"This Colonel Won sounds like an interesting person."  DaVinci Brown looked up and addressed his house A.I. "Albert, what have you got on Colonel Anthony Won?"

"Records from before The Scattering are fragmentary and unconfirmed. Colonel Anthony Won, Birthdate unknown, believed to be circa 272 b.c.e., died 206 c.e.  Freestyle Wrestling gold medalist in the 2180 Olympic Games. Col. Won served in His Majesty's Royal Marines under the reconstituted British monarchy until evacuating on the Sleeper Ship Speedwell. 

Although never serving on the governing council, he quickly rose to prominance as a community leader on Sanderra.  Often arguing for reform, he was blocked at every turnby the rich Water Barons.  Tired of the battles, but not defeated, he struck out with a group of like-minded colonists to found the city of Mayflower in 172 c.e.  As mayor of Mayflower Colonol Won carried a grudge against the controlling interests of Speedwell and persued numerous legal battles over water use and pollution. Unfortunately, although he won nearly all of these cases, the burden of the victories most often was shifted onto the people of Speedwell."

In 283 c.e. Planetologist Lisa Kynes arrived on Sanderra with a team to conduct the first full survey of the planet. They spent nearly ten years travelling the planet.

After completing their initial survey the team set up a meteorological observatory in the foothills above Mayflower at the site that would later become Kynes Park.

Among other things, the survey found that although (as expected) there was no indigenous life on the planet, Sanderra boasted vast mineral deposits including precious metals and Trans-Uranics.  Another significant finding was of extremely high levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. (Full report available, Commonwealth Survey Office file #SQ92556-01)

Planetologist Kynes stayed on the planet for furthur study after the team left to file their results, but disappeared a few years later on an expedition into the Sea of Dunes.

Other points of interest in east Mayflower include the historic Cinedome, located at the top of Market Hill,

and the Athletic Center.

Coming Next: Aridill, A Boomtown Gone Bust (I also will be updating the appendices)

Author's Notes:

Most of the comments I have been getting seem to be of two varieties.  The first is "You need more custom content" which I am trying to address.

I feel that a City Journal is primarily a visual medium.  I sometimes think that when confronted with a large block of text many reader's eyes glaze over and the skip down to the next picture.  However the second set of comment that I'm seeing is that you are enjoying the story, including the historical detail that gives the universe texture and a "lived in" feel, thus I have included Colonel Won's story in this update. Based on reader feedback I hope to include more bits like it.

I had hoped to include a short essay on the story behind Colonel Won's story in these notes, but it's past 1:00 a.m., I only got about three hours of sleep last night, and I'm starting to lose it.  If anyone's interested I can include it in the next update.

There are some things from Lisa Kynes' time surveying the badlands that I think I left out, but I can cover them when I introduce the New Zionist gateway city of Beth Shalom. (Like I said, I'm starting to lose it. )

Keep those comments coming, and goodnight!