TTU: Culturalia: Dangerous Waters

Culturalia: Dangerous Waters

"Why is the Navy trying to stop you?" I ask Tashi. She doesn't have to think about that one. "They're afraid that we're going to succeed."

Summary

In search of a therianthrope homeland that doesn't exist, the New Atlantis Project has decided to take the next logical step: Make one. This article follows the crew of the MV Discovery on one of their expeditions to test the feasibility of raising a new island in the South Pacific. Their quest pits them against not only natural and magical hurdles, but also the unwanted attention of government forces.

Meta-Data

Actual Creator

BaxilDragon

Release Date

2006-11-20

Word Count

7,375

Creator Comments

This latter-day TTU epic is quite possibly the setting's best story.
I have vain hopes of someday combining a camera, some friends,
a big boat, and Photoshop and actually laying it out in the style
of a magazine photojournalism piece.

Culturalia Data

Type

Magazine article

Major Focuses

Characters Cited

Piece's Author

Jaime Madeira, Peruvian freelance journalist

Piece's Date

November 2006
- Era: A New World Order

Piece's Setting

Undisclosed location in the South Pacific

Significant Cameos and References

Stan's description of "Daniel Red-Wing and the Curtain-Raising General" is a broken summary of Chapter 22 of the Chinese epic "Journey to the West."

Trivia

Some of the crew's aliases -- most notably bridge player "Brian" and scientist "Bruce" -- are shout-outs to the author's college friends.
Tashi did in fact follow through on her comment that "we may have to name a mountain after [Crimson Claw] once the island comes up": during her first term as president of New Atlantis, she christened one of the island's tallest mountains Red Wolves Peak in honor of Claw and Fang's contributions.

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