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A PORTRAIT OF TAN & DANAR
When nineteen-year-old tan Ozawa first met eight-year-old Dane Reginal Howell (later known as Danar Seti) on board the interstellar starship Nebula on its way to Alpha Centauri, the young Dane was in perfect hibernation within a cryogenic suspension chamber. Recognizing the son of her college professor Frederick Howell, Tan immediately felt an affinity with the boy realizing they had a great deal in common. They both lost their mothers during childbirth , and their fathers, thanks to the disaster that struck the Earth. They also both suffered brain disorders, her ALS and his amnestic aphasia. She determined to be the lad's friend and confidante, little realizing that due to the vagaries of space travel and the time distortion of suspended animation, they would meet once again later at the new colony nearly the same age. Despite their mutual attraction they remained friends never realizing that each harbored feelings for the other. Although it seemed that everyone else at Alpha Centauri knew they should be a couple, it took a solar system-wide crises to bring them together. But it might be too late for the two of them to enjoy a relationship as Danar Seti is consigned to protect the colony with his very life if need be. In an effort to help, Tan took it upon herself and used her vast scientific knowledge to access another dimension known as Quantum Space. Unfortunately, she took on this mission without the knowledge or sanction of the Starforce of Omicron.
Professor Tan Ozawa
Daughter of billionaire tycoon Tanaka Ozawa of Earth. When Earth's greatest environmental disaster struck in 2163---a result of the destructive solar wave---Tanaka Ozawa nearly exhausted his entire fortune and resources to help supplement the United Earth Agency's manufacture of the ten starships that would hurl six-billion of Earth's citizens to the nearby solar system of Alpha Centauri. All he asked in return was that his sickly nineteen-year-old daughter accompany the caravan of ships without him. Being nearly one hundred years in age, Tanaka Ozawa knew that his daughter's destiny was not his own. Having lost his wife while giving birth to his daughter---this after having already lost his first child, Ozawa discovered to his horror that his one remaining child was afflicted with the rare disorder amyotrophic lateral schlerosis (Lou Gerrig's disease). Seeing to it that his brilliant daughter had the best of everything, he convinced Tan to journey off world by explaining that her vast intellect would greatly increase the chances of the colony's survival, and that she would experience her greatest adventure despite her limitations. He was correct. Not only was Tan cured of her malady en route, her very presence and tenacity helped to shape the colony at Alpha Centauri as well as the Starforce of Omicron.
Daughter of billionaire tycoon Tanaka Ozawa of Earth. When Earth's greatest environmental disaster struck in 2163---a result of the destructive solar wave---Tanaka Ozawa nearly exhausted his entire fortune and resources to help supplement the United Earth Agency's manufacture of the ten starships that would hurl six-billion of Earth's citizens to the nearby solar system of Alpha Centauri. All he asked in return was that his sickly nineteen-year-old daughter accompany the caravan of ships without him. Being nearly one hundred years in age, Tanaka Ozawa knew that his daughter's destiny was not his own. Having lost his wife while giving birth to his daughter---this after having already lost his first child, Ozawa discovered to his horror that his one remaining child was afflicted with the rare disorder amyotrophic lateral schlerosis (Lou Gerrig's disease). Seeing to it that his brilliant daughter had the best of everything, he convinced Tan to journey off world by explaining that her vast intellect would greatly increase the chances of the colony's survival, and that she would experience her greatest adventure despite her limitations. He was correct. Not only was Tan cured of her malady en route, her very presence and tenacity helped to shape the colony at Alpha Centauri as well as the Starforce of Omicron.