l-l-l, this is Phantom, Oswald's cybernetic personal runabout, zipping through the plains of Kansas, through the huge, unending metropole of MidMegalopolis, and through Appalachia & Dixie and approaching Mexicoast (Florida) on the way to Ten Thousand Islands. With him in it, of course.
Early Morning (framework)
Twilight (intermediate stage)
Night (near completion)
"Cassiopeia Build"© 2004/2007
The Cassiopeia being built before being moved to its launching pad at Ten Thousand Islands. Those three lights are anti-grav work lights.
"Cassiopeia Launching Rig, Morning of the Big Day"© 2007 S.T.
"Cassiopeia Launching Rig, Midday"© 2006 S.T.
Ready to launch....
"Cassiopeia Launching Rig, Twilight"© 2006 S.T.
Still waiting....
"Cassiopeia Launching Rig, Nighttime"© 2006 S.T.
A day passes...
"Cassiopeia Take-Off: Portside "© 2006 S.T.
"Cassiopeia Take Off: Starboard"© 2006 S.T.
There she goes!
Climbing....
"Cassiopeia Aloft" ©2003 S.T.
En Route....
"Cassiopeia Flight"© 2004
"Cassiopeia Through The Asteroid Belt"© 2007
The voyage that sets off the whole story!
"Cassiopeia Approaching Asteroid Ten"© 2004 -
The ship's first encounter with the massive space station.
"Cassiopeia Passing Jupiter"© 2004 -
And brightly lit in that dim part of space.
"Orion Record: 560ane"©2004 -
The Cassiopeia's companion ship records a massive flare-up of an anomaly that the entire system-wide scientific community is interested in.
"Cassiopeia Approach To Titan"© 2004
"Hey, Jonesy...Look!"© 2005 -
The crew of the Cassiopeia fully appreciate the magnificence of Saturn, even though most of them have seen the planet more than two dozen times...
"Orion Approaching Jupiter"© 2007
...And passing Ganymede, it would seem....
"Cassiopeia Landing On Titan"© 2006
"Cassiopeia Titan Landing"© 2006-07
Using air-jet retros to settle the great ship on the cryogenic surface.
"Cassiopeia On Titan"© 2003 -
Waiting for its companion ship, which is even more gigantic.
"The Cassiopeia and the Orion on Titan"© 2004
"The View From Iapetus"© 2004, site of the second "Nova Terra" colony
"Nova Terra I: The Troupe's House"© 2004 -
At dusk. The only light Titan is getting is from the waning light of the sun and Saturn. The slate blue sky tint is from the filtered dome and diffused inner atmosphere.
"Cassiopeia Leaving Saturnspace"© 2004 -
...After much difficulty.
"Cassiopeia Returning To Asteroid Ten"© 2004 -
Asteroid Ten is an immense space station/colony set in the asteroid belt in the story. It has some major importance in both the beginning and end of the first section of the book. The ship is still a few hundred miles away from it in the illustration!
From Jupiter....
From Saturn....
"The Great Disruption" (Both ©2004) -
This was a major event in the first novel in the series and is mentioned throughout the sequels. It was a cataclysm that affected space for parsecs around, almost wiping out the four gas giants of the Terran solar system!
"Oswald's Destiny"© 2004 -
Another VERY important plot point in the first novel. This is, in fact, a further development of the Great Disruption.
"Closer To The Threshold"© 2004 -
That same event, further along....
"The Threshold Itself"© 2004 -
The big secret of the Universe, about to be revealed!
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