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Science Fiction has the potential, above all, to bring difficult subjects to the table and make them easily digestible.

I remember being five years old and watching Star Trek on our television, subtitles on. It’s even how I learned English. I remember being fascinated with the spaceships, the aliens, the technology. I remember Geordi LaForge effortlessly explaining the concept of lightspeed, or Data explaining his philosophical concept of self-awareness. But mostly? I remember enjoying every second of it.

I, Logan, am a high school drop out. Couldn’t take the information in, couldn’t cram history in my head in a week. I was too busy hanging out with my friends and railing against my parents. Now I’m almost thirty and I’m trying to build this company.

Ten years ago I didn’t understand the chemical composition of our atmosphere, or how my digestive habits would influence my body. I couldn’t possibly have told you how iron is in our blood, or how it helps with oxygenation of our bodies. I can now.

And the beautiful thing is that I didn’t consciously learn any of this, nor did I learn it solely from Star Trek. I learned it because media got me interested, it got me searching and reading. Science Fiction shows and movies brought up concepts that intrigued me. Spanning all fields, from Physics to History to Philosophy. Science Fiction has the potential, above all, to bring difficult subjects to the table and make them easily digestible. Science Fiction has always been about the potential of the future. In most of our entertainment history, it’s been about the potential of the human race, perpetuating the idea that the universe revolves around us.

In my experience, a lot of people in the world seem to think the world revolves around them. It seems as if they are often misinformed, unaware or undervalued, causing them to think that way. And all of our brains have the potential to understand so much, from our own psychology to how we’re socialized and educated, to what swear words to use in the right situation. But it often requires a lot of effort on our part to take all this information in.

And for all I’ve just talked about learning, I really don’t want to teach anyone anything.

I’ve noticed that for all the knowledge being available, there’s at least as many gatekeepers of that knowledge. And the public generally can’t access it. Even when we can, its use of language is well beyond the average layman. Bringing all these intelligent people, scientists, academics, and artists together removes those gatekeepers and allows us to build a truly interdisciplinary and intelligently researched universe, to intrigue you through entertainment. And to make our universe a cohesive, realistic whole.

Blue Falcon wants to make something that entertains. First and foremost, we want you to enjoy ‘The Coalition’, as a universe and as a game. We hope that the stories we’ve conceived will entertain you and the concepts in it will fascinate you. But the best way, we think, to achieve that is to base everything in reality. We don’t want to slap highbrow concepts in your face and expect you to accept or understand them. Instead, we want to make those highbrow concepts understandable, digestible and truly entertaining.