Fandom: GENERATION KILL
Pairing: Brad Colbert/Nate Fick
Length: 6500
Author on LJ:
__sineAuthor Website: Master Fic ListWhy this must be read:It's a space travel/time dilation AU that's intriguing and melancholy and terrifically clever. It weaves canon into the year 2049 in surprising, yet inevitable ways, telling the story of the first manned mission outside our galaxy.
__sine has crafted a gorgeous atmosphere here, evocative in its sparseness, full of the tough realities of space travel and the humanity of the bonds that hold the guys together. It left me wanting so much more.
On Earth, images of the darkness beyond the last planet and within the unexplored expanse of the local interstellar cloud are splashed across the front pages of every publication. NASA Administrator James Mattis gives a long and triumphant speech, as does the President of the United States, but it is a recording of an offhand remark by one of the crew members that truly captures the public's imagination.
Sergeant Brad Colbert's half awed, half ironic murmur of, "Yes, we are the conquering heroes," as they race past mankind's last space buoy (0983 ZHENG HE) is replayed over five billion times that day. It will go on to be immortalised in history books and novelty t-shirts alike.
Ansible, ansible