Earthian Expedition franchise (Alternity)

The Earthian Expedition franchise is a space opera saga based on the books by sci-fi author Timothy Zahn, who has also written similar books that are part of the Star Wars Universe. Zahn is writing the screenplay for the films, which are being directed by the great Steven Spielberg and distributed by 20th Century FOX.

Spielberg and 20th Century FOX have a contract with Zahn and his publishers at Bantam Books to make the movies based on all the books part of the series.

The films focus on humanity's exploration of space in the Early 2000s, landing on all the other planets and making it to the North Star and Alpha Centauri A. They also discover a large, kind, spacefaring nation-species, who help humanity progress even further and are working together to reach another galaxy in the current year in the books.

NASA Engineer Zachery Lincoln is the principal character, having initiated America's Ares porgram. His arch-rival from the Russian Space Agency is Mikhail Nikolai Vladimirovich, who pushed Russia into space. Lincoln and Vladimirovich were both born in 1980 and grew up with interests in space exploration, astronomy, and eventually Star Wars, as seen in flashbacks, thus setting the scene for the books and films.

Earthian Expedition
The first film starts with the birth of Lincoln (played by the newborn baby of one of the crew members) in New York, New York and the birth of Vladimirovich (played by the same baby) in a Moscow hospital in the Soviet Union. The scene then cuts Lincoln at age five, watching a recording of the moon landing on TV. He then tells himself that he will either be the first person on Mars or the first person to send someone to Mars. Vladimirovich does the same thing two days later in Leningrad at his family home.

Fifteen years later, Lincoln (Harrison Ford) is at a NASA Meeting, proposing the Ares program. Next he goes to Washington to get funding for the project. NASA approves of it, and the government gives the funding necessary.

Vladimirovich (Arnold Schwarzenegger) subsequently makes the same proposal in Moscow, where it is accepted to challenge America.

In 2003, Lincoln sees the Ares I being launched at Cape Canaveral, headed towards Mars. Vladimirovich watches in shock. Two months later, Russia launches its much faster Alexei I. The Mars Race has begun.

Later in November of 2004, President George W. Bush (was only known as the son of H.W. Bush) (Chuck Norris) is re-elected.

In December of 2004, the Ares I lands on Mars. Hank Ford (Bruce Willis) is the first man on Mars. The President congratulates Lincoln for proposing America going to Mars. The movie ends there.

Lingering Landings
The efforts of Lincoln and Vladimirovich boosted people into space, with the USA reaching the other inner planets, the asteroid belt, and the moons of Mars. There are bases on the Moon, Mars, and several asteroids and space stations. However, Russia has accomplished the same feats.

Britain, France, Poland, and China are following these two greats in space travel. Several other nations are starting space programs.

The year is 2015. Lincoln and Vladimirovich have served their respective space agencies for fifteen years. Now they make the same bold proposal: to start going outwards into the Solar System, even though it will take many years.

Both nation agree. America and Russia get ready for the next destinations: Europa of Jupiter, Titan of Saturn, Triton of Neptune. These will take many years to get to.

However, a stroke of luck comes when a strange ship falls out of the sky and lands on Russia and Alaska at the same time, due to its largeness and length. The nations of the world are cowering in fear of aliens about to attack Earth, but no such sign is given.

A war is about to erupt between the USA and Russia over who will get the ship until Lincoln's colleague, Jesse Brady (Tom Cruise), negotiates a deal between the two countries. (He later receives the Nobel Peace Prize for this.)

Later examinations of the ship by America and Russia conclude that it has the power of go to the other planets with ease. The President (Kevin Costner) assigns Lincoln the duty of commandeering the reverse engineered version of the ship, named Reach I.

Russia's reverse-engineered version of the ships is also prepared with Vladimirovich in control.

TO BE CONTINUED Syngraféas Enallaktikí̱ Istoría, Dic mihi lingua Anglorum. 05:10, April 8, 2012 (UTC)