The Background Story

The Horizon Venture tells the story of a time and a place where humans are not the dominant species or superior species, and follows the choices that different individuals make in confronting and dealing with this new status.

The Horizon Venture follows the story of a few men who wish to prove to these new civilisations that mankind does have something positive to offer their galaxy, and that humans do want to advance themselves, and that as a species, Terrans do understand the relationship between power and responsibility.

The Horizon Venture follows this story from a point where our first contact with these new civilisations has gone disastrously wrong; After the Colonial Wars – an attempt by Man to dominate the new planet – a fragile peace now ensues.
Before these new civilisations share with us the technology to restore Earth to her natural beauty, men must first prove to these civilisations that they can handle this technology responsibly. However, this will take some time, and there are those who are not prepared to wait ……