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Gate Crashers

By Patrick S. Tomlinson
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By Patrick S. Tomlinson
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The only thing as infinite and expansive as the universe is humanity’s unquestionable ability to make bad decisions.

Humankind ventures further into the galaxy than ever before… and immediately causes an intergalactic incident. In their infinite wisdom, the crew of the exploration vessel Magellan, or as she prefers “Maggie,” decides to bring the alienstructure they just found back to Earth. The only problem? The aliens are awfully fond of that structure.

A planet full of bumbling, highly evol...

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First contact stories generally break one of two ways: either the aliens are benevolent, and humans mess things up; or the aliens are bloodthirsty conquerors and humans…well, we usually still mess things up. Captain Allison Ridgeway commands the Magellan (“Maggie”), a civilian exploration ship with a crew in cryogenic sleep. The sentient ship wakes the […]
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